Wichita (KS) North guard Conner Frankamp and Team USA emerged from a tune-up for the 2012 FIBA U-17 World Championship – which begins June 29 in Lithuania – with a pair of impressive exhibition victories over Latvia and Australia at the Gran Canaria U1… Continue reading
KU RETURNER, PUNTER NAMED TO WATCH LIST: Kansas senior wide receiver/kick returner D.J. Beshears and junior punter/kicker Ron Doherty were named to the 2012 College Football Performance Awards Special Teams watch list Monday afternoon. Beshears, a seni… Continue reading
EUGENE, Ore. — Kansas State high jumper Erik Kynard Jr. is headed to the London Olympics, while Kansas triple jumper Andrea Geubelle came up just short.
Kynard jumped 7 feet, 53/4 inches Monday at the U.S. Olympic trials and placed second to Jamie Ni… Continue reading
Kansas senior-to-be Andrea Geubelle finished third in the triple jump Monday at the U.S. Olympic Trials at the Historic Hayward Field. Geubelle’s finish is the highest-ever for a KU female at the Olympic Trials in the Stanley Redwine era. Continue reading
Sixteen returning Jayhawks have laid their Crimson and Blue jerseys aside for a few months in order to participate in summer baseball leagues. Spread throughout the country, many of these leagues began in June and will play through the middle of August… Continue reading
Kansas senior Stephanie Payne and soon-to-be KU freshman Chelsie Miller competed in the 400-meter individual medley in the first day of Olympic swimming trials Monday in Omaha, Neb.
Payne placed 67th in qualifying with a time of 4:56.46, while Miller w… Continue reading
LAWRENCE — Charlie Weis has inhabited this office for roughly six months, long enough to add a few personal touches.
The walls are decorated with pictures of Weis’ children, Hannah and Charlie, Jr. A small fridge has been stocked with bottled beve… Continue reading
The BCS presidential oversight committee meets Tuesday afternoon in Washington D.C. to discuss college football’s future postseason. The 12 presidents will hear from the FBS commissioners who last week endorsed a seeded four-team playoff beginning in… Continue reading
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — New Charlotte coach Mike Dunlap says the idea of trading down from the No. 2 spot in the NBA draft to acquire extra picks “makes a lot of sense” for a young team like the Bobcats.
After finishing 7-59 and with the worst winning … Continue reading
Kansas senior Stephanie Payne and soon-to-be KU freshman Chelsie Miller swam to fast finishes on the first day of the 2012 U.S. Swimming Olympic Trials. The Pair were the first of five total past, current and future Jayhawk athletes to compete in the w… Continue reading