A new year and the start of the spring semester bring a variety of fresh opportunities for athletes across Kansas’ 16 varsity sports teams. Below are some of the athletes who will have chances to seize the spotlight over the course of 2026. As usual, the only criteria for these selections ...
It may not feature quite as much upheaval as 2025 — accounting for the House v. NCAA settlement while opening a new stadium was certainly quite a lot to handle for the Kansas athletic department — but 2026 will still be a year of change for KU. The university’s Gateway project is really ...
From dog food to pocketknives and everything in between, University of Kansas players and coaches held forth on a variety of subjects over the course of 2025. The Journal-World’s KU sports coverage captured what the Jayhawks had to say at their highest and lowest moments. Here are some of ...
It’s difficult to distill an entire year of college sports action into a single cohesive story, but the year 2025 in Kansas Athletics certainly saw many of KU’s recent coaching hires begin to bear fruit. Dan Fitzgerald (baseball), Lindsay Kuhle (women’s golf), Nate Lie (soccer) and Matt ...
After Kansas guard Darryn Peterson missed his ninth game of the season on Monday night, KU coach Bill Self said Peterson’s family has decided he should be “as close to 100% as possible” when he returns to action. Self said he agrees with that decision. “We’re in agreement with the ...
It’s not unusual to see freshman Kohl Rosario practicing his shot on James Naismith Court before or after any given Kansas men’s basketball game. “Not everybody works like Kohl,” KU coach Bill Self said on Monday. That might not necessarily be a bad thing: “Kohl’s in the gym too ...