Ten local athletes competed in the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games last week in Minnesota, with some athletes coming home with medals. Jennifer Goff competed in bocce alongside Scott Ball from Pittsburg. On Monday, the doubles team won three matches for Kansas in the round robin, starting with ...
Olivia Bruno needed a second opinion. When the former two-way standout for Kansas softball got a message in February from an Italian club team asking if she wanted to play for them, she had to consult Morgan Zerkle, her boss at Marshall. “I showed her the DM and I was like, ‘Is this ...
The Kansas softball team reached new heights, at least for Jennifer McFalls’ eight-year tenure as head coach, by earning a postseason bid in 2026. Now the work of replicating that performance continues, and the Jayhawks will have to go forward without an influential class of seniors that ...
In his previous stops as a baseball coach, Dan Fitzgerald worked with some talented players who went on to great success. Fitzgerald recruited Scott Schebler, from Prairie High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Des Moines Area Community College in what he described to The Athletic as his ...
Former Kansas forward KJ Adams will soon make his return to the basketball court after a yearlong absence from competitive play. Adams, who suffered a torn Achilles in his final collegiate game on March 20, 2025, is getting a shot in the NBA Summer League. He will play for the Golden State ...
The NCAA’s new eligibility rules are less than a week old and already facing legal challenges. Attorneys Ryan Downton and Darren Heitner are attempting to remedy what they see as unfair treatment of the high school class of 2022 through lawsuits, including one reportedly filed last week in ...
