Versatile entertainer Justin Timberlake made news from his Twitter account (@jtimberlake) by lobbying for the inclusion of Memphis in the Big 12. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has thrown his support to Houston. Central Florida athletic director Danny White insists the Knights are a “monster” ...

A school doesn’t win 12 consecutive Big 12 basketball titles without at least a little variance in relative strengths and weaknesses.Take the case of Kansas and rebounding. In the first two seasons of the streak, in conference games only, KU ranked fifth in rebounding margin (+2.1) in ...

Musty smell. A poster of young and beautiful Muhammad Ali standing over flattened Sonny Liston hanging on the wall. Fight cards from decades past and fresher ones promoting future fights decorate the dark, dank warehouse walls. Heavy bags. Speed bags. A revered old man with a towel wrapped ...

Big 12 expansion talk runs hot so it’s time for us all to board the plane to Fantasy Island, time for Herve Villechaize to come back from the dead to greet us, time for us to talk about what to wear for the wedding between the Big Ten and Kansas.For many reasons, the Big Ten certainly would ...

The next college football head coach or assistant who says the staff has downgraded recruiting will be the first and won’t be in office for long.Most of the time, the coaches are sincere in hyping their recruiting classes because if they didn’t like the players, they wouldn’t have offered ...

David Beaty was asked at Big 12 Media Days if he has found his job as football coach at Kansas to be as tough as he thought it would be, and naturally he polished his answer with positive paint.The Kansas job is considered a career-killer by many, and several factors do make it a risky ...