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KU suspends cheerleaders from squad after ‘Kkk go trump’ social media post

The University of Kansas has suspended four cheerleaders from the squad after a photo with the words “Kkk go trump” was shared on a Snapchat account belonging to one of them.The female cheerleader whose account the photo appeared on denied that she posted it. KU officials said she and three ...

Roy Williams, Tar Heels hurting after loss to Kansas

St. Louis ? North Carolina men's basketball coach Roy Williams had been in this position before. More times than he would care to count, in fact.But this time was a little different. Instead of crying alone at the podium after another heartbreaking NCAA Tournament loss, the always-emotional and ...

KU says Title IX satisfied in case

Kansas Athletics has filed documents that show it has satisfied a Title IX complaint lodged by a former Kansas University swimmer who had hoped to encourage the university to offer more men’s sports.Ron Neugent, a Wichita dentist and former KU swimmer, filed an unusual complaint in 2009 under ...

KU welcomes new A.D. Sheahon Zenger

It may have taken four months and two offers for Kansas University to find its next athletic director, but it took only a fraction of a minute for Sheahon Zenger to say yes.Zenger, a native Kansan who spent the past six years as athletic director at Illinois State, was introduced as KU’s 16th ...

New KU athletic director Sheahon Zenger has deep local roots

Zenger named KU ADKU names Sheahon Zenger new athletics directorKansas University chose a man with deep local roots to be its next athletic director when it announced Sunday that Illinois State’s Sheahon Zenger has been hired and will be introduced today at a 1:30 p.m. press ...

Kansas Athletics looking for bidders to run its retail, online stores

Kansas Athletics Inc. is accepting bids to operate its KU Store retail and online operations, five years after awarding the contract to Rock Island, Ill.-based Sports Avenue.The contract is to operate the store inside the Booth Family Hall of Athletics, to sell licensed merchandise at all ...

Athletic fee at $80 per year for students

Kansas University students provide $80 a year to Kansas Athletics through campus fees, a source of financing that has pumped about $2 million a year into women’s and other nonrevenue sports at Kansas Athletics Inc.The fee for athletics represents less than 1 percent of the fees and in-state ...