The race for first place in the Big 12 power rankings continues to tighten. Only two points separate Iowa State and BYU for the top spot. The Cyclones are No. 1 for the third straight week after receiving nine of a possible 16 first-place votes (249 points) from a panel of media who regularly ...
If you missed Hayden Hatcher's appearance in a national commercial, that’s OK. It took him by surprise, too. The former Kansas defensive end was watching the Kansas City Chiefs play on Monday Night Football on Oct. 7 with his little brother and a friend. Suddenly, during an ad break he ...
Time will tell if Kansas' first bye week of the season helped cure its on-field ills, but in the near term, it may not have done enough for the Jayhawks' physical health. Asked how much the bye week helped injured players get back into action, Leipold said, "Not as much as I had hoped yet ...
During the first few weeks of the college football season, the popular narrative about Kansas and its early-season struggles was that new coordinator Jeff Grimes, Jalon Daniels and the offense were letting down a resurgent, high-intensity, physical KU defense. That storyline got twisted on ...
As the Kansas football team climbed back to national prominence in 2022 and 2023, the Jayhawks’ special-teams units often lagged behind. Consider the SP+ rankings compiled by ESPN’s Bill Connelly. The Jayhawks finished the 2022 campaign with a minus-1.7 rating for special teams that was ...
The fall sports season is rapidly approaching the postseason with another October week over. Here are the Journal-World's sports staff's selections for Athletes of the Week. Kavon Price, Lawrence High School The Lawrence High School football team exploded with 55 points in a shutout win over ...