College

JHX Hoops outlasts Purple Reign, 59-57

Kansas City, Mo. — The first official matchup between Kansas and Kansas State alumni teams featured a fittingly dramatic conclusion. After the KU alumni erased a double-digit third-quarter deficit, led by Zeke Mayo and player/general manager Tyshawn Taylor, Purple Reign managed to even the ...

What Council, Taylor think about being compared to each other

If you have heard anything about the 2025-26 Kansas men’s basketball team, you have probably heard that Melvin Council Jr.’s play style is reminiscent of former Kansas guard Tyshawn Taylor’s. That’s a cross-decade comparison KU coach Bill Self has made on several occasions, equating ...

JHX Hoops relies on forwards in first-round TBT win over OffDaHook

Kansas City, Mo. — The Kansas-friendly crowd at Municipal Auditorium had an uneasy Saturday afternoon until JHX Hoops finally seized control in the late stages of its first-round matchup in The Basketball Tournament. Kevin Young swiped the ball from OffDaHook’s Jaheam Cornwall, Lagerald ...

KU adds new punter Jasso to roster

The Kansas football team quietly added a new punter to its fresh group of specialists ahead of the 2025 season. Efren Jasso, a senior who spent his first three seasons at Prairie View A&M at the FCS level, was added to the KU football team's online roster in a recent update, ahead of the ...

JHX Hoops to open TBT against first-time competitor OffDaHook

The brotherhood of former Jayhawks was one of the compelling reasons for Billy Preston to play for the Kansas alumni team in The Basketball Tournament again. “(There are) some people I went to school with, like Lagerald (Vick), and people that I knew off the court like Cliff Alexander and a ...