KUsports.com Headlines for June 17

Tale of the Tait: [Rivals pegs 4-star 2021 guard Tamar Bates as 'must-get' prospect for Kansas]( [Rivals pegs 4-star 2021 guard Tamar Bates as 'must-get' prospect for Kansas]( By: Matt Tait While Monday marked a big recruiting day for prospects in the class of 2022, the Kansas basketball coaching staff continues to focus its efforts on ... Posted today at 2:07 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [KU AD Jeff Long optimistic about prospects of 2020 college football season]( [KU Athletic Director Jeff Long, top right, and Missouri AD Jim Sterk, top left, joined moderator Steve Weiberg on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, for an online discussion called "College Sports in the COVID-19 Era," sponsored by the Kansas City Public Library. ]( By: Matt Tait Months of planning and projecting have left University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long cautiously optimistic about hosting a full college football season this fall ... Posted yesterday at 11:56 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- Tale of the Tait: [A closer look at a few of the prospects in the class of 2022 that KU contacted on a busy Monday]( [A closer look at a few of the prospects in the class of 2022 that KU contacted on a busy Monday]( By: Matt Tait High school juniors across the country received phone calls from the Kansas basketball coaching staff on Monday, the first day coaches were allowed to contact ... Posted yesterday at 4:49 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- Tale of the Tait: [KU's Bill Self named one of the Top 100 most influential people in men's college basketball in 2020]( [KU's Bill Self named one of the Top 100 most influential people in men's college basketball in 2020]( By: Matt Tait Ask anyone to make a list of the top coaches in college basketball today and you won’t have to wait long before hearing Bill ... Posted yesterday at 2:19 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- Tale of the Tait: [Kansas basketball offers scholarship to rising junior from Lawrence]( [Kansas basketball offers scholarship to rising junior from Lawrence ]( By: Matt Tait Monday marked the first day that college basketball coaches could contact high school prospects in the class of 2022 directly, and the coaching staff at ... Posted June 15 at 4:19 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [KU football reports 75 negative COVID-19 tests on first day of on-campus voluntary workouts]( [Cars fill the parking lots at the Kansas football facilities on Monday, June 15, 2020, the first day allowed by Big 12 Conference guidelines for football players to return to campus for voluntary workouts in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. ]( By: Matt Tait Roughly 75 negative COVID-19 tests cleared the way for the Kansas football program to get back to business on Monday. By Matt Tait Posted June 15 at 1:25 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [KU AD Jeff Long to join Missouri counterpart Jim Sterk in online COVID-19 discussion]( [University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long is pictured in this Feb. 2, 2019, file photo.]( By: Matt Tait University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long has been invited to participate in a special online presentation called “College Sports in the COVID-19 Era,” presented ... Posted June 15 at 10:35 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- Tale of the Tait: ['Hawks in the NBA: Kelly Oubre Jr. becomes a key piece in Phoenix]( ['Hawks in the NBA: Kelly Oubre Jr. becomes a key piece in Phoenix]( By: Matt Tait 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 ... Posted June 15 at 10:16 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Gary Woodland finishes 9th at PGA Tour's first event since COVID-19 pandemic shutdown]( [Gary Woodland tees off on the second hole during the final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, June 14, 2020. ]( By: Matt Tait After playing nearly flawless golf through three rounds, former Kansas golfer Gary Woodland ran into a little trouble on the back nine at Sunday’s ... Posted June 14 at 5:17 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this email because of your relationship with the Lawrence Journal-World or because at some point in the past you shared your email address with us. If you no longer want to receive emails from us, follow instructions at the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World P.O Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044