The NBA season drew to a close on Sunday with the Oklahoma City Thunder’s victory in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, the franchise’s first-ever title in its current incarnation. By finishing off the Indiana Pacers, the Thunder prevented rookie Johnny Furphy from becoming the fifth Jayhawk in the ...
Scot Pollard was standing in Gasoline Alley at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and trying not to cry. The NBA champion and "Survivor" contestant was talking about meeting the family of Casey Angell, whose heart was now beating inside Pollard's chest. Angell's sister brought a ...
One of the former Kansas men’s basketball players drafted in 2024 will have the chance to advance to the NBA Finals in his first professional season. The Indiana Pacers, who acquired Johnny Furphy No. 35 overall via a trade with the San Antonio Spurs, and the New York Knicks, who got Kevin ...
Posting back-to-back triple-doubles is nothing new for Kevin McCullar Jr. The former Kansas guard did it during his final season in Lawrence, with 12 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds against Kentucky in the Champions Classic on Nov. 14, 2023, and 22 points, 10 assists and 11 rebounds against ...
Former standout Kansas guard Marcus Garrett recently received a chance to return to the NBA after an absence of more than three years. Garrett, who had last played a regular-season game for the Miami Heat on Dec. 28, 2021, took part in four games over the course of a 10-day contract with the ...
CAMDEN, N.J. — Joel Embiid could have been one of the all-time greats of his era. The 7-footer who anchored the 76ers' laborious rebuilding plan known as the Process sure flashed his dominance at times through his injury-riddled career. He dropped 70 points. Won an MVP and two scoring ...
After the Kansas men’s basketball team suffered a blowout loss at Houston on March 9 in its final regular-season game of the 2023-24 season, KU head coach Bill Self said he regretted having super-senior Kevin McCullar Jr. play in the game. McCullar had been dealing off and on for the prior ...
TORONTO — RJ Barrett scored 31 points, Chris Boucher and former Jayhawk Ochai Agbbaji each scored season highs and the Toronto Raptors snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the Sacramento Kings 131-128 in overtime on Saturday night. Boucher scored 24. Agbaji - and fellow former ...
