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Free State sophomore McIntosh continues to grow early in diving career

A little over a year ago, Gavin McIntosh had never dove competitively before. Now, he’s qualified for state after his first meet of the season. McIntosh, a sophomore at Free State, had always been around the sport of diving to some extent. His dad, Randy, dove in high school and was a ...

Year in review, Part 1: The most significant storylines of 2025

It’s difficult to distill an entire year of college sports action into a single cohesive story, but the year 2025 in Kansas Athletics certainly saw many of KU’s recent coaching hires begin to bear fruit. Dan Fitzgerald (baseball), Lindsay Kuhle (women’s golf), Nate Lie (soccer) and Matt ...

A look at KU’s current personnel and what it needs to add on offense

For the first time in years, Kansas enters an offseason with uncertainty at quarterback. That alone should make for an extremely intriguing transfer-portal window for the Jayhawks. At first it seemed they would primarily have to build an offensive line and a corps of skill-position players to ...

Bland brothers utilize basketball upbringing to carve out roles at LHS

Axl and Landon Bland moved to Lawrence in October, just a month before the start of the boys basketball season, leaving the two without much time to get acclimated. It’s been a challenge to learn the players on the Lawrence High team and to learn the system and the actions. Luckily, the two ...

Gibson set to leave KU; cornerback was final member of Desert Edge trio

The final member of a trio of Desert Edge High School players who signed with Kansas in the 2024 class bade farewell to KU on Tuesday afternoon. Cornerback Aundre Gibson announced in a post on X that he plans to enter the transfer portal, following in the footsteps of past high school and ...

Reserve defensive end Redd to transfer, per report

Kansas reserve defensive end Caleb Redd plans to enter the transfer portal, On3 reported on Tuesday afternoon. Redd will leave Lawrence after just one season with the Jayhawks. He was one of a quartet of defensive ends KU added in the 2025 transfer cycle, but unlike the other three — Alex ...