Updated 8:10 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, 2026: Former Kansas guard Darryn Peterson was selected No. 2 overall in the 2026 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night, making him the highest-drafted Jayhawk since 2014. Peterson is the first KU player selected in the first round since 2023 and in ...

Updated 5:14 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, 2026: Another in a series of dramatic changes to collegiate athletics took a major step forward on Tuesday when the NCAA Division I Cabinet unanimously voted to approve its new five-year age-based eligibility model. The decision will not become final until ...

Former Kansas defensive stalwart Marcus Garrett will join JHX Hoops, the KU alumni team taking part in The Basketball Tournament, it was announced on Tuesday morning. It will be Garrett’s first appearance in TBT — although he was once declared a prospective participant in 2023 — and he ...

Former Kansas defensive end Dean Miller is suing the NCAA for another season of eligibility, arguing that he had to spend the 2021 season at College of the Canyons due to “circumstances beyond his control” and that the year should not count based on precedents granted to other former ...

The Journal-World All-Area teams are carefully selected by the Journal-World sports staff. Coach of the Year: Aaron Clark, Free State For the first time in school history, the Free State boys tennis team finished second in the 6A state tournament after the team’s two singles players placed ...

The NBA Draft has arrived at last, and it will soon be revealed whether former Kansas guard Darryn Peterson becomes the first Jayhawk selected No. 1 overall since Andrew Wiggins in 2014, or merely the highest-drafted Jayhawk since Wiggins. The debate between Peterson and former BYU forward AJ ...