Women's Basketball

Evans wins women’s college 3-point contest, then beats men’s champion

Senior wing Elle Evans capped off her Kansas career in style on Friday night by winning the College 3-Point Championship at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Not only did Evans emerge victorious from the eight-player field in the women’s 3-point contest — which also included Ryanne Allen ...

Bryant explains importance of two-sport participation

What is a rare honor for most of the country is in fact quite common in the Bryant family. Kansas women’s basketball signee Cydnee Bryant took part in the McDonald’s All-American girls basketball game on Tuesday night in Glendale, Arizona, making her the third member of her family to ...

Future Jayhawks represent KU in McDonald’s All-American Game

Two future Jayhawks represented Kansas in the McDonald’s All-American Game on Tuesday night in Glendale, Arizona. Guard Taylen Kinney of Newport, Kentucky, played for the East team in the boys’ game, while center Cydnee Bryant of Riverside, California, played for the West team in the ...

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Baseball

KU baseball piles on 9 runs in 9th inning to take series at No. 25 Cincinnati

The Kansas baseball team broke open a 4-4 tie with nine runs in the ninth inning on Sunday afternoon in Cincinnati and ultimately claimed a 13-6 victory in the rubber match of a three-game series with the 25th-ranked Bearcats. Shortstop Tyson LeBlanc hit an opposite-field grand slam and ...

Owens’ grand slam, 8 RBIs propel Kansas to walk-off win over Houston, 9-8

Kansas sophomore right fielder Tyson Owens entered Saturday’s matchup with Houston on a four-game on-base streak, and he extended that streak, to put it mildly. Owens finished the afternoon 4-for-5 at the dish with two home runs — a three-run shot in the bottom of the fourth that gave the ...

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Professional

Gary Woodland stays in front in Houston as he goes for 1st win since US Open

HOUSTON — Gary Woodland had to play hard to stay in front Saturday in the Houston Open and he added a pair of birdies late in his round for a 5-under 65 that gave him a one-shot lead over Nicolai Højgaard as he goes for his first win since the 2019 U.S. Open. Woodland and Højgaard (63) ...

Gary Woodland surges to a 3-shot lead at the Houston Open

HOUSTON — Gary Woodland felt a weight lifted from speaking publicly about his mental health struggles, and he looked freer than ever Friday with a 7-under 63 in the Houston Open to build a three-shot lead going into the weekend at Memorial Park. Woodland, a Kansas Athletics Hall of Famer, ...

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Track And Field

Former KU star Sharon Lokedi wins Boston Marathon, breaks course record

BOSTON (AP) — Sharon Lokedi broke the Boston Marathon course record, and fellow Kenyan John Korir joined his brother as a race champion on Monday as the city celebrated the 250th anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War. Lokedi outran two-time defending champion Hellen Obiri over ...

Sharon Lokedi breaks records at KU Relays

Kansas junior standout runner Sharon Lokedi continued her record-setting season Thursday, shattering a few records in the 5,000-meter run at the Kansas Relays at Rock Chalk Park. Lokedi, from Eldoret, Kenya, broke her own school record in 15:42.76, smashing a facility record set in 2016 by ...

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