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KU earns barrage of commitments after first weekend of transfer visits

Updated 8:04 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026: The Kansas football team is reaping the rewards of the first weekend of the winter transfer window. Over the course of Sunday evening, KU earned commitments from a series of four transfers at positions of great need. They came from defensive tackle ...

Meister’s career day powers Jayhawks to 83-68 road win over UCF

The Kansas women’s basketball team is on the board in Big 12 play. The Jayhawks recorded their first conference win of the season with an 83-68 victory over UCF in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday afternoon in a battle of teams who had started 0-2 in the league. Freshman forward Jaliya Davis led ...

Several KU football players confirm they will return for 2026

Amid a flurry of movement in the early days of the transfer window, a handful of Kansas players took to social media on Saturday night to post official KU football graphics suggesting they are “locked in” for next season. The group of returnees included defensive ends Alex Bray, Dakyus ...

This day in Jayhawk history: 10 years ago, 3 overtimes

The game lasted 55 action-packed minutes, but one of its lasting images manifested itself well after the final buzzer. When Oklahoma guard Buddy Hield, fresh off one of the greatest performances ever recorded by a Kansas opponent at Allen Fieldhouse, concluded his postgame interview on the ...

Longtime KU academic adviser ‘Scooter’ Ward dies

Updated 10:24 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026: Scott “Scooter” Ward, an esteemed longtime academic adviser who most recently served as KU Athletics’ director of peak performance and leadership, died on Saturday, his wife Robin wrote in a post on Facebook. He was 59. “This man — Scott ...