Excuse me, Mr. Hutz. Are you a shyster? How does a nice little girl like you, know a big word like that?
The Rock Chalkboard
KU athletic department sets revenue records but experiences $2M budget shortfall – KU Sports
Athletic director Travis Goff explained at Monday afternoon’s KU Athletics board meeting that the department reached a new high-water mark in ticket sales at $26 million, driven by men’s basketball and football, and also recorded record revenue from its sponsorship deal with sports marketing firm Learfield. The department’s Chief Financial Officer Pat Kaufman added that KU also got slightly more money than expected from Big 12 Conference distributions, concessions, buyout payments from football assistant coaches getting poached, and more.
Mykhailiuk becomes latest former Jayhawk to win NBA title – KU Sports
Svi Mykhailiuk won a title as a member of the Boston Celtics on Monday night, becoming the fourth former Jayhawk to become an NBA champion as a player in the last five years.
Recapping the latest transfers to KU baseball – KU Sports
The Jayhawks have to evaluate which of their current players with remaining eligibility, as well as their planned arrivals from the high school and junior-college ranks, will get selected in the draft — and which among those will actually choose to go pro as opposed to attending to KU.
Eraser Dust
Biden announces new policy shielding undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens from deportation
The Biden administration is taking executive action to protect undocumented spouses of American citizens — a move that would shield about 500,000 immigrants from deportation.
How the Celtics solved all their problems and turned into a championship-winning, new-look NBA superteam – CBSSports.com
Halfway through Game 3 of the NBA Finals, the Boston Celtics had problems. Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, the Dallas Mavericks‘ stars, had shaken loose for a combined 37 points. Daniel Gafford and Dereck Lively II, the Mavericks’ rim protectors, were rim-protecting. Kristaps Porzingis’ torn medial retinaculum, an extremely unusual lower-leg injury, loomed large: The 7-footer was sidelined, shrinking Boston’s margin for error.
Social-Media Influencers Aren’t Getting Rich—They’re Barely Getting By – WSJ
Many people dream of becoming social-media stars like YouTube’s MrBeast or TikTok’s Charli D’Amelio. But for most who pursue careers as content creators, just making ends meet is a lofty goal.
Tribal, Federal Officials Say ‘Catastrophic’ Breach of St. Mary Canal Siphon will have Dire Consequences Across Montana – Flathead Beacon
Calling the failure of a 115-year-old water-conveyance system near Babb “catastrophic,” federal, tribal and local officials responded Monday to a breach of the St. Mary Canal siphon east of Glacier National Park that caused flooding, erosion and washouts but no reported injuries.
System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian slams Imagine Dragons
“If you are that blind to justice that you will go play a show in a country that’s starving another country, illegally… I don’t know what to say about you as a human being”
Secret Service agent robbed at gunpoint during Biden’s Los Angeles trip | AP News
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A U.S. Secret Service agent was robbed at gunpoint as President Joe Biden was visiting Los Angeles for a fundraising event over the weekend, officials said.
The IRS wants to end another major tax loophole for the wealthy and raise $50 billion in the process
The IRS plans to end a major tax loophole for wealthy taxpayers that could raise more than $50 billion in revenue over the next decade, the U.S. Treasury Department says. The proposed rule and guidance announced Monday includes plans to essentially stop “partnership basis shifting” — a process by which a business or person can move assets among a series of related parties to avoid paying taxes. Biden administration officials said after evaluating the practice that there are no economic grounds for these transactions, with Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo calling it “really just a shell game.”
A Waiting Child: Meet Vanessa from Kalispell
“A good family for me looks like, ya know, they just love me and care for me and like be there for me when I need it…that would actually be like, if I had a home that was stable and they cared and I don’t just like…have a person to talk to,” Vanessa continued. “Like I think that would be really good for me because…I’ve never really had that with my foster families.”
Longtime artist adds two new statues to downtown Kalispell
Here’s what happens to you, you get an idea and you think gee, that would be fun. And fun is kind of what I think any kind of western town needs a little uplift, you know,” said Lynn.
Lynn is the creator behind the infamous statues on the buildings in downtown Kalispell.
Hiram Kasten, ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Saved by the Bell’ actor and comedian, dead at 71
Kasten, born Hiram Z. Kastenbaum on Oct. 30, 1952, was best known for his supporting role as Michael, Elaine Benes’ co-worker on “Seinfeld.” The comedian met Jerry Seinfeld while doing stand-up at the Comic Strip Live in New York City, where Seinfeld worked as the emcee. The comedians struck up “a friendship that has lasted for 45 years,” the obituary stated.