Updated 10:24 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026: Scott “Scooter” Ward, an esteemed longtime academic adviser who most recently served as KU Athletics’ director of peak performance and leadership, died on Saturday, his wife Robin wrote in a post on Facebook. He was 59. “This man — Scott ...
Kansas has signed a two-sport athlete who has the chance to make an impact for multiple programs beginning in 2026. Cydnee Bryant, who stands 6-foot-4 and attends Centennial High School in Corona, California, will play both women’s basketball and volleyball for the Jayhawks. She is a ...
Wednesday was the first day of the early signing period for a wide variety of collegiate sports. That provided an opportunity for Kansas’ athletic programs to begin trumpeting their new acquisitions for the class of 2026, who will join the Jayhawks for the 2026-27 school year. Here’s a ...
The board of directors of the University of Kansas athletic department on Wednesday approved a budget for the ongoing fiscal year 2026, projecting a $14.9 million deficit as a total of $149.9 million in expenses is expected to outweigh $135.0 million in revenue. The projection follows an ...
Perhaps one of the few entities getting revamped more than KU’s football stadium is the NCAA itself. University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod now has a front row seat for both projects. Girod has been appointed to both the overall Board of Governors and to the Division I Board of ...
Kansas athletic director Travis Goff said on Thursday that KU’s “confidence has increased dramatically” in beginning construction on the second phase of its Gateway project following the 2025 football season, after a pair of key developments that took place over a pivotal two-day span for ...
Touting it as one of the biggest single donations in the history of college sports, the University of Kansas athletic department announced on Wednesday morning that it had received a gift of $300 million from donor David Booth. The donation, which is also the largest ever to the university, ...
For the University of Kansas’ Gateway project — the $750 million renovation and redevelopment of the football stadium and the area around it — there are big stakes on the horizon. Now, there is a big new private donation on the books, as well. KU on Wednesday announced that Paul and ...
