Sports

A closer look at KU’s mid-major opponents

While matchups against the likes of UConn and Kentucky will draw the bulk of the attention this fall for the Kansas men’s basketball team, they only make up about half the nonconference schedule. The Jayhawks will both open and close their nonleague slate against mid-major foes at Allen ...

West Virginia beats Troy in teams’ College World Series debuts

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tyrus Hall hit the tiebreaking single in the eighth inning, Ian Korn held Troy to one run in his longest relief appearance of the season, and West Virginia beat the Trojans 7-5 Friday in a meeting of teams making their first appearances in the College World Series. Hall ...

Algeria visits KU athletic facilities amid World Cup preparation

Of all the potential uses of the “polar bear in Arlington, Texas” reaction image — which has become a common incredulous online response to any situation in which one person or element seems dramatically out of place — there may never have been one as apt as in reply to the social media ...