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KU women’s basketball learns Big 12 schedule

An experienced Kansas women’s basketball team looking to find its way back to the NCAA Tournament learned on Thursday morning exactly what sort of challenges await it this year. The Big 12 Conference announced its 18-game conference schedule, which begins before the new year and concludes ...

Gill enjoys family support as he proceeds through freshman season

ISLEWORTH, England — Kansas punter Matt Gill, who is from Australia, had his father in attendance for his debut on Sept. 4 against Long Island. Well, at least it was supposed to be his debut — the Jayhawks’ offense was so effective as to render Gill’s services unnecessary. That made ...

Marshall taking right steps ahead of next big chance

ISLEWORTH, England — Shortly after Kansas lost 38-21 to Missouri, in a fairly grim performance from the Jayhawks’ offense that featured a turnover-prone quarterback and no real running game, associate head coach Andy Kotelnicki told his charges, “I am excited to see how we will ...

1930s ‘Heisman’ shovel pass sets tone for Chiefs’ 31-10 win over the Broncos

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It might well have been the first time that Patrick Mahomes had lined up in a three-point stance since he was a kid, but that’s how they did things back in the 1930s, when the grainy, black-and-white game film that inspired the play was recorded. The Chiefs quarterback ...