Whether you were burdened or blessed by winter storms “Q” and “Rocky,” the elements reminded us of just how Mother Nature can control our lives. Even in sports, there’s ‘snow doubt climate has laid claim to some significant moments. No more awful puns— here are some of the biggest snow games in sports history. The [...]
The Kansas women’s golf team left the Florida State Match Up Invitational last week with a pretty bad taste in its mouth. The Jayhawks finished tenth out of 12 teams, but the team is back in Florida this week and is in much better standings. Kansas put up a 292 first round score in the [...]
The loud, vicious Hilton Coliseum left late Wednesday night silent and dejected. All because of Elijah Johnson. The senior scored 39 points to lead Kansas to another comeback victory over the Cyclones. He made a late 3-pointer as the shot clock expired near the end of overtime. He capped his career night with a one-handed [...]
Iowa State is proving why it is one of the nation’s best 3-point shooting teams, connecting on 6-15 3-pointers in the first half, but it’s Kansas who leads 41-40 at the break thanks to sophomore guard Naadir Tharpe’s layup near the end of the half. The fast-paced game is what the Cyclones are used to, [...]
Winning the Heisman was the least cool thing Johnny Manziel had done in the past six months. Manziel took college football by storm this year, being the first freshman to win the Heisman trophy. But it’s more than that that solidifies “Johnny Football” as a legend “Rockstar” is an all-too-telling identity for the guy who [...]
Kansas vs. Southern The Kansas softball team dominated from start to finish in a run-ruled, 14-0 victory against Southern on Saturday afternoon at Chapman Field in Corpus Christi, Texas. Freshman Kylee Kennedy got the Jayhawks started with a two-run home run in her first career at bat and junior Alex Jones threw her fifth career [...]
Losing a basketball game is rough, no matter if it’s a 20-point loss or a two-point loss, as it was Sunday afternoon against Texas Tech. But losing basketball games becomes increasingly frustrating if the way the team loses is something that can be controlled, such as turnovers. And turnovers were at a maximum for the [...]
For the first time in school history, the Kansas women’s track and field team won the Big 12 Indoor Championship, dominating its conference foes on the track and in the field. Neither the Kansas men’s nor women’s track team had won a conference title since the men won the Big Eight Indoor Championship in 1983. [...]
Kevin Young has this recurring dream. The Jayhawks are in the middle of another tough contest, battling back and forth and trying to get a grip on the lead. As the clock winds down the fans all start cheering louder. They can sense the victory drawing closer. Finally, the buzzer sounds and the fans pour [...]
There was no repeat performance for the Kansas Jayhawks this time. No logic-defying scoring droughts or clueless offensive possessions. They didn’t go more than seven minutes before scoring their first point like they did the first time they played TCU. They went nine seconds. And after senior guard Travis Releford scored that layup, the game [...]
Kansas men’s golf coach Jamie Bermel was excited for the team’s 2013 debut last week. By the time the premiere, three-day tournament ended, the excitement had become disappointment. “We had solid play from Chris Gilbert and Stan Gautier,” Bermel said. “After that, there was just no play out of anybody else. It’s pretty disappointing.” Kansas [...]
Kansas baseball announced Wednesday morning that it had cancelled its scheduled three-game weekend series against Northwestern due to the snow storm. Despite calling off the series, Kansas was successful in scheduling three road games at the last minute. Kansas coach Ritch Price got the approval from senior associate athletics director Sean Lester to try to [...]
Most of us have been in car accidents before. They can be scary and affect you afterwards. A year and half ago, I was in a car accident where my car was totaled, and I was shaken up for at least a couple weeks afterward. NASCAR starts out the season at the infamous Daytona Speedway [...]
The scene at Allen Fieldhouse on Sunday felt familiar, as the Kansas women fell into a deep 15-point hole in the first half, and fought their way out of it in the second. The Jayhawks tied the game with 18 seconds left as senior guard Angel Goodrich converted a 3-point possession on the foul. It [...]
The Jayhawks fell to the Red Raiders, 72-70, Sunday afternoon in Allen Field House. The women are now 16-10 overall and 7-8 in the Big 12. Related content: Comeback queens run out of gas, fall 72-70 to Texas Tech
With another strong dose of winter weather predicted for Monday night in Lawrence, Kansas baseball has rescheduled Tuesday’s home game against Missouri State. Team administration rescheduled the game for March 26 and moved its location to Missouri State’s Springfield, Mo. ballpark. Tuesday’s rescheduling comes on the heels of last week’s cancellation of the Northwestern series [...]
