Photo Gallery: KU holds off San Diego State in WBIT quarterfinals
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Jayhawks outlast Aztecs to advance to WBIT semifinals, 85-78
Just over a month removed from Kansas women’s basketball’s official senior night, the quartet of Jayhawk seniors got one more chance to say goodbye to Allen Fieldhouse. Forwards Lilly Meister and Nadira Eltayeb and guards Sania Copeland and Elle Evans walked off James Naismith Court for ...
Defensive mistakes cost Lawrence softball in season-opening loss to St. James Academy
SHAWNEE — Defensive miscues and a lack of hitting troubled Lawrence softball in a 14-0 loss to St. James Academy in the season opener on Thursday. “This is on the coaching as much as the players,” Lawrence coach Michael Byrn said. “We were poor defensively. I don’t think we’ve been ...
Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Stella Comparato and Nathan Young
The spring sports season officially kicked off, and local athletes helped their teams start their seasons on the right note with some wins. Here are this week's selections for Athletes of the Week: Stella Comparato, Lawrence Lawrence girls soccer won its season opener over Shawnee Heights ...
Malinin rebounds from Olympics at the worlds with a personal-best short program
PRAGUE — Ilia Malinin bounced back from misfiring at the Milan Cortina Olympics by leading after the short program at the figure skating world championships on Thursday. With a new haircut, Malinin showcased all that the spectators expected from the defending two-time world champion at O2 ...
Leipold hopes small modifications can help make difference for KU football
Kansas coach Lance Leipold’s 19 years as a head coach have featured multiple situations in which his patience and his convictions were rewarded. When he went 7-3 at Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2012, in what he said was characterized as a “disastrous season” after he had won four national ...