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No. 11 Tar Heels lose freshman star Caleb Wilson to hand fracture

Caleb Wilson has powered No. 11 North Carolina all year. The Tar Heels will now have to figure out how to play without their freshman star. The team said Thursday that the high-end NBA prospect had suffered a fracture in his left hand, an announcement coming two days after the 11th-ranked Tar ...

Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Anderson Bateman and Imogen Matter

The postseason has arrived for wrestling and boys swim and dive, and local athletes helped lead their teams in key moments during league championships. Here are this week's selections for Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Anderson Bateman, Free State Free State swimmer Anderson Bateman ...

Self rebukes criticism of Peterson: ‘Not remotely true’

Kansas freshman guard Darryn Peterson has played in 13 of KU’s games this season, but he has missed 11 and been limited in the second halves of plenty more, for a host of different reasons. “He’s got a string of bad luck,” head coach Bill Self said. From his early-season hamstring ...

KU’s first 2027 commitment is lineman Gonzalez

Kansas is on the board in the 2027 recruiting class. The Jayhawks earned the commitment on Wednesday night of Derek Gonzalez, a consensus three-star offensive lineman from Nogales High School in La Puente, California. Gonzalez announced his decision in a post on social media. He chose KU over ...