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KUsports.com Athletes of the Week: Dominic Voegele and Shiyun Lai

Each week during the University of Kansas’ winter and spring 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 week. For the week of Jan. 6-12, the selections are a pair of sophomores in KU ...

25 Jayhawk athletes to know in ’25

The University of Kansas competes in 16 varsity sports, all of which feature a wealth of compelling storylines that will unfold over the course of the next calendar year. Here’s a look at 25 student-athletes who will have a hand in shaping those storylines, and to whom it’s worth paying ...

How the new JUCO eligibility waiver could affect KU athletes

Just as the eligibility situation for college athletes seemed close to resolving back to what it once was — five years to play four — a new wrinkle complicated matters further on Dec. 23. Lawyers for Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia recently argued successfully in a federal antitrust ...

Year in review, Part 3: A look ahead to 2025

The next year is shaping up to feature some of the most dramatic changes in college sports history, at least since the equally monumental shifts that took place four years earlier. Not long after rule changes first allowed college athletes to take financial advantage of their name, image and ...

Year in review, Part 2: The most memorable quotes of 2024

The Kansas athletic department features no shortage of extremely quotable people. From the wildly distinct but equally vibrant personalities of Hunter Dickinson and S’Mya Nichols to the thoughtful responses of the likes of coaches Dan Fitzgerald or Nate Lie, KU’s personnel gave reporters ...

Year in review, Part 1: The most significant storylines of 2024

The year in University of Kansas athletics was one of wild reversals of fortune. Teams like KU soccer and women’s basketball experienced some of their lowest lows and highest highs in the span of just a few weeks, ultimately rallying on their way to postseason success. Meanwhile, some of ...

KU baseball developing new-look roster after busy offseason

Kansas baseball head coach Dan Fitzgerald is no stranger to roster turnover. Most notably, he dealt with a brand-new roster when he arrived in Lawrence two years ago, ahead of his debut with the Jayhawks. But Fitzgerald’s history working with large groups of new players stretches much ...

KU’s MLB draftees sign; how might the Jayhawks replace their production?

All six Kansas players selected in the MLB Draft have signed professional contracts, bringing the total number of former Jayhawks entering the pros this year to eight. That group includes pitchers Hunter Cranton (third round, Seattle Mariners) and Reese Dutton (undrafted, Philadelphia ...