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NCAA on cusp of answering how long college athletes should play

The NCAA is on the cusp of extending Division I athlete eligibility from four years of competition to five and essentially setting an age limit, just the latest development on a topic that has been a point of contention in college athletics for decades. None other than Walter Camp, the "Father ...

Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Ben Graves and Irelyn Kennedy

The spring sports season ended over the weekend as local athletes competed in baseball, boys golf and track and field meets. Here are this week's selections for Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Ben Graves, Free State Graves threw seven innings and allowed five hits and one walk against ...

Two more former KU players to join TBT team

Two familiar faces will join the Kansas alumni team in The Basketball Tournament this summer. Guards Zeke Mayo and Lagerald Vick have committed to play for JHX Hoops next month, it was announced on Thursday. Both will return after being part of the team in 2025, and in Vick’s case, each year ...

Massey breaks tie in 9th as Royals beat Reds

CINCINNATI (AP) — Michael Massey hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the ninth inning, Vinnie Pasquantino and Nick Loftin homered and the Kansas City Royals beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-2 on Wednesday night to win the three-game series. Massey’s line drive to right field off Tony Santillan ...

Nick Saban lends support to college sports bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban and others testified Wednesday in support of a bipartisan bill aimed at overhauling a college sports system where players can increasingly earn millions of dollars while moving freely between schools. The leaders of the Senate ...

Transfer linebacker Watson no longer eligible for KU after denied appeal

Landyn Watson, a transfer linebacker from Kentucky who committed to Kansas back in January and was with the Jayhawks this spring, is no longer on KU’s roster and will not be eligible to play this upcoming season. Watson would have been a sixth-year senior, but he told the Journal-World in a ...