KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Joe B. Hall played under Adolph Rupp at Kentucky in the late-1940s. He spent seven years as an assistant to the Baron of the Bluegrass, too.
So when Rupp stepped down after winning nearly 900 games and four national championshi… Continue reading
LAWRENCE — Conner Teahan got in the car with his dad, Mark, for the drive home to Kansas City from Lawrence.
In Bill Self’s office moments before, they had just discussed Teahan’s future with Self and assistant Tim Jankovich. The KU coaches told … Continue reading
LAWRENCE — Players still exist at Kansas who reached into a BCS trophy bowl and bit into an orange.
Really. That did happen. Not long ago, in fact. On a brisk, exhilarating night in south Florida.
Now, one of the assistant coaches who was part of… Continue reading
LAWRENCE — Tim Grunhard had a comfortable life: Wife, four kids, NFL retirement, state championship trophy, radio gig on the side —
“Are you asking me why the hell I did this?” he cuts in.
Well, sorta.
To answer the question, Grunhard told the story… Continue reading
LAWRENCE — An opportunity was presented Monday to gauge what was flubbed and what was aced in preseason polling.
Or so it seemed.
The co-favorites for the Big 12 basketball title were matched in Allen Fieldhouse. And lo and behold, reeling Texas A&am… Continue reading
Musings at the mid-week:
– Seems as if there could be a little shoving going on when it comes to defense in these parts.
– Did Bill Snyder provide any kind of nudge to prompt Chris Cosh to look into an opening at South Florida?
– And earlier this mo… Continue reading
LAWRENCE — Sometimes encore performances are better.
No one held aloft a Bic lighter … oops, sorry, a cell phone to light up Allen Fieldhouse, however.
No one needed to on Big Monday. Tyshawn Taylor lit up the old barn again himself.
For the secon… Continue reading
LAWRENCE — With seven Super Bowl rings between them, Charlie Weis and his new defensive coordinator will display more carats than Zales on the Kansas sideline next season.
Like Weis, Dave Campo comes from one of the NFL’s great dynasties. He won th… Continue reading
At no point in the Sunflower football rivalry was the potential so penal as when a pair of coaches from the South were intent on generating their own revivals.
Kansas and Kansas State were coming off a 3-3 tie in 1966, which resulted in changes for bot… Continue reading
Josh Eidson and Juney Barnett were announced Tuesday as assistant strength and conditioning coaches for the Kansas football program.
Eidson spent the past nine years working with Indiana’s football program, while Barnett recently completed his s… Continue reading