The Lawrence High and Free State High baseball teams are both fighting for the chance to host at next week’s regional tournament, adding another layer of intensity to this year’s city showdown.
Set for 7 p.m. Tuesday night at Hoglund Ballpark on the campus of the University of Kansas, the Lions and Firebirds will both be playing their final game of the 2022 regular season.
The fact that it comes against ...
The Free State High doubles team of Jake Hedges and George Thornton swept the competition Friday to win a regional title and advance to the state tournament.
In all, four Firebirds punched their tickets to next week’s Class 6A state tournament by finishing in the top six at regionals.
The top-seeded FSHS duo of Hedges and Thornton rolled to an easy first-round win over a team from Olathe North — 6-0, 6-1 ...
After years of people lining up to fight for college athletes to get a piece of the pie, talented players in all sports across the entire country are finally getting paid.
Chalk that up on the good side of the ledger.
There is a bad side, though, and it appears to be tied directly to the fact that, while paying athletes seems to be a good thing, doing so in an unregulated environment has led to significant ...
With the start of the NBA’s pre-draft combine now just 10 days away, dozens of draft prospects have ramped up their training and workout schedules in anticipation of the event.
Running May 16-22 in Chicago, the combine is where a lot of the speculation and draft projections start to take on more of a concrete form.
With nearly 250 underclassmen having declared for this year’s NBA draft — June 23 in New ...
Despite having more wins at Kansas than the three coaches who came before him combined — in one less season — KU baseball coach Ritch Price deflected credit for the program’s latest milestone to countless Jayhawks from the past.
One day after guiding KU to its 2,000th win in program history, Price reflected on a story he once heard during a lunch outing with former KU baseball coach Floyd Temple, who won ...
Kansas standout Caroline Bien has been named to the 20-person Women’s Under-21 National Training Team for USA Volleyball, KU announced on Wednesday.
Late this month, the team will travel to Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana, to train from May 26 through June 4. From there, 12 players will be chosen to compete at the U21 Pan American Cup June 5-13 in Mexico.
While in Shreveport, the team also will ...
