CLEVELAND (AP) — The spotlight for change is shining on the Cleveland Indians. Now that the NFL's Washington Redskins have retired their contentious nickname and logo after decades of objection and amid a nationwide movement calling for racial justice, the Indians appear to be the next major ...
Kentucky’s John Calipari, Kansas coach Bill Self and more than 30 other college basketball coaches announced Monday the creation of a minority leadership initiative that carries the name of former KU pioneer John McLendon. In partnership with the John McLendon Foundation, the new initiative ...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Kevin Molino scored in the seventh-minute of second-half stoppage time as Minnesota United rallied with two late goals to beat Sporting Kansas City 2-1 on Sunday night in the MLS is Back tournament. The opener of Group D was highly entertaining and switched ...
University of Kansas football manager Jack Roche died late Saturday night in his hometown of Chicago after being hit by a car, multiple people close to the KU program confirmed to the Journal-World. Roche, who turned 21 in early May, was scheduled to graduate from KU in the spring of 2021. ...
On Friday, former University of Kansas golf standout Gary Woodland was in danger of missing the cut for a second consecutive tournament on the PGA Tour. By early Sunday afternoon, Woodland was in the clubhouse with a Top 5 finish and one of the best weekends of his 2020 season. Woodland ...
After Major League Soccer made a return from its pandemic-related shutdown last week, Sporting KC is finally getting back on the field. Sporting KC will open play in the MLS is Back tournament with a 7 p.m. kickoff Sunday against Minnesota United in Orlando. The game is the Group D opener for ...
Riding the momentum from a strong finish to Round 2 on Friday, former University of Kansas golfer Gary Woodland delivered one of the best rounds of the day on Saturday at the Workday Charity Open in Dublin, Ohio. The former Jayhawk put himself firmly in contention for the title at the top of ...
Former University of Kansas golfer Gary Woodland used a furious rally late in his second round to make the cut at 3-under par for the tournament at the Workday Charity Open in Dublin, Ohio. Woodland sat in a tie for 29th when the second round was suspended for the day because of darkness. ...
Four former Kansas basketball standouts will be among the 30 players participating in a pay-per-view basketball event in Las Vegas later this month. KU national champions Mario Chalmers, Darnell Jackson and Brandon Rush, along with former NBA lottery pick Julian Wright, are all on different ...
With Thursday's news that the Big Ten won't be playing nonconference games in 2020, college football players seem to be realizing that their fall season is in jeopardy — including one KU player who's asking the NCAA for help. “Dear @NCAA, Please don’t jeopardize my last season by just ...
It remains to be seen if the 2020-21 college basketball season will be played as currently scheduled. But if it is, Bill Self’s Jayhawks will have a new venue on their slate — sort of. In the aftermath of its recent merger with Sprint, T-Mobile announced this week that the venue known ...
Former University of Kansas golfer Gary Woodland returned to action from a one-week break to shoot a one-over 73 during Thursday’s opening round of the Workday Charity Open in Dublin, Ohio. Woodland started his round on the back nine and went bogey-birdie-bogey-birdie to get things started. ...
The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday it will not play nonconference games in football and several other sports this fall, the most dramatic move yet by a power conference because of the coronavirus pandemic. The league cited medical advice in making its decision and added ominously that ...
Even if no games were played, Wednesday was one of the biggest, most eventful days in college sports I can remember. First, Stanford announced it was cutting 11 of its 36 varsity sports, a scary move for the rest of college athletics that could be the beginning of a nationwide trend. “If ...
The University of Kansas may soon be facing its first scheduling conflict from the COVID-19 pandemic. According to reports, the Ivy League decided on Wednesday that all of its fall sports seasons had been canceled and that the league’s winter sports seasons would not begin until after Jan. ...
The Kansas Speedway’s annual NASCAR weekend, which was already postponed from the end of May to July 23-25, now will take place without fans in the stands. Kansas Speedway President Pat Warren said the track reached the decision to move forward without fans after working closely with public ...
Longtime assistant coach Jamelle Blunt has been named the new head coach of the Bishop Seabury Academy boys basketball program. Blunt, 33, takes over for Jonathan Raney, who left the program after leading BSA to the state semifinals last season. Blunt worked as an assistant under Raney for ...
The University of Kansas football program has hired a new director of football operations from one of the premier programs in the Big 12 Conference. On Wednesday, a Kansas Athletics spokesperson confirmed to the Journal-World that Tory Teykl had been hired as assistant athletic director for ...
Lawrence High senior Devin Neal had a feeling that the Kansas football program would get good news last weekend, when four-star wide receiver Keon Coleman committed. But Neal made sure to check in with Coleman before the announcement anyway. During the past couple of weeks, the two future ...
The Kansas City Royals officially will open the 2020 season on July 24 in Cleveland, the first of a 60-game sprint to the finish in the condensed Major League Baseball season. Here’s a quick look at a few of the fun and interesting notes about the Royals’ schedule that is slated to run ...
