The summer before competing for Olympic medals, elite flag football athletes will have a chance to earn something else — paychecks as pro players. The NFL and TMRW Sports announced Monday the formation of Premier Flag, a new professional league for men and women set to launch in the summer ...
LAWRENCE — The college basketball season tipped off in earnest Monday with something never before seen in the century-plus history of the game: Dozens of players across the country suited up to play after winning court orders against the NCAA's new elibility rules. The bizarre situation ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It seemed only fitting that after the Kansas City Chiefs had committed a slew of penalties all afternoon, a false start on right tackle Jaylon Moore wiped out a would-be winning touchdown pass against Denver on Sunday. Forced to do the play over, Patrick Mahomes was ...
More fall sports concluded over the weekend as local athletes performed at their peak in state competitions. Here are this week's selections for Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Joey Dooley, Lawrence Dooley was nearly perfect through the air in Lawrence's 52-7 win over Shawnee Mission ...
The Kansas volleyball team stretched its win streak to four matches on Sunday with a 3-1 victory (25-19, 23-25, 25-17, 25-23) over Iowa State at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. Junior outside hitter Grace Nelson matched her career high with 18 kills, including the decisive one on match point, ...
The Kansas men’s basketball team learned quite a bit about its makeup in exhibition games against Louisville and Duke, even as neither went its way. “For me personally, I view both those teams as national championship contenders,” center Christian Reeves said. “... I think we fought. I ...
