There’s a theory floating around the Kansas athletic department that suggests that brand new, first-rate facilities for the KU football program will help the Jayhawks return to their winning ways. The resurgence of the Kansas women’s soccer program is proof that such a vision can come ...
Not yet, KU fans. Despite all kinds of momentum suggesting it might be, and a fun and flashy new offense to play with, Kansas football under Les Miles is not quite ready to beat Kansas State, even with a new coach leading the Wildcats. Instead of snapping a 10-game losing skid and partying ...
Moral victories suck. By definition, they’re a cold, empty reminder that the one reason all teams suit up did not happen. But that doesn’t mean they’re totally worthless. KU’s 50-48 loss at Texas on Saturday night in Austin, Texas, was all the adjectives you could possibly imagine ...
Facing yet another new opportunity and fresh start, Kansas quarterback Carter Stanley picked up a big win during the Jayhawks’ bye week. It came in the form of a vote of confidence from new KU offensive coordinator Brent Dearmon and was delivered in both private and very public ways. Not ...
It takes about 10 seconds for anyone talking to him to get a feel for why the Kansas football players like new offensive coordinator Brent Dearmon so much. Funny and full of knowledge, interesting and intelligent, confident and dedicated, Dearmon put all of those traits on display Thursday ...
Give Kansas football coach Les Miles credit for making the difficult move to part ways with offensive coordinator Les Koenning. Now for the easy part — slide out of the way and let Brent Dearmon do his thing. Making a coaching change of this magnitude midseason is never easy. It threatens ...
The first three weeks of Kansas football have provided an interesting case study in riding the proverbial roller coaster. Twists and turns, peaks and valleys and thrills and chills all have been a part of the Jayhawks’ 2-1 start under new head coach Les Miles. But 2-1 is 2-1 and, at least ...
Thursday night, after playing a little basketball with some friends, I stumbled onto a pretty cool moment at Five Guys while grabbing a hard-earned burger on my way home. While I waited for my food, KU defensive lineman Codey Cole III walked in and approached the counter to place his ...
Call the Kansas football team's 24-17 victory over Indiana State a good first step in the Jayhawks’ quest to replace the sizable hole left in the lineup by the departures of Joe Dineen and Daniel Wise. Full of new faces and unproven players getting their first taste of the big time and first ...
It doesn’t matter where you look or who you talk to, everybody wants to make the upcoming Kansas football season about new head coach Les Miles. Except Les Miles. Nearly every time he has been available to the media since his hiring last November, Miles has been asked how his presence or ...
It’s a daily conversation between Les Miles and his coaching staff, but there’s no tag line or marketing ploy associated with it. It’s just good, old-fashioned evaluation, and it’s just as important today as it was on Day 1 of preseason camp and as it will be on the final Friday ...
Editor's Note: With KU football’s preseason camp now under way and the start of the season less than four weeks out, it’s time to start sizing up how the Jayhawks will fare in 2019 under new head coach Les Miles. Yesterday, we brought you a look at the new era of Kansas football from the ...
Editor's Note: With KU football’s preseason camp now under way and the start of the 2019 season less than four weeks out, it’s time to start sizing up how the Jayhawks will fare under new head coach Les Miles. History has shown us that there are generally two camps this time of year, the ...
Station to station they went, running not jogging, knowing that any wasted time could cost them. The faces and bodies have changed a little since their playing days at Kansas, but the players who make up this summer’s Self Made squad appear to remember how to prepare. Running through a ...
Selling beer at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium won’t automatically fill the place with 50,000 rabid KU football fans. But it’s a start. And, frankly, I’m not sure what took this long. Wednesday morning, KU officials announced that beer and wine would be sold inside KU ...
Imagine a world in which KU big man Udoka Azubuike left for North Carolina, Devon Dotson jumped ship to Texas and Michigan State point guard Cassius Winston wound up at Villanova for his senior season. Now imagine that Duke point guard Tre Jones left for Kentucky, Kentucky point guard Ashtan ...
For years, the Rock Chalk Roundball Classic was a fun summer event that brought together a bunch of former KU basketball players for a night of highlights. Today, the Roundball Classic has become a powerhouse, three-day fundraiser for a great cause — helping area families that are fighting ...
It’s been 137 days since Les Miles was introduced as the next football coach at the University of Kansas and, in that time, the program has taken on an entirely different look. From a new coaching staff and fresh crop of players to the way things are done around the complex and inside the ...
So John Calipari is now at Kentucky for life and the whole thing got me wondering if this kind of contract extension is going to become more popular in the coming years. On the surface, keeping one of the game’s best coaches and recruiters at a place like Kentucky for a long, long time seems ...
Salt Lake City — On a Kansas basketball team devoid of both senior stars and heavy March experience, the Jayhawks would only go as far in this NCAA Tournament as a junior transfer could carry them. Although Dedric Lawson’s first shining moment two days earlier made it seem as if the ...