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Kansas nearing finalized plan for student transportation to football games in 2024
Kansas Athletics is working on a plan to ensure KU students have access to transportation to home football games this fall. With David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium under construction, the Jayhawks are set to play their home games off campus in 2024. KU will play a pair of non-conference games at Children’s Mercy Park (the home of Sporting Kansas City) and its four conference games at Arrowhead Stadium (the home of the Kansas City Chiefs).
Podcast: Reaction to the Preseason Big 12 Poll, plus the latest on KU football recruiting
On this episode, we discuss the Preseason All-Big 12 team, the preseason poll and the latest for KU football on the recruiting trail.
Heisman Trophy dark horse contenders for 2024 college football season
There is a clear recipe to win the Heisman Trophy in college football’s modern era. That is to be a highly productive quarterback on a power conference team in national championship contention or to transcend the sport with otherworldly production at another offensive skill position. Those historical precedents make the early Heisman race ahead of the 2024 season quite obvious as the top contenders — Georgia quarterback Carson Beck, Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers and others — fit the aforementioned criteria.
Eraser Dust
Joe Biden addresses debate performance with Milwaukee radio host
“I had a bad night,” Biden told Milwaukee radio host Earl Ingram in a pre-recorded interview set to air Thursday morning. “And the fact of the matter is that I screwed up. I made a mistake. That’s 90 minutes onstage, look at what I’ve done in 3.5 years.”
2024 U.K. election is set to overhaul British politics. Here’s what to know as voters head to the polls. – CBS News
Among those seen heading to their local polling stations were incumbent Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, whose Conservative Party voters are widely expected to boot from power after 14 years running the government, and his chief rival and likely replacement, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer.
Chevron, not Trump immunity, may be the worst Supreme Court decision this term
Imagine that Congress passes a statute authorizing the Environmental Protection Agency to require permits whenever material alterations are made to a “major stationary source” of air pollution (or new ones are created). So far, so good. Now imagine that a power plant near your home has three smokestacks. Does that count as one “major stationary source” or three? And what makes a stationary source “major”? Beyond these substantive questions is a procedural one: Who should resolve these matters? Unelected federal judges, who may have no particular expertise in environmental law, or the federal agency staffed with scientific and policy experts who do?
Why LeBron James’ max contract is latest indictment of Lakers’ front office in a summer full of them – CBSSports.com
Dwane Casey reportedly said no to becoming an assistant coach under JJ Redick with the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday. The move, in itself, is not especially notable. ESPN’s Dave McMenamin reported that he did not want to uproot his family, which is an understandable decision that has little to do with basketball. It just underscored a pretty disturbing trend: a lot of people are saying no to the Lakers lately, aren’t they?
“At times you can barely hear Gallagher over the roar of the crowd.” Liam Gallagher’s Definitely Maybe tour comes home to Manchester, and it’s magical | Louder
It’s twenty minutes til showtime and Co-Op Live reeks of lager. While the recently-opened arena has already hosted a slew of global superstars, hometown hero Liam Gallagher is the only person truly worthy of christening the new venue. And on the eve of the last weekend in June, the fans are doing so in proper Mancunian style, baptising the shiny floor with overspilling pints as they howl and holler in anticipation of the night ahead.
What are the risks of bird flu in Montana?
“I think we’ve had close to 20 flocks here in Montana since 2022 that’s impacted about 150,000 birds in the state,” said Montana State Veterinarian Tahnee Szymanski.
These Are the Best U.S. National Parks—and They’re Not Even That Crowded – WSJ
Whether you’re into hiking, camping, birding or biking, there’s a national park for you. To narrow down the options, we systematically crunched the numbers to rank them all, and we bet the top spot will surprise you.
What U.S. states are the most and least indepedent?
Here are the top five most — and the five least — independent states of America.