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KU soccer falls short of comeback win in home opener, ties Tulsa 2-2 – KU Sports
The strengths of KU’s team popped out from the start of the match. The Jayhawks played fast and aggressively, which led to them taking a dramatic lead in shots early and never quite allowing the Golden Hurricanes to catch up. Tulsa didn’t have a shot until inside the final two minutes of the first half.
Maintaining team culture will be ‘daily fistfight’ for KU in 2024 and beyond – KU Sports
“We didn’t have anything really for them to use this whole entire spring ball and offseason, right?” Gildersleeve told the Journal-World in a recent interview. “We had two kind of makeshift tubs up in the storage closet of the indoor (practice facility), and then the training room was the size of this to that” — he gestured from the first row of chairs lined up in one of KU’s positional meeting rooms to the front of the room — “and that was about it.”
McGee set for return to defensive line after lengthy hiatus – KU Sports
“You never know how your journey’s going to start, it’s all about how you finish,” McGee told the Journal-World at KU’s media day. “So I’d say it’s been a blessing. Of course, through the injuries, through the transferring and stuff like that, of course that’ll take a toll. But honestly, I feel like it’s just been a huge blessing.”
Eraser Dust
Kamala Harris speaks on Gaza war, cease-fire in DNC speech – The Washington Post
The Democratic presidential nominee said she would “always stand up for Israel’s right to defend itself,” but also directly addressed the suffering in Gaza.
$4,000 for Montana families? Fact-checking governor’s claim
NBC Montana is fact-checking a claim from Gov. Greg Gianforte after he appeared on cable news saying under his leadership, Montana homeowners received a check for almost $4,000. The statement raised questions among viewers, with some wondering where that number came from.
Listen To ‘The Greatest Guitar Solo’ Trey Anastasio ‘Ever (Saw) A Human Play’
Rolling Stone placed Frank Zappa on a 2011 list of the Greatest Artists of All Time. Trey Anastasio was asked to write a tribute to the late guitarist to accompany the entry. “Zappa was incredibly vital to me, as a composer and guitarist. I think he was the best electric-guitar player, other than Jimi Hendrix,” Anastasio explained. “Zappa conceptualized the instrument in a completely different way, rhythmically and sonically. Every boundary that was possible on the guitar was examined by him.”
The Very Obvious Reason Disney Canceled ‘The Acolyte’ — It Wasn’t ‘Toxic Dudebros’
Both of these factors include a common theme: The Acolyte simply cost far, far too much and that investment wasn’t met with huge viewership numbers like The Mandalorian or critical acclaim like Andor.
Fox News hosts struggle to get rattled Trump off the line as he goes on media blitz after Harris’s DNC speech | The Independent
Fox News hosts struggled to get a rattled Donald Trump off the line as he went on a right-wing media blitz hitting out at Kamala Harris following her Democratic National Convention speech on Thursday night.
Ranking the best late night bands ever on TV : NPR
When producers at Late Night with Seth Meyers told keyboardist and associate musical director Eli Janney the show would eliminate its live backing group, The 8G Band, due to budget cuts, he wasn’t all that surprised.
Ranked: the Worst 10 States to Live in, 2024 – Business Insider
Louisiana was ranked the worst state to live in, according to a report by WalletHub. Find out what other states are part of the list.
Kamala Harris Nailed the Greatest Speech of Her Life
The effectiveness of her DNC speech lay not in its broad strokes but in its details and delivery—in the moments that best connected Harris, her convictions, and her audience.
Elon Musk was just forced to reveal who really owns X. Here’s the list
Bill Ackman and Sean “Diddy” Combs are among the list of owners of Elon Musk’s X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter.