Top Headlines for January 11, 2024

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> KU SPORTS TOP HEADLINES [Neal officially announces return for senior year]( By: Henry Greenstein Kansas running back Devin Neal will return for his senior season. Neal announced the decision in a social media video posted Thursday afternoon. His plan to return to KU was first reported by ESPN on Dec. 26, just before KU's victory in the ... January 11, 2024 @ 12:16pm [On YouTube show, Daniels details severity of back injury, insists on return in '24]( By: Henry Greenstein Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels painted a grim picture of his battle with a back injury in a YouTube interview released Wednesday, describing intense and sudden pain that at times made him unable to walk. In Daniels’ most comprehensive ... January 11, 2024 @ 9:51am [Bean, Young hoping to impress at Hula Bowl]( By: Henry Greenstein Orlando, Fla. — The dream of playing professional football has taken a pair of recent Kansas standouts far afield — working out in a conference rival’s facilities, wearing unfamiliar numbers and even getting ready to play new positions if ... January 11, 2024 @ 7:30am [Dickinson battled foul trouble, bruised knee as KU struggled in UCF loss]( By: Henry Greenstein Orlando, Fla. — Kansas didn’t allow 10 straight points late in the first half against UCF just because it had center Hunter Dickinson sitting on the bench with two early fouls. The last four minutes of the first period Wednesday — during ... January 10, 2024 @ 11:27pm [Photo Gallery: KU women take down unbeaten Baylor]( By: Mike Gunnoe, Special to the Journal-World January 10, 2024 @ 9:29pm [Kansas women's basketball stuns No. 4 Baylor in double-digit upset; Jackson scores her 1,000th career point]( By: Avery Hamel, Special to the Journal-World It was only a matter of time before Kansas women’s basketball got its first Big 12 win of the season. But who would have thought it would come in a double-digit upset of one of the nation’s top programs — the undefeated No. 4 Baylor ... January 10, 2024 @ 9:14pm [No. 3 Kansas falls flat at UCF, loses 65-60]( By: Henry Greenstein Orlando, Fla. — UCF could not have scripted a worse nine-minute stretch in the first half of its first-ever home Big 12 Conference game. The Knights saw an early lead fall by the wayside when Kansas embarked on a 23-5 run spearheaded by a ... January 10, 2024 @ 8:17pm [KU football adds key piece to O-line in Division II transfer Bumgardner]( By: Henry Greenstein After losing Mike Novitsky and Dominick Puni to graduation, then Ar'maj Reed-Adams and Spencer Lovell to the transfer portal rather unexpectedly, the Kansas football team made a critical move to supplement its offensive line. KU secured the ... January 9, 2024 @ 10:22am [KU football finishes season ranked No. 23]( By: Henry Greenstein The Kansas football team has finished a season ranked for the first time in 16 years. KU, which concluded the year at 9-4 with a bowl victory, earned a No. 23 ranking in the final AP Poll released following Monday's national championship ... January 9, 2024 @ 9:57am [Preview: KU men's basketball makes first-ever trip to UCF]( By: Henry Greenstein Kansas coach Bill Self said last Thursday of Big 12 Conference men’s basketball, “I think we have as many pleasant surprises as probably any league in the country.” At the time of his statement, Oklahoma and newcomer BYU, picked to finish ... January 9, 2024 @ 9:34am 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