Tale of the Tait

‘Hawks in the NBA: Wiggins eyes fresh start with Golden State

*Slated to begin on April 19, the 2020 NBA playoffs and the end of the 2019-20 NBA season were put on hold because of the COVID-19 health crisis.* *League officials continue to look at ways to resume play, but whether they’ll reach a point where the season is completed remains to be ...

Self, Big 12 hoops coaches produce video promoting change

Kansas basketball coach Bill Self joined the nine other Big 12 men's basketball coaches in putting together a short video aimed at inspiring change in racial injustices in the United States. Self had three speaking parts during the video that featured all 10 coaches reading lines of a ...

KU commitment Zach Clemence cracks Top 30 in latest Rivals.com rankings

It wasn’t exactly the kind of bump that KU junior Ochai Agbaji saw during his recruitment — [from unranked into the Top 150][1] — but Class of 2021 Kansas commitment Zach Clemence did jump a couple of spots in the updated Rivals.com rankings. Projected as a 4-star prospect ranked ...

KU freshman Latrell Jossell to wear No. 4 with the Jayhawks

No one knows yet exactly what role or how much playing time incoming freshman Latrell Jossell will get for the Jayhawks during the 2020-21 season. But you can’t say the young man is not going for it. Over the weekend, Jossell became the final member of KU’s 2020 recruiting class ...

KU coaches, former Jayhawks speak out against racism

Amid the nationwide protests against racism and police brutality that were sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, University of Kansas athletics leaders and several other sports figures with KU ties are speaking out. In a joint statement issued Saturday by the athletic ...

NCAA extends recruiting dead period through July 31

Cue the virtual visits and keep those cellphones charged. It’s going to be a quiet summer on the in-person college athletics recruiting front. That much was learned Wednesday, when the NCAA’s Division I Council Coordination Committee announced that the current recruiting dead period ...