Note: The Lawrence Times does not cover sports in the traditional sense. But here’s what we consider to be our community coverage of University of Kansas Athletics.
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Flyover planned for KU football game, plus a road closure reminder
Military aircraft will fly over Lawrence, and a road near the stadium will be closed for the KU football game against the University of Utah on Friday.
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KU hires Northwestern’s Travis Goff as 17th director of athletics, Girod says he’ll start role immediately
Story updated Monday, 7:55 p.m. Just shy of one month after Kansas Athletics parted ways […]
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Photo gallery: Lawrence’s ‘Nick the Brave’ featured in book signing for his memoir on childhood cancer
Nicholas Parscale, of Lawrence, was diagnosed with brain cancer at age 10 in 2016. He hasn’t let that stop him from becoming a podcast host and a published author.
Chance Parker/chanceleeparker.com
KU signs basketball coach Bill Self to lifetime contract extension
Basketball coach Bill Self, whose contract was scheduled to expire at the end of the 2021-22 season, signed a lifetime contract extension Friday to coach the Jayhawks, KU Chancellor Douglas Girod and Interim AD Kurt Watson announced.
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Local child author battling cancer to hold book signing Friday at Dusty Bookshelf
When Nicholas Parscale was diagnosed with pineoblastoma, a type of brain cancer, at age 10 […]
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No outside firms are under contract to hire new AD or football coach, KU says
A week removed from one of the more tumultuous stretches in Kansas Athletics history — […]
Chance Parker/@TheChanceParker
Jeff Long steps down as KU Athletics director, university says
Two days after the KU football program “mutually parted ways” with coach Les Miles following allegations of sexual harassment during his tenure at Louisiana State University, AD Jeff Long has lost his job as well.
Chance Parker/@TheChanceParker
KU Athletics to pay Miles nearly $2M settlement; Long: ‘Debatable’ whether ex-coach lied in interview process
Kansas Athletics on Tuesday announced it had settled on a $1.9M payout to end Les Miles’ obligations to the football program.
Chance Parker/@TheChanceParker
KU, Les Miles agree to part ways following sexual harassment allegations at LSU
Story updated at 10:07 p.m. The University of Kansas announced late Monday that it and […]
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