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Heart & Soul of Kansas Sports

Splash
Summertime means pool time. Nothing brings relief from Kansas’ hot, humid summer months like a dive into the crystal blue…

A Whirlwind
The photos and this story reflect our recent life. It has been a whirlwind filled with good times and bad,…
Picturing the Power of a Dream
With the inception of this website in the summer of 2020, I asked viewers to consider “The Heart & Soul of Kansas Sports” and the goal of a grand multimedia documentary. I asked people to believe in a dream. The problem with dreams is that they are often hard to explain. What seemed so clear in my mind could be abstract and veiled for others. I asked people to financially support me when all I had at the time was the belief that the people of Kansas and the uniting power of sports would be worthy of their financial support.
Picturing the Power of a Dream
With the inception of this website in the summer of 2020, I asked viewers to consider “The Heart & Soul of Kansas Sports” and the goal of a grand multimedia documentary. I asked people to believe in a dream. The problem with dreams is that they are often hard to explain. What seemed so clear in my mind could be abstract and veiled for others. I asked people to financially support me when all I had at the time was the belief that the people of Kansas and the uniting power of sports would be worthy of their financial support.
What Kansans are saying about ‘Heart & Soul’
As Jeff Jacobsen visits the state’s 105 counties his photographs are creating memories across generations
Along the way

KU Men’s Big 12 Golf Championship
My work road took a detour late in April when the opportunity arose to photograph the KU men’s golf team…
Through the Lens

Walkoff
One of my hard and fast rules when covering a baseball game is to make sure I am somewhere along the third-base line of a tie game entering the ninth inning.
Up close

Taking the Jayhawks on the Road
Kansas football’s equipment manager Jeff Himes entrusts his livelihood each week of a road game to two men and a…
