Seven years removed from leading Kansas volleyball to its first ever Final Four appearance, and five years after their graduation from KU, former All-Americans Ainise Havili and Kelsie Payne are planning to return to Lawrence next month to have their jerseys retired by the program.
The ceremony is slated for Sept. 17 after the final match of the Jayhawk Classic, which is slated for 2:30 p.m. against Omaha at ...
Fresh off of a family vacation, Kansas basketball coach Bill Self made a visit to KU football practice on Wednesday morning to chat with coach Lance Leipold and get a look at the team.
According to the Kansas soccer team's Twitter account, Self also stopped by Rock Chalk Park to talk with Mark Francis' club before its exhibition opener on Wednesday night.
Ever a supporter of KU’s group of gridiron ...
When news broke this week that [ESPN had turned down a massive rights package offered by the Big Ten Conference — $380 million per year for seven years —][1] my thoughts immediately turned to the Big 12.
Without the Big Ten in the mix for the first time in nearly 40 years, ESPN is going to need quality games and teams to fill a whole bunch of time slots.
And while that stands to be great news for the Big ...
Kansas football coach Lance Leipold has plenty to worry about between now and the Sept. 2 season opener against Tennessee Tech.
But the one concern that likely will not go away by then, no matter how sharp his players look or how solid his depth chart appears, is the importance of support for the Kansas football program he oversees.
“Does it keep me up at night,” Leipold asked Monday. “Sure.”
For ...
Polls are a pretty unscientific way to rank teams but they’re always good for sparking a little discussion.
That’s what made Monday’s college football coaches poll — [the first one released for the 2022 season][1] — interesting even for fans of a program as far down the line as Kansas.
No, the Jayhawks aren’t ranked. Obviously. Nope. And KU’s not receiving votes either. Of course.
But seven ...
On Wednesday morning, at the indoor practice facility adjacent to David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, KU football coach Lance Leipold jokingly shouted to media members in attendance that junior Jalon Daniels was the team’s quarterback.
It came off as a joke because Leipold had basically said as much one day earlier. But the declaration is no laughing matter for Kansas fans, who have become accustomed to ...
