In an interview with Jon Rothstein released Thursday on the “Inside College Basketball Now” podcast, Kansas coach Bill Self shed new light on his decision to return for a 24th season with the ...
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In an interview with Jon Rothstein released Thursday on the “Inside College Basketball Now” podcast, Kansas coach Bill Self shed new light on his decision to return for a 24th season with the Jayhawks, reiterating that he feels much better physically and explaining that he is motivated to ...
Javon Bardwell's long-awaited reclassification has arrived, but he won't be playing for Kansas. The 6-foot-6 wing from Harlem, New York, had been committed to KU since Oct. 3 as a member of the class of 2027, but there was always some thought he might move up to join the Jayhawks ahead of the ...
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has signed a five-year contract for the Jayhawks to participate in the Players Era Festival, tying one of college basketball's storied programs to one of the more innovative, forward-thinking tournaments in the sport. The Players Era began in Las Vegas in 2024 ...
Kansas defensive tackle Eamon Smalls has garnered his fair share of nicknames over the years, and he’s certainly gotten accustomed to having “The Sandlot” quoted in his direction: ”You’re killing me, Smalls!” But nicknaming him after the Notorious B.I.G.’s second stage name ...
A host of Kansas football players tried their hand at saying “Rock Chalk” in British accents in a social media video KU posted in the spring, but only one actually called up an English parent to do it on his behalf. That was KU kicker Martin Connington, whose father’s side of the family ...
Twelve snaps on special teams were a valuable part of Kansas linebacker Malachi Curvey’s first year of college football. “It was good to get a feel for the game speed,” the redshirt freshman said. Like so many other freshmen in recent years, however, Curvey was limited to four games — ...
Right-side hitter Taylor Stanley was named the Big 12’s freshman of the year, and a pair of Jayhawks received all-league selections as part of the conference’s preseason honors that were announced on Tuesday morning. Stanley, a 6-foot-3 Overland Park native who attended Blue Valley ...
Last offseason was a challenge for Kansas volleyball coach Matt Ulmer. He moved to Lawrence, then had to get situated at his new job and fill out a roster of players he’d just met. But despite all of that, the Jayhawks still finished second in the Big 12 and reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA ...
More than nine years after he was selected in the MLB Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates, former Kansas left-handed pitcher Blake Weiman made his big-league debut on Friday night. Weiman, now playing for the Los Angeles Angels, worked around a pair of singles to pitch a scoreless seventh inning ...
It certainly seems like quite a few college athletes are about to get more eligibility, whether they were actively looking for it or not. Amid a barrage of increasingly successful lawsuits by members of the high school class of 2022 who played four straight seasons in college, then graduated ...
With Big 12 media days now well in the rearview mirror, another key offseason milestone will arrive soon enough when the Kansas football team begins its fall training camp on Tuesday, a month ahead of the Jayhawks’ Sept. 4 opener against Long Island at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. On ...
When guard Taylen Kinney announced his commitment to Kansas back in September on a CBS Sports livestream, he relayed a rather telling anecdote about his expectations for the 2026-27 season. “Coach (Bill) Self told me I was going to get to play right when I stepped in,” he said. “I was ...
