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The Rock Chalkboard
Kansas basketball makes the cut for five-star guard Darius Acuff Jr.
Kansas basketball remains firmly in the mix for one of the top high school basketball prospects in the country. On Friday, Darius Acuff Jr. announced his top four schools and the Jayhawks made the cut. The five-star guard is now considering Arkansas, UConn, KU and Michigan. He has not set a specific commitment date at this time.
Bill Self likes Kevin McCullar’s fit with the New York Knicks
Kevin McCullar is headed to The Big Apple to begin his professional basketball career. On Tuesday afternoon the former KU basketball guard was selected in the second round of the 2024 NBA Draft. He was selected by the New York Knicks with the No. 56 pick and will join the Knicks organization.
Bill Self weighs in on Johnny Furphy’s NBA Draft slide, landing spot with the Indiana Pacers
“I’m excited for Johnny,” Self added. “I think they will do a great job in developing him. Johnny knows that he needs time to improve his strength for the NBA game. I think it’s a good landing place for him.”
Eraser Dust
Biden-Trump debate panned by world media – ‘a reality show’
A weak Joe Biden self-destructed in front of the whole world, while an aggressive Donald Trump told lies and mangled his sentences in a presidential debate that was like a reality show, according to international media.
Supreme Court overturning ‘Chevron’ decision could change banking regulation forever | Fortune
The Supreme Court today overruled a decades-old decision that let judges defer to a regulator’s interpretation of complex statutes, so long as the court deemed the interpretation reasonable.
Kalispell Council Reviews Lane Reduction Proposal on Main Street – Flathead Beacon
The Kalispell City Council on June 24 reviewed the possible road infrastructure design options outlined in the city’s Main Street Safety Action Plan, which includes reducing Main Street to three traffic lanes.
Trey Anastasio reveals the Taylor Swift song that Phish wanted to play at Madison Square Garden last year | Louder
“When we did seven nights at Madison Square Garden in 2023, we got so close,” Anastasio reveals. “The Eras Tour was just starting, and everyone was like, You have to do a Taylor Swift song. It kept coming up. So we learned Welcome to New York [from Swift’s 2014 album 1989].
ESPN analyst Dick Vitale announces cancer diagnosis – ESPN
ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale announced Friday that he will have surgery to remove cancer from his neck.
‘SNL’s Five-Timers Club Is a Lie | Cracked.com
But, weirdly, even though the show mostly frames this ceremony as a bona fide tribute to SNL legends, the whole thing is a sham. Obviously the physical club where Elliott Gould spends most of his time doesn’t exist, but apparently the hosts don’t even get to keep their Five-Timers jackets. As Stone recently revealed on The Tonight Show, “They don’t really give you a jacket.”
The World’s Best IPA—According To The 2024 World Beer Cup
The World Beer Cup is commonly referred to as the “Olympics of Beer Competitions.” Originally conceived in 1996, it is an annual extravaganza organized by the Brewers Association—a trade group comprising over 5,400 beer makers. This spring its expert panel of judges, from 26 different countries, convened in Las Vegas to award bronze, silver and gold medals across 103 separate styles of suds.
Tractor Supply cuts DEI, climate goals after conservative outcry : NPR
Tractor Supply Company, which bills itself as the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the U.S., will eliminate its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) roles, withdraw its carbon emissions goals and stop sponsoring Pride events in response to criticism from conservative activists.
Kansas high school football coaches opposed to junior-college vote, threaten boycott | The Wichita Eagle
Martin sent an e-mail Wednesday to the association’s coaches that included an online survey to gauge reactions to the upcoming vote and a proposal that seemed to escalate the coaches’ position to another level – a recruiting boycott of junior colleges that vote in favor of the increased limits for players from neighboring states.