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Kansas baseball recruit candidate to be drafted in first round

In most sports, a college coach receives a commitment from a high school prospect, tracks his or her progress, and is delighted to see he just keeps getting better and better and better. College baseball is not most sports in the area of recruiting, which brings us to the case of phenom ...

Is Kansas willing to pay next AD seven-figure salary?

Is the University of Kansas willing to pay its athletic director $1 million a year? If so, then it’s worth starting at the top to see if the superstars of the AD field might be interested in taking on the challenge of turning KU into more than a basketball school. If not, don’t bother ...

Kansas football roster still has Texas flavor

http://www2.kusports.com/photos/2018/apr/17/325188/ Even though Kansas hasn’t signed many Texas high school football recruits in the past two seasons, the roster still has a distinct Lone Star flavor to it. Since offensive tackle Charles Baldwin and defensive end Josh Ehambe still are ...

KU men’s postseason golf, from eagles to triples

http://www2.kusports.com/photos/2018/may/22/326166/ Stillwater, Okla. — Illustrations of the punitive nature of Karsten Creek, site of the NCAA championship, are easy to find. First, consider that Northwestern, which led the first day after stroke play with a team score of 8-under 280, ...

A look at sitting Big 12 athletic directors

http://www2.kusports.com/photos/2010/jun/04/193033/ Rare is the athletic director who is the face of the athletic department. They hire the face of the athletic department and in some cases that hire even evolves into the face of the university. The job tends to have a high turnover rate ...

Kansas closer Zack Leban academically ineligible for remainder of season

Oklahoma City — Kansas closer Zack Leban is unavailable for the remainder of the season because he is academically ineligible, according to Jayhawks baseball coach Ritch Price. Ryan Cyr earned the save in KU’s 3-2 victory vs. Texas in the opener of the Big 12 tournament. Leban (4-3, ...