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KU defensive standouts Daniel Wise, Joe Dineen make pre-season all-league list | KUsports.com
Though they play for a team often overlooked on the national landscape, Kansas football redshirt seniors Daniel Wise and Joe Dineen won’t go unnoticed in their final year with the Jayhawks.

Kansas fades on long, hot day at NCAA golf championship | KUsports.com
Even at the highest level of college golf, not many can pull off what freshman Harry Hillier did to finish his steamy, long day in the sun Saturday at unforgiving Karsten Creek in the NCAA championship.

KU makes cut for two Top 40 Class of 2019 guards | Tale of the Tait | KUsports.com
While the Kansas men's basketball program still has one scholarship to give in the 2018 recruiting class, Bill Self and the Jayhawks are making some solid progress on the 2019 class, as well.

KU target Kira Lewis nets two more offers, will attend USA camp led by Bill Self
Kira Lewis, a 6-foot-3 senior-to-be shooting guard from Hazel Green (Ala.) High School, who recently received a scholarship offer from Kansas, secured offers from Louisville on Thursday and Xavier on Friday, he reported on Twitter.

Bluebloods Kansas, Kentucky becoming familiar foes in basketball
It was announced Thursday that the Wildcats, who have the most victories in college basketball history (2,263), and the Jayhawks, second on the all-time win list (2,248), will meet in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge on Jan. 26, 2019, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Cristiano Ronaldo puts future in doubt: 'It's been very nice playing for Real Madrid'
Cristiano Ronaldo cast doubt over his future with Real Madrid after they won the Champions League for the third consecutive season on Saturday in a 3-1 win over Liverpool.

Golden State Warriors win gives NBA two Game 7s
Stephen Curry looked exhausted. After running nearly a mile and a half on defense in the Golden State Warriors' 115-86 win over the Houston Rockets in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals Saturday night, there wasn't much left in the tank as he walked to his locker after the game.

Kevin Love of Cleveland Cavaliers out for Game 7
Kevin Love will not play in the Cleveland Cavaliers' decisive Game 7 on Sunday against the Boston Celtics, as the All-Star forward has been placed in the concussion protocol.

Without Kevin Love, Cavs Need Another Level of Hero Ball from LeBron James | Bleacher Report | Latest News, Videos and Highlights
With Kyrie Irving traded, Isaiah Thomas never regaining form and Kevin Love missing a quarter of the season to injury, LeBron James has almost single-handedly carried the Cleveland Cavaliers all season.

Cavs news: Shaquille O'Neal jokes about what Kevin Love needs while under concussion protocol
On Saturday, Kevin Love was ruled out for Sunday’s Game 7 because he is in the concussion protocol, but that didn’t stop Shaquille O’Neal from saying all Love needs is an Advil.

Other News

Sesame Street Sues Over ‘Violent, Ejaculating Puppets’ Film - The Daily Beast
The creators of the iconic children’s show Sesame Street are suing over an upcoming Melissa McCarthy film that they say hijacks the show’s brand to depict puppets engaging in lewd activities. In a lawsuit filed this week against the STX film studio, Sesame Street’s parent company says the R-rated movie, The Happytime Murders, threatens to damage its brand with “explicit, profane, drug-using, misogynistic, violent, copulating, and even ejaculating puppets.”

Astronaut Alan Bean, the Fourth Man to Walk on the Moon, Has Died at 86
Alan Bean, the fourth of just 12 people to walk on the moon and one of the first Americans to spend an extended period living on a space station, died Saturday at Houston Methodist Hospital. He was 86.

You Are Cheesing Your Cheeseburgers All Wrong And I Can't Stand It Anymore
Here’s a dumb thing that grill chefs do: they flip the burgers on the grill, and then, while the burgers finish cooking, the chef lays slices of cheese on the top of the burgers, where presumably the heat of the grill will aid in the melting of the cheese.

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