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A thought experiment: What if Kansas doesn’t get Tyran Stokes?

To be clear, I’m not saying Kansas is not going to get Tyran Stokes. That caveat has to go at the top because Stokes’ recruitment has been the sort of high-scrutiny, high-stakes affair in which the mere brand of athletic apparel he wears in an Instagram story can send three fan bases into ...

Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Erin Derby and Henry Thompson

The spring sports season is around a month away from its conclusion, and local teams and athletes are battling for seeding positions to enter the postseason at the top of their sports. Here are this week’s selections for Athletes of the Week: Erin Derby, Lawrence Lawrence beat Shawnee ...

KU softball enters home stretch with postseason berth at stake

To achieve a 30-win season for the first time as a collegiate head coach, Jennifer McFalls admits, has taken a bit longer than she would have thought. KU hired McFalls, a longtime Texas assistant, in the fall of 2018. The Jayhawks struggled early and got disrupted, like so many programs, by ...

Coby Mayo hits another 3-run homer and Orioles beat Royals 8-6 to take series

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Coby Mayo hit his second three-run homer in as many days during a six-run sixth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles beat Kansas City 8-3 on Wednesday to take two of three from the Royals. The two homers by Mayo at Kauffman Stadium were his first of the season, and he more ...