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 ‘Scooter’ Ward, son, brother, friend, ...

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 ...