Kansas junior Christian Braun is staying in the NBA draft after making what his mother, Lisa, called “a tough decision” to forego his senior season at KU. “He loves KU, but we’re happy for him to start the next chapter,” Lisa Braun told the Journal-World via text message on Tuesday night. “Once a Jayhawk, always a Jayhawk.” Braun’s decision to officially enter the 2022 NBA draft — June 23 ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has made one thing abundantly clear about early-entry NBA draft hopefuls and his players testing their draft stock each summer. He’s in favor of it. Sure, Self, like any coach, would love to see his best players stick around for four or even five seasons at Kansas. Their talent would increase KU’s chance of winning each year and that continuity would allow the Jayhawks ...
It’s been a rough couple of years for the Kansas baseball program, which lost its final game of the season over the weekend and saw longtime head coach Ritch Price announce his retirement on Sunday. But even with those challenges rising to the forefront, one could argue that the program is currently in the best position it’s been in in a while. The reason? Because the man who will hire Price’s ...
Free State High baseball coach Mike Hill has been coaching so long that he’s started to reuse some of the same slogans and team mottos. But that doesn’t make them any less effective. This year, in leading the 15-8 Firebirds back to the Class 6A state tournament, Hill tapped into an old favorite to guide this group through an up-and-down season that wound up delivering yet another regional title. Play ...
Free State High basketball coach Sam Stroh is stepping down, citing a desire to tackle “a new adventure” after seven years as the Firebirds head coach. Stroh, who is calling it a career after 17 years as a high school basketball coach, leaves Free State after guiding the program to a 126-38 record in seven seasons. Nine of those came as a varsity coach at Shawnee Heights and FSHS, where he won 162 games ...
After starting his round with three bogeys in his first seven holes, former University of Kansas golf standout Gary Woodland recovered with three birdies in his final 11 holes to finish at even par (70) after one round at the PGA Championship on Thursday at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At the time he finished, Woodland was tied for 24th place at the star-studded major field. Playing the back nine ...