Why Bronny James needs to come to Kansas
image courtesy of friend of the newsletter Ray Malo Last week, LeBron James signed an extension with the Lakers that takes him through the 2023-24 NBA...
Langford and Miles belong in the Fieldhouse rafters
Like, come on
A quick note for my Streak Talk subscribers
Hello Streakers, I hope this note finds you well! Rock Chalk! We won the ship! This will be the fourth full year of the newsletter, and I could not have have...
Why can't we get the jerseys right?!
Also a salute to Cute Hawk
Q&A: KU Shams on conference realignment
Illustration by me Sources are reporting that Mike Vernon is back on Streak Talk. Over the past week, Mike has become the de facto point man for the...
If Brett Yormark books Rihanna for Late Night we'll stay in the Big 12 + Big ol' KU media dump
I promised this post for last Friday, but then Roe came down and my mind was elsewhere. Please consider donating to an abortion fund in your community or...
Breaking down Ochai Agbaji's Chipotle bowl
As I mentioned yesterday, the NBA Draft is this week. I love the NBA Draft for many reasons I won’t get into, and I especially love it in the era of...
What will the NBA careers of Ochai Agbaji and Christian Braun be like?
On Thursday night, two Jayhawks will discover their NBA fate. Ochai Agbaji is *probably* going lotto, although recent projections from The Athletic’s Sam...
ANDREW WIGGINS!
Getty images please don’t sue this is a donation based newsletter project Andrew Wiggins, ladies and gentlemen. Andrew Wiggins! ANDREW WIGGINS! Steph went...
STREAK TALK DROP: 19nine's new collection + win a pair of KU shorts!
Yesterday, friend of the newsletter 19nine went live with their latest drop, updated recreations of vintage “Basketball is Life” t-shirts featuring 16 teams...
Fire off your NUCLEAR TAKES about the 2022-23 season
We’re in the peak of the offseason. Tonight is the Roundball Classic. Duke hired a GM. The freshman are on campus and Ochai Agbaji left a note that said “Be...
RUN. IT. BACK.
Earlier this week, I drafted a post outlining the reasons I thought Jalen Wilson should stick in the Draft process. When I woke up the next morning, I...
I made you all a NATTY CHAMPS T-SHIRT
Streakers, while I’ve certainly bought plenty of it, I have found the Natty-celebrating apparel to be quite lacking. It deserves so much more love than it...
Bill Self should publicly refuse the Lakers job
The offseason is time for thought experiments and bold, maybe even kind of bad ideas. And while there’s definitely some motion when it comes to KU’s roster...
STREAK TALK GIVEAWAY: a bottle of J. Rieger's special edition National Championship bourbon
I’m excited to announce that Kansas City spirits MVP J. Rieger furnished Streak Talk a bottle of their limited-edition National Championship bourbon for our...
Isiaih Mosley, come on down!
As it stands today, four Jayhawks from last year’s roster have declared for the draft. McCormack and Agbaji will not be coming back, barring some last minute...
The NIL era is booming + I wish KD had bought Twitter instead of Elon
The 2022 Champions deserve everything we can give to them. Still, it was somewhat surprising to see just how well the Barnstorming tour is doing: Mike Vernon...
Is Christian Braun about to get handed the NIL bag?
The feeling has still not sunk in. The Jayhawks are champions, and more Banner Talk is in the pipe. In this afterglow, I’m reluctant to do the whole “well,...
Banner Talk
via Kansas Athletics It still doesn’t feel real. KU played their worst half of basketball in the entire tournament in the National Championship game, and...
IT HAPPENED
In the second half of the Elite 8 game against Miami, KU found its ideal form. The timing could not have been better. That… was… awesome. Whether it was on...