college football

The NCAA's report alleges violations by Missouri Southern State University and coach Jeff Sims, who started at MSSU after the death of a player while he was head coach at Garden City Community College.

The speedy senior from Lawrence High School, who was born in West Africa, is an unlikely Wildcat. He's playing the best football of his young career.

After a string of disappointing seasons — by Gorilla standards, anyway — the Pittsburg State football faithful have found confidence again.

The city of Independence allocated millions in federal COVID relief funding to its police department — for things like sniper rifles and officer bonuses — but little to the health department. Plus: Kansas Jayhawks football has stirred up talk with their early-season success under coach Lance Leipold. But how long will it last?

After more than a decade of losing seasons, the Kansas Jayhawks football team seems to have turned a corner. But open coaching jobs at two high-profile football programs have some fans wondering how long the good times might last under the current head coach.

After a fast start, the Kansas Jayhawks are playing before a packed stadium. But not every business on Mass Street welcomes the large crowds.

Athletic Director Travis Goff said the project will have a transformative effect on the aging Memorial Stadium, football facilities and the surrounding area.

Tirrell Williams died after collapsing during a preseason workout. The federal lawsuit alleges former Fort Scott Community College head coach Carson Hunter and the school’s Board of Trustees violated Williams’ civil rights.

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year opened the path for college athletes to sell their name, image and likeness. The NCAA, universities, boosters and players are still sorting out what this means, but the college game has already been transformed.

Carson Hunter was running practice at Ft. Scott Community College the day 19-year-old Tirrell Williams collapsed after running sprints. He is a part time assistant football coach at the University of West Florida in Pensacola, an NCAA Division II school.

Tiny Highland Community College in northeast Kansas attracts students from all over the country who attend on athletic scholarships. But in the last couple of years, the school has been sued for alleged hostility toward its Black student-athletes. Then the college president compared a Black football player to Hitler.

For the second time in three years, a football player at a Kansas community college died after a grueling summer practice. But the school denies responsibility for the teen's death. Plus, free money from the federal government turned into more of a headache than some Kansas and Missouri towns could handle.