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Three Crucial Position Battles for Kansas Football Ahead of Training Camp
With Kansas’ training camp looming, players from these three position groups will have to compete for their spots ahead of the 2025 season.
Big 12 team preview: Can Kansas take a step forward in 2025? – Deseret News
Kansas was picked No. 4 in the 2024 Big 12 preseason poll.
It all came crashing down soon, however, as Kansas went on a five-game losing streak after a tune-up game in Week 1, effectively putting it out of Big 12 contention before the month of October was through.
Kansas Recruiting: Four-Star Sharpshooter Includes Jayhawk Basketball in Top Ten
Billy White III, a top-35 recruit from the Class of 2026, included Kansas in his final ten.
5-Star 2026 Point Guard Tay Kinney Includes Kansas Basketball in Top 12
On Tuesday, Rivals reported that five-star point guard Tay Kinney from Overtime Elite in Georgia has narrowed his list of interested schools to 12. KU is one of the dozen programs on the list which also includes Kentucky, Texas, Auburn, and others.
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Ozzy Osbourne dies just weeks after farewell show | Ents & Arts News | Sky News
Heavy metal star Ozzy Osbourne has died aged 76, just weeks after reuniting with his Black Sabbath bandmates and performing a huge farewell concert for fans.
Ozzy Osbourne Was The Frontman Of The Future | Defector
How do you even react to this? Do you just kill yourself then and there? It’s like nothing you’ve heard. It’s like nothing anyone’s ever heard. It’s primordial. It’s not so obviously grounded in the blues, like Zeppelin, or as blissfully coked-out prog as Deep Purple. There are no obvious antecedents—it is out of nowhere, or rather Birmingham, which may as well be nowhere. This was the invention of heavy metal, and heavy metal would never get better than this. Sabbath were from the future. Ozzy was their face.
How Nintendo Beat the Bad Vibes Around the Switch 2 – The Ringer
Ultimately, Nintendo overcame an interesting variety of overestimations and underestimations. It’s worth unpacking them to better understand how Nintendo beat the bad vibes surrounding the Switch 2.
The 14 Best Albums of 2025* (So Far) – The Ringer
Rock for the 30-plus crowd, hip-hop for the people who love coke rap, TikTok hits that have traveled far beyond the FYP, and one transcendent record that’s carried over from late last year. (Note- I’ve heard of exactly one of these bands)
Teeth marks suggest ‘terror bird’ was killed by reptile 13 million years ago
Terror birds were top predators – they could be taller than a human and had powerful legs and hooked, flesh-ripping beaks. (Note- Human sized duck?!?)
QOTD: With Ozzy Osbourne’s passing, do you have a celebrity death that hit you hard or that you are dreading?