KUsports.com Athletes of the Week: Tre White and S'Mya Nichols

December 8, 2025

Each week during the University of Kansas’ sports seasons, the Journal-World staff will select one athlete from a KU men’s sports team and one from a women’s sports team as athletes of the ...

Athletes of the Week

December 7, 2025

KU football declines bowl bid amid shortage of eligible teams

Football

December 7, 2025

Kansas escapes road battle with Missouri State with comeback win in overtime; Williams exits due to injury

Women's Basketball

December 7, 2025

Photo Gallery: Kansas blisters Missouri, 80-60 in Border Showdown

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Men's Basketball

While hampered by illness, Peterson made welcome return for KU’s rivalry win

December 7, 2025

Kansas City, Mo. — With Darryn Peterson set to play in his first game in a month as a result of a hamstring injury — and for good measure dealing with a stomach bug with flu-like symptoms — head coach Bill Self had a message for him ahead of Sunday’s game against Missouri. “I told ...

After midgame run, KU coasts to 80-60 Border War victory

December 7, 2025

Kansas City, Mo. — With four and a half minutes remaining in the first half of Sunday’s Border War at the T-Mobile Center, Missouri’s Mark Mitchell soared over Kansas’ Paul Mbiya for a thunderous dunk that gave the Tigers a 23-21 lead. Mizzou proceeded to score three points in the next ...

Football

KU football declines bowl bid amid shortage of eligible teams

December 7, 2025

The Kansas football team has declined a bowl bid, a KU Athletics spokesperson confirmed on Sunday night. The Jayhawks could potentially have had an opportunity to play a postseason game — their third of Lance Leipold’s tenure — despite their 5-7 record, because several bowl-eligible ...

Eudora native Hamm to enter portal

December 6, 2025

Eudora native Jaden Hamm, whose commitment in the class of 2023 represented an early bit of local recruiting success for Kansas under head coach Lance Leipold, is transferring after three years in the program. Hamm will have two years left to play. The 6-foot-6, 250-pound tight end played in ...

Recapping KU’s last transfer class as another offseason begins

December 6, 2025

The transfer portal looks a bit different this offseason, as it now consists of a single two-week period beginning Jan. 2 during which players may enter. There will always be exceptions, and acquisitions that take place at unusual times — coaching changes provide a significant one — and ...

Other Sports

Kansas escapes road battle with Missouri State with comeback win in overtime; Williams exits due to injury

December 7, 2025

The Kansas women’s basketball team ended its road trip with a 71-67 win over the Missouri State Lady Bears in Springfield, Missouri. The Jayhawks trailed for most of the game, including by as many as 13 points in the third quarter, but tied the score late in the fourth to send it to ...

Kansas volleyball upends Miami in four sets, reaches Sweet 16 for first time since 2021

December 5, 2025

For the first time since 2021, Kansas volleyball is on its way to the Sweet 16. “I just am so excited,” senior outside hitter Rhian Swanson said. “Being able to do it with the best group of girls is amazing.” The fourth-seeded Jayhawks defeated fifth-seeded Miami 3-1 (25-17, 25-22, ...

Henry in the Huddle

The key players who will help determine whether KU makes a bowl game

November 13, 2025

Missing a bowl game this year would be a grim result for the Kansas football team. If the Jayhawks lose at Iowa State on Nov. 22 and at home against Utah on Nov. 28, both games in which they will undoubtedly enter as underdogs, they will fall short of the postseason by a game for the second ...

Key takeaways from KU’s exhibition victory at Louisville

October 24, 2025

Much of the attention in 19th-ranked Kansas’ 90-82 exhibition victory on the road at No. 11 Louisville centered on guard Darryn Peterson, and even when the games start to count, that will undoubtedly be the case for much of the 2025-26 season. Peterson was indeed exceptional in the first ...

Bye-week breakdown: How KU’s defensive and special-teams players are faring this year

October 18, 2025

It’s hard to know what to make of the Kansas defense, even with a fairly large sample size to consider seven games into the 2025 season. The Jayhawks’ young secondary has looked better than expected for much of the season, but got torn apart in a home loss to Cincinnati. The defensive ...

KUsports.com Athletes of the Week: Tre White and S’Mya Nichols

KU football declines bowl bid amid shortage of eligible teams

Kansas escapes road battle with Missouri State with comeback win in overtime; Williams exits due to injury

KUsports.com Athletes of the Week: Tre White and S'Mya Nichols

KU football declines bowl bid amid shortage of eligible teams

Kansas escapes road battle with Missouri State with comeback win in overtime; Williams exits due to injury

Photo Gallery: Kansas blisters Missouri, 80-60 in Border Showdown

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The key players who will help determine whether KU makes a bowl game

Key takeaways from KU’s exhibition victory at Louisville

Bye-week breakdown: How KU’s defensive and special-teams players are faring this year

Bye-week breakdown: How KU’s offensive players are faring this year

Three games to circle on the KU women’s basketball conference schedule

What David Booth’s $300 million donation does and does not do for KU in the short term

Three games to circle on the KU men’s basketball conference schedule

The promising and the concerning from the first three weeks of KU’s season

Getting to know the Tigers: Q&A with a Missouri writer

The players left off KU’s depth chart who are most likely to contribute in 2025

While hampered by illness, Peterson made welcome return for KU’s rivalry win

Photo Gallery: Kansas blisters Missouri, 80-60 in Border Showdown

After midgame run, KU coasts to 80-60 Border War victory

KU football declines bowl bid amid shortage of eligible teams

Eudora native Hamm to enter portal

Recapping KU’s last transfer class as another offseason begins

Kansas escapes road battle with Missouri State with comeback win in overtime; Williams exits due to injury

Photo Gallery: KU volleyball moves on to Sweet 16 by dispatching Miami

Kansas volleyball upends Miami in four sets, reaches Sweet 16 for first time since 2021

The key players who will help determine whether KU makes a bowl game

Key takeaways from KU’s exhibition victory at Louisville

Bye-week breakdown: How KU’s defensive and special-teams players are faring this year