Well that weekend happened
Jayhawks News
KU Jayhawks practice update on Rylan Griffen, Zach Clemence | Kansas City Star
Hunter Dickinson, who stood at least 2 feet taller than hundreds of campers at Kansas’ holiday men’s basketball clinic, had the first-through-sixth graders clapping their hands and stomping their feet after opening the proceedings by hitting a halfcourt shot Friday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse.
Top KU basketball signee Darryn Peterson to attend WVU game | Kansas City Star
Kansas is expected to have a special visitor sitting right behind the KU bench for the team’s Big 12 men’s basketball opener against West Virginia on Tuesday afternoon.
Miscellaneous
South Korea plane crash: air traffic controllers warned of bird strike minutes before accident, as officials confirm 179 dead
One of the two survivors of a plane crash that killed 179 others Sunday has told doctors he had “already been rescued” when he awoke in hospital reports the Yonhap News Agency.
15 injured after Brightline train collides with fire truck in Florida – ABC News
A Brightline train collided with a fire truck on Saturday morning in Delray Beach, Florida, injuring three firefighters and 12 train passengers, city officials said.
Is the Democratic brand toxic? A growing number of Dems wonder if going ‘independent’ will help them win – POLITICO
Losing to a twice-impeached convicted felon has left a small, but growing, number of Democrats wondering if their party brand is so toxic that they should shed the label — particularly in battleground and red states.
Colorado’s electric season ends with a whimper after lopsided loss to BYU in Alamo Bowl – CBSSports.com
BYU and Colorado both finished in a four-way tie for first place in the Big 12 standings, but neither team had the tiebreaker advantage to reach the Big 12 title game. That, among other factors, led Cougars quarterback Jake Retzlaff to describe the Alamo Bowl matchup against the Buffaloes as “the people’s” Big 12 championship game. And while BYU lost to Big 12-champ Arizona State, fans can still celebrate the Cougars as “the people’s champion” after a dominant performance against Colorado on Saturday night.
Question of the Day
With the new year approaching, I’m looking for honest feedback on the site. I’ve slipped a little in terms of postgame recaps and analysis. Warden has picked up the slack with editorial-type pieces but I’d like to do a better job and make this site more than just a place where the regulars congregate for water cooler talk. Is there a type of post or article that you’d like to see more of and would read if we published it? No ideas are bad ideas, I’m listening to anything you want to throw out there.