WRITER: Matt Tait

KU's Jalen Wilson on returning for junior season: 'I don't know why you'd ever want to rush a place like this'

Months before his stay-or-go decision was due, Kansas forward Jalen Wilson started thinking about what it would look like to leave KU. This was before the national championship — before the Big 12 championship even — and long before he ever worked out for NBA teams or played his way into an invitation to the NBA combine. A lot happened between then and now, but Wilson said Tuesday that the memories of ...

KU AD Travis Goff announces NIL partnership with industry leader Altius Sports Partners

The University of Kansas athletic department has joined forces with Altius Sports Partners for its name, image and likeness initiatives, KU Athletic Director Travis Goff announced Monday. The partnership, which is centered around Altius as a consultant for best practices in the NIL space, was announced by Altius late last week. It does not replace KU’s deal with Sixth Man Strategies, rather it opens a door ...

NBA draft week has arrived; here's the latest projections for former Jayhawks Ochai Agbaji and Christian Braun

It’s officially draft week for a handful of former Kansas basketball players hoping to hear their names called in Thursday’s NBA draft. And the anxiety, excitement and anticipation of it all only figures to grow with each passing day. Five members of KU’s national championship team worked out for at least one NBA team during the past couple of weeks and two of them — Ochai Agbaji and Christian Braun ...

Former Jayhawk Gary Woodland snags 4th top-10 major finish of career at 2022 U.S. Open

After making the U.S. Open cut after Round 2 by a single stroke, former University of Kansas golf standout Gary Woodland rallied to deliver his fourth top-10 finish at a major championship. Woodland’s 1-under-par 69 on Sunday landed him in a tie for 10th place at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, marking the fourth-best finish of his career at a major. Woodland won the 2019 U.S. Open and ...

Early trouble on Friday leads to fall down U.S. Open leaderboard for former KU golf standout Gary Woodland

Former University of Kansas golf standout Gary Woodland recovered from a rough start to Round 2 at this year’s Open but still dropped several spots on the leaderboard. Woodland shot a 3-over 73 on Friday to fall to +2 for the tournament. Nearly all of the damage came on his second hole of the day, where he recorded a triple-bogey 6 on the par-3 second hole at The Country Club in Brookline, ...

Former Jayhawk Andrew Wiggins wins NBA title with Golden State Warriors

Former Kansas Jayhawk Andrew Wiggins became the 14th former KU player to win an NBA championship on Thursday night, following the Golden State Warriors 103-90 over Boston in Game 6 of the 2022 NBA Finals. Wiggins was sensational throughout the Finals — on both ends of the floor — and likely only missed out on winning the Finals MVP award because he’s teammates with one of the greatest players in league ...