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KU’s season-high 4 stolen bases, Counsell’s key hits fuel 9-3 win in Border Showdown – KU Sports
The Kansas baseball team grabbed a 9-3 victory in the Border Showdown against Missouri on Tuesday at Hoglund Ballpark, securing the Jayhawks’ ninth win in a row on the back of Brady Counsell’s career-high five RBIs and a season-high four stolen bases by Counsell, Tommy Barth, Derek Cerda, and Michael Brooks.
Judge dismisses class-action lawsuit against NCAA; plaintiffs included two former KU stars – KU Sports
A class-action lawsuit against the NCAA that included two former Kansas basketball stars as plaintiffs was dismissed with prejudice on Monday, as the judge ruled that the lawsuit’s claims were not sufficiently timely and are already precluded by past cases. Former KU guard Mario Chalmers served as the lead plaintiff for a class of 16 […]
KU tennis earns NCAA Tournament bid, will face South Carolina – KU Sports
This is KU’s seventh trip to the tournament under head coach Todd Chapman, as the Jayhawks return following a one-year absence. In 2023, they beat Charlotte in the opening round before falling to N.C. State. Chapman’s best season came in 2019, when KU won the Big 12 tournament, served as a host and advanced to the Sweet 16.
Other News
KJCCC members join together to provide additional opportunities for Kansas student-athletes
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) has taken a significant step toward investing in Kansas student athletes by approving a new bylaw requiring all member colleges to reserve at least 25% of their athletic Letters of Intent (LOIs) for Kansas students.
30 things to do this spring in the Lawrence and Kansas City areas | Arts & Culture | kansan.com
Spring has finally arrived in Lawrence! Here are 30 things to do as the days get longer and warmer, curated by writer Olivia Steele.
Tatum, Celtics close out Magic: Early test ‘what we needed’ – ESPN
The Celtics broke open Tuesday night’s game after Paolo Banchero went to the bench with his fifth foul and rolled to a 120-89 victory to close out the series in five games.
Yankees make MLB history by again hitting 3 home runs to open game – ESPN
The Yankees became the first team in major league history to open a game with three consecutive home runs more than once in a season.
Tracking men’s college basketball transfers and their commitments after entering portal – ESPN
The transfer cycle is in full swing. We’re tracking the latest players to commit for the 2025-26 season.
Oklahoma family say they’re ‘traumatized for life’ after being mistakenly targeted in ICE raid | The Independent
The state agreed earlier this year to increased cooperation with federal immigration agents
Trump warns ‘nothing will stop me’ at rally to celebrate 100 days in office | Donald Trump | The Guardian
The president also served up the chilling spectacle of a video of Venezuelan immigrants sent from the US to a notorious prison in El Salvador, accompanied by Hollywood-style music and roars of approval from the crowd.
The Short-Circuiting of the American Mind – The Atlantic
In a 1995 episode of Seinfeld, an extremely Seinfeldian series of events leads Jerry to a problem: He has to take a lie-detector test. Specifically, he has to beat a lie-detector test. He seeks advice from his friend George Costanza, whose personal flaws render him uniquely suited to the task of polygraph cheating. George initially rejects the idea that conscience-free lying can be taught (“It’s like saying to Pavarotti, ‘Teach me to sing like you!’”). But he relents. “It’s not a lie,” George says, with a melodramatic flourish, “if you believe it.”
QOTD: Inspired by our US Secretary of Commerce saying:
It’s time to train people not to do the jobs of the past, but to do the great jobs of the future. This is the new model where you work in these kinds of plants for the rest of your life and your kids work here and your grandkids work here. We let the auto plants go overseas.
I’m not sure about this being a “new” model as it sounds like the old model to me. Dad works in the factory and kids do everything in their power to get out. Move far away and find new opportunities. However, it’s interesting to me because Americans are moving less than before.
Relating back to David’s question last week about where you may break with the typical thinking of those that you share political beliefs with, encouraging people to move to new opportunities is an issue that fits for me. Yes, there’s a major housing shortage across the country which is causing rents and home prices to stay high. However, there’s a ton of land in the US and a whole lot of it features cheap housing and an opportunity to live pretty well. Sure, some amenities aren’t the same and you may not be able to drive through traffic to get to Target or the new pizza place that features a $35 pizza but there are still restaurants, stores, high speed internet, and pretty good people all across the country. You don’t have to move to the sticks to find cheaper housing but you may need to relocate to a different town or smaller city.
Should the US government find ways to encourage Americans to relocate to other places in the country?