OLATHE — The bad news: Free State softball came up short, 3-2, against Washburn Rural on Friday.
The good news?
In 2019, the Firebirds were forced to recover from a similar regular-season loss to Washburn Rural — and they bounced back big, eventually avenging that defeat in the 6A state ...
The Kansas men's basketball backcourt became a little more explosive on Friday, when prep guard Bobby Pettiford Jr., signed a financial aid agreement to officially join the Jayhawks.
Originally a Louisville signee, Pettiford Jr., reopened his recruitment after a coaching change at Louisville ...
Throughout a winless 2020 season, the Kansas football team’s offensive line suffered through so many losing battles at the point of attack that the Jayhawks rarely were able to avoid blowout defeats.
While no one is denying those issues existed, the hope among KU’s O-linemen this year is ...
First-year KU Athletic Director Travis Goff on Thursday informed KU’s donors that he was [beginning a national search to find KU’s next head football coach.][1]
In an email sent out Thursday afternoon, Goff expressed his appreciation for the job interim head coach Emmett Jones and his ...
Lawrence High's baseball team managed just two hits in a 4-0 loss to Shawnee Mission Northwest Thursday night at LHS on April 15, 2021.
Photos by Nick Krug/Lawrence Journal-World
Lawrence High’s baseball team was stymied by another talented pitcher in a 4-0 loss to Shawnee Mission Northwest Thursday night at LHS.
The Lions managed just two hits off Shawnee Mission Northwest left-handed pitcher Ty Blecha, who spun a complete-game shutout — the latest performance in ...
A national search for the next head football coach at the University of Kansas is back on — this time with a different athletic director in charge.
Still in his second week on the job as KU’s new AD, Travis Goff announced in a letter emailed to donors Thursday evening that he is initiating ...
There’s certainly no guarantee that something big will not happen on Friday.
That’s just kind of the way things have gone with the Kansas men’s basketball program for the past few weeks.
But if there’s not, we now know the next big day to circle on the KU hoops calendar — ...
Starting next season, major college football and basketball players will be permitted to transfer one time before graduating without being required to sit out a year of competition.
The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to change the long-standing rule that has often deterred players in ...
The Kansas football defense could end up relying a lot on a pair of relatively new inside linebackers this year.
Between former safety Nate Betts switching positions during the offseason and Taiwan Berryhill moving inside late during his freshman year, the Jayhawks hope those two can bolster a ...
When the University of Kansas parted ways with Les Miles in early March, the football team’s players didn’t know what the future would hold. And while the coaching transition remains unfinished more than a month later, Sam Burt said he and other veterans did their best to make the process ...
Kansas basketball’s 2021 recruiting class grew by one on Thursday, when Kyle Cuffe Jr., signed his letter of intent to join the Jayhawks for the 2021-22 season.
Originally a member of the 2022 recruiting class, Cuffe, a four-star prosect from the New York City area, committed to Kansas last ...
Plenty of local track and field athletes earned victories during Wednesday’s Little KU meet at Lawrence High School.
Athletes or relay teams from Lawrence High, Free State or Bishop Seabury won 34 events at the meet. Topeka West also competed.
LHS senior Graham Hough won multiple ...
The Kansas baseball team finished off a two-game sweep of Air Force with a 7-4 win Wednesday afternoon at Hoglund Ballpark.
Kansas (20-13) scored 20 total runs and posted a total of 24 hits during the midweek set.
Everhett Hazelwood got the starting nod for the Jayhawks. He gave up one run ...
The Kansas men’s basketball roster for the 2021-22 season officially grew by three players on Wednesday, when KU announced the additions of transfers Cam Martin, Sydney Curry and Joseph Yesufu.
All three will be eligible immediately and figure to make an instant impact in the KU lineup. ...
The Kansas football team’s incoming freshman class will have one fewer member than expected. Andrew Simpson, a Class of 2021 linebacker who signed with the Jayhawks this past December, announced Wednesday he had been granted a release from his letter of intent.
“I look forward to another ...
The Tulsa World caught up with now-former Kansas guard Bryce Thompson on Tuesday night to get a little more insight on [the former five-star prospect’s decision to leave KU.][1]
[In an interview with Kelly Hines,][2] who covers all things Tulsa for the paper, Thompson said the fact that ...
Free State freshman Jack Randall claimed his first win of his high school career Tuesday afternoon during the first leg of the Sunflower League Invitational.
Randall shot a 71 to finish one stroke under par at the Deer Creek Golf Course. His score was one stroke better than Mill Valley senior ...
Kansas target TyTy Washington revealed Tuesday that he plans to announce his list of five finalists sometime this weekend.
A 6-foot-4, 180-pound point guard who originally committed to Creighton last November — from a list of 10 finalists — opened his recruitment back up in early March ...
In a program mired in uncertainty, few aspects of the Kansas football team’s 2021 season feel more settled than the running back position — even if the Jayhawks don’t want to reveal the particulars of how new offensive coordinator Mike DeBord wants to make use of the backs.
“I can’t ...