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Chalmers recovers from injury, plans to work out for NBA teams after draft

When Mario Chalmers suited up against Kansas men’s basketball players in Bill Self’s summer camp game Wednesday, it was the first time he played in a game in more than a year. Chalmers sat out the entire 2016-17 NBA season recovering from a torn Achilles tendon in his right foot, ...

KU commit Markese Jacobs turns heads with windmill slam

Markese Jacobs still has another two years before he starts his career at Kansas, but that hasn’t stopped him from picking up attention across the country. Jacobs, a Kansas commit in the Class of 2019, had one of the dunks of the spring when he slammed a windmill dunk on a fastbreak ...

Durant supports Josh Jackson, other top prospects skipping NBA combine

Josh Jackson received an invitation to the NBA combine, which is underway this week in Chicago, but declined to attend. It’s a move that most of the top prospects in each draft class follow, which allows players to schedule their own interviews, medical testing and workouts for the ...

Big 12 has fewest NFL Draft picks in its conference history

For the third time in the last four years, the Kansas football program didn’t have a player selected in the NFL Draft. But looking around the Big 12 Conference, it wasn’t just the Jayhawks who didn’t have much to celebrate in the three-day, seven-round spectacle. The Big 12 ...

After All-American freshman season, Mike Lee excited to tackle prom

After passing summer classes last year, Kansas safety Mike Lee finalized his decision to enroll early at KU. Lee, reclassifying from the 2017 class, graduated early and opted to skip his senior year of high school. That meant he had an earlier start to his collegiate career, and he ...