KU Sports

How latest eligibility bombshell could affect various KU sports

It certainly seems like quite a few college athletes are about to get more eligibility, whether they were actively looking for it or not. Amid a barrage of increasingly successful lawsuits by members of the high school class of 2022 who played four straight seasons in college, then graduated ...

KU soccer notebook: Jayhawks hope to harness local enthusiasm after World Cup

In recruiting future Jayhawks, Kansas soccer coach Nate Lie doesn’t hesitate to mention how much it meant for the Algerian national team to use KU’s facilities at Rock Chalk Park this summer — how it validates their quality that they had the chance to play a role in a sporting event of ...

An early guess at a prospective 2027 KU baseball lineup

Monitoring the offseason in college baseball is an entirely different sort of enterprise than keeping track of what’s going on in basketball and football. Even with the sport’s ongoing growth, player movement receives substantially less coverage. Prospects announced as signees in the fall ...

McFalls signs contract extension

In the wake of bringing the Kansas softball team to the NCAA Tournament, head coach Jennifer McFalls has signed a contract extension, KU athletic director Travis Goff announced on Wednesday. Her contract now runs for three years, with KU holding a fourth-year option to potentially retain her ...

KU baseball to play fall exhibition at ‘Field of Dreams’ site

The Kansas baseball team will play a unique exhibition game this fall as part of its preparation for the 2027 season. KU and Iowa will face off in Dyersville, Iowa, near the site where the 1989 movie “Field of Dreams” was filmed. The matchup is set for Oct. 10 at 1 p.m., Iowa announced on ...

Picking potential breakout Jayhawks for the 2026-27 school year

It’s that quiet time of the year well after spring sports come to a close, one that Kansas Athletics forestalled a bit this time around with a lengthy postseason run for its baseball team and a few strong track and field performances, but one that inevitably arrives every summer. In reality, ...