Kansas basketball assistant coach Jerrance Howard is leaving KU for a spot on newly named Texas coach Chris Beard’s bench in Austin. KU coach Bill Self and Howard announced the news in a release Tuesday evening, bringing an end to Howard’s eight-year run with the Jayhawks. “Working ...
NBA analyst Paul Pierce has been fired by ESPN, people familiar with the situation confirmed Monday. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to publicly comment on personnel matters. The news was first reported by Barrett Sports ...
The University of Kansas athletics department filled one of its two major vacancies on Monday, as Travis Goff became the new athletic director. And while Goff’s plan for the KU football job remains to be seen, several Jayhawks didn’t waste any time backing interim head coach Emmett ...
New Kansas Athletic Director Travis Goff, hired by the university on Monday to replace Jeff Long, will make $700,000 annually for the first three years of a five-year contract, putting him at the bottom of the 10-team Big 12 Conference. According to a recent report from the Associated Press, ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Heck, everyone's entitled to an off night. But that beatdown Baylor put on undefeated Gonzaga with the national title on the line — nobody saw that coming. The fresh-as-can-be Bears obliterated wobbly-legged Gonzaga's march to perfection Monday night in an 86-70 ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Danny Duffy's days of being bullied by the Indians are over. He's hitting back. Duffy, who went more than two years without a win over Cleveland, pitched six innings of two-hit ball to beat a longtime nemesis and Whit Merrifield drove in all of Kansas City's runs with a ...
The head coach of the University of Kansas athletics department’s flagship program, Bill Self, who has lived and worked in Lawrence for nearly 18 years now, considers the Jayhawks “fortunate” to have Travis Goff as the new athletic director. KU’s men’s basketball coach, Self stated ...
Travis Goff, a 2002 graduate of the University of Kansas and a native of Dodge City, has been named the school’s new athletic director, KU Chancellor Douglas Girod announced on Monday afternoon. Goff becomes the fifth AD hired by Kansas since the late Bob Frederick retired in 2001. “It ...
Free State’s boys tennis team started off the 2021 campaign with a third-place finish at the Emporia Invitational on Saturday. The Firebirds scored 40 points as a team, finishing behind runner-up Blue Valley (49 points) and Blue Valley Northwest (59) in the six-squad event. FSHS was led ...
College Station, Texas, is becoming a popular recruiting spot for the Kansas football program. The Jayhawks have added their second commitment for the Class of 2022 from the city where offensive line coach Lee Grimes used to play and work. Houston Thomas, a tight end and high school teammate ...
KANSAS CITY — Michael A. Taylor homered and drove in three runs for the second straight game, leading the Kansas City Royals over the Texas Rangers 11-4 Saturday. Released by Washington after hitting .196 last season, Taylor is off to a sensational start for Kansas City. After getting three ...
The Kansas tennis team dropped a second straight match, this time losing to its rival Kansas State on the road Saturday afternoon. The Jayhawks suffered a 4-3 loss to the Wildcats in Manhattan. Kansas actually claimed doubles point to begin the match. Sonia Smagina and Vasiliki Karvouni won ...
The Kansas volleyball team concluded its 2020-21 regular season with its third straight sweep — as well as seventh consecutive win — after defeating Arkansas State (25-21, 25-14, 25-14) Saturday afternoon at Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena. Jenny Mosser shined in the season finale, leading ...
The Kansas softball team was overwhelmed by top-ranked Oklahoma in a three-game sweep this weekend at the OU Softball Complex. No. 1 Oklahoma started the series off with a 14-0 win over Kansas on Thursday, a game that only lasted 4.5 innings. Juniors Morgyn Wynne and Macy Omli were responsible ...
The Kansas baseball team managed to score just four runs en route to being swept by Texas in a three-game series at Hoglund Ballpark this weekend. Kansas dropped a 5-2 decision in the first game on Thursday. Nolan Metcalf and Brett Vosik led the team with two hits each. KU posted 10 hits in ...
Free State, Lawrence High and Bishop Seabury all competed in the track meet at LHS on Friday, April 2, 2021. Olathe East won both the boys and girls division, but plenty of local athletes shined in the second track meet of the 2021 campaign. Lawrence junior Avion Nelson won both jumping events ...
In the final lap, the boys 1,600-meter run at Lawrence High’s track and field quadrangular turned into a two-man race for first place — between Free State’s Brock Cordova and his teammate Ethan Sharp. They both leapfrogged an Olathe East runner who had been leading for much of the race. ...
For the second track meet in a row, Lawrence High junior Avion Nelson swept the boys jumping events on Friday — but his performance was even more impressive this time, beating his previous marks in both the long jump and triple jump. Nelson posted a leap of 21-02.00 in the long jump and a ...
Although he started in the secondary for Kansas in six of the final seven games of 2020, Nate Betts headed into the offseason looking for a way to make even more of an impact during his final year with the Jayhawks. And his search led him to a new job entirely. “I asked around, I asked the ...
Former Bishop Seabury standout Zach Bloch finally knows where he will be playing collegiate basketball. Bloch, who last played for the Seahawks as a junior during the 2019-20 season, announced his verbal commitment to the University of Northern Colorado. Bloch posted a statement via his ...
