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Henry Greenstein

hgreenstein@ljworld.com

Henry is the sports editor at the Lawrence Journal-World and KUsports.com, and serves as the KU beat writer while managing day-to-day sports coverage. He previously worked as a sports reporter at The Bakersfield Californian and is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis (B.A., Linguistics) and Arizona State University (M.A., Sports Journalism). Though a native of Los Angeles, he has frequently been told he does not give off "California vibes," whatever that means.

Flowers hits walk-off home run as KU escapes Baylor in Big 12 tournament, 8-7

The Kansas baseball team escaped a potential disaster on Thursday evening thanks to an unlikely hero. Savion Flowers, a sophomore outfielder from Cisco College, entered as a defensive replacement midway through KU’s Big 12 tournament opener against Baylor. At the time, the Jayhawks had built ...

A look ahead to KU men’s basketball’s nonconference foes

The Kansas men’s basketball nonconference schedule is drawing closer to completion with Wednesday’s announcement of a home-and-home series with Villanova and Thursday's release of the Players Era brackets. That checks the box of a marquee home game at Allen Fieldhouse for the Jayhawks and ...

Jemutai named top Big 12 women’s track athlete

Kansas junior Emmah Jemutai was named the Big 12 women’s track and field performer of the year in a poll of league coaches revealed on Thursday afternoon. "We're really excited about Emmah and all of the hard work she has put in," KU coach Stanley Redwine said in a press release. "She ...

KU men’s golf ends season at Athens Regional

The Kansas men’s golf team concluded its season on Wednesday at the Athens Regional at the University of Georgia Golf Course, as it finished in a tie for 11th in the 13-team field at 7-under and fell 12 strokes short of fifth place and qualification for the NCAA Championship. As a team, No. ...

KU baseball team back to work ahead of Big 12 tournament

The Kansas baseball team already has one championship under its belt: the Jayhawks’ first regular-season league title since 1949. But since returning from their weekend series at BYU, in which they won two of three, they’ve had to simply go back to work. “It just feels like another day, ...

KU announces home-and-home with Villanova

The Kansas men’s basketball team has scheduled a home-and-home series with Villanova, KU announced on Wednesday morning. The Jayhawks and Wildcats will face off in Allen Fieldhouse on Nov. 27 and then play a return date at Villanova in November of 2027. "We've had a lot of great games ...