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Longtime Kansas Jayhawks, Royals broadcaster Bob Davis dies at 80

"RIP to one of the great voices in KC sports history."

Kansas-Duke earns largest college hoops audience of young season

ESPN now owns nine of the ten most-watched college basketball telecasts so far this year.

Fox strikes back with strong weekend of college football viewership

Fox's Big Noon Saturday window is averaging 5.06 million viewers through 13 weeks.

ESPN accidentally uses Kansas graphic for Kansas State during NCAA baseball selection show

Oops.

CBS broadcast shows ‘Danning Manning’ watching Kansas game

"'Danning Manning' is the inevitable result of a nepo baby getting an intern job as the chyron operator."

Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, Clark Kellogg debate Kansas-Samford controversy: ‘The rules are just wrong then’

"It happens, but it shouldn't happen in these moments."

Lynette Woodard (L) and Caitlin Clark. (Woodard photo from Bernard Gotfryd at the 1986 Ms. Magazine Woman of the Year Awards, via Wikipedia. Clark photo from a Feb. 22 game against Indiana, from Rich Janzaruk/The (Bloomington) Herald-Times via USA Today Sports.)

College Basketball

‘Inconsistent’ NCAA ignoring of women’s basketball history and records bashed: ‘It should not be dismissed.’

ESPN’s College GameDay going to Lawrence, home of unbeaten Kansas Jayhawks

ESPN's College GameDay will be in Lawrence -- for the first time -- ahead of the Kansas college football game vs TCU. The Jayhawks are 5-0.

Learfield Studios launch includes trailer for all-access Kansas football series, first episode of Andrew Hawkins-hosted series on walk-ons

The first episode of Hawkins' Granted is out now, while The Blueprint on Kansas will be released Thursday.

Kansas-North Carolina was most-watched NCAA Tournament men’s basketball championship game ever on cable

The average of 18.1 million viewers here was the third-highest ever for any NCAA men's basketball broadcast on cable.

Here’s the Kansas radio call of the Jayhawks winning the National Championship

"YOUR JAYHAWKS ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! OCHAI AGBAJI COMES RUNNING OVER TO GIVE US A HUG! LOVE YOU, BROTHER!"

One Shining Moment 2022

"The ball is tipped..."

“Look at the bedlam!” Dick Vitale was fired up for Dayton’s win over No. 4 Kansas, the Flyers’ first top-five win since 1984

"Oh my god! Oh my god! It went down! Look at the bedlam! Look at the bedlam! I can't believe it!"

Both Oklahoma and Kansas are now set to play Week Zero out-of-conference games on August 29, which could be a boon for TV

Some conferences, including the Pac-12, are planning to start football later this year, but some Big 12 schools are not. Oklahoma moved up their Week One game to Week Zero, and Kansas found a new opponent to play in Week Zero after their Week One game against New Hampshire was cancelled.

Dick Vitale calls Kansas-Kansas State brawl “sickening,” calls for Silvio De Sousa to be banned for life for picking up a chair: “That’s...

"He's holding a chair! I mean, that's criminal! He's going to hurt somebody!"

Bill Walton compares Kansas basketball to various parts of Hawaiian nature, terrifies children on Maui beach

Poor Dave Pasch.

Yet another football commentator apologizes for an unintended gaffe about a player’s parent

We're not suggesting that every sports announcer research the current status of every player's family members, but we're not not suggesting it.

There’s an 18-part series on Les Miles at Kansas coming to ESPN+’s Big 12 Now, a service which will also have over 800...

The series trailer includes clips of Miles talking with Kansas AD Jeff Long before Miles was officially hired. It will continue throughout this season with behind-the-scenes footage around games.

Kansas football player Derrick Neal handily beat ESPN’s Jay Williams in one-on-one basketball game, with blocked shot and deep three

Williams beat most students who challenged him, but Neal topped him with a shot block and a long three-pointer.

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