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KU baseball getting pair of ‘blue-blood baseball guys’ in Schlotterback brothers

Gavyn Schlotterback only received limited reps at first base as a freshman for Paris Junior College last fall; by the spring, the Dragons were starting him at that position. Then, when Paris’ catcher broke his nose, Schlotterback was suddenly catching in every doubleheader and even pitching ...

Kansas baseball’s Brady Ballinger, Jackson Hauge receive All-American honors

After Kansas baseball’s record-breaking 2025 season, KU’s Brady Ballinger and Jackson Hauge were both named All-Americans this week by different publications. Ballinger was named a third-team All-American by Perfect Game on Tuesday and a second-team All-American by the National Collegiate ...

Kansas baseball head coach Dan Fitzgerald signs amended six-year contract

Reigning Big 12 Coach of the Year Dan Fitzgerald signed an amended six-year contract on Tuesday after leading Kansas baseball to its best season in over a decade. After getting the Jayhawks into the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2014, he received an automatic one-year contract ...

Jayhawks new and familiar will compete in outdoor nationals

The 11 Kansas athletes who will compete in the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Oregon’s famous Hayward Field beginning on Wednesday run the gamut in terms of experience. On one side are veterans like decathletes Alexander Jung and Tayton Klein, discus thrower Dimitrios Pavlidis ...

A $2.8 billion settlement will change college sports forever. Here’s how

A federal judge has approved terms of a sprawling $2.8 billion antitrust settlement that will upend the way college sports have been run for more than a century. In short, schools can now directly pay players through licensing deals — a concept that goes against the foundation of amateurism ...