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Three-star 2022 safety Caldra Williford commits to Kansas
KU football added another prospect to its class of 2022 on Thursday night. Caldra Williford, a three-star safety from Lutheran North HS in St. Louis, Mo., announced his commitment to the Jayhawks via Twitter.

Les Miles comments on end of 2020 Kansas football season
Kansas football's 2020 season has come to an end — albeit one week earlier than expected. On Thursday, the Big 12 announced that the Jayhawks' game against Texas had been "canceled due to UT's shutdown of football operations."

CBS Sports ranks Top 30 CBB players this season
The blue-blood programs are also back in contention. Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina and Duke all have supreme freshman talent. In Kentucky’s case, the young freshmen must develop through growing pains after a 1-3 start.

Preview: No. 5 KU basketball set to face Nebraska-Omaha
"They’ve got two really good wins, both away from home," Self said. "We played ‘em a couple years ago. … They’re a much improved team since then. I like them. Their big guy [6-8, 240-pound Matt Pile] can play. He’s a load. You can’t move him. He’s skilled offensively. And [Marlon] Ruffin — the guy [who] came off the bench I believe last year for them and was sixth man of the year in their league — he can score the ball. They’ve got guys that can shoot it and everything."

Top 50 shooting guard Joesph Hunter talks recruitment
Kansas: “We just been getting to know each other and because they said as far as it goes for basketball we’re straight. They like my game and my play making so right now it's just building a relationship with them. My relationship with the staff has been good. They actually talk to me, my mom, and my trainer about once a week so it's been good. I like how they produce a lot of good guards and develop them. They changed Devonte Graham and got him much better just playing in that system.”

Bill Self comments on playing out season in coronavirus-era
Beyond the on-court product, Self also acknowledged that programs are asking a lot of their players in creating bubble-like environments and asking them to stay in at all times. For that, he said the program has decided to allow players to go back home for Christmas, even though it technically may not be the "safest thing for today."

"I think it's better for long-term," Self said.

Khalib Johnson, from a 5-year-old QB to a college prospect
"I have been playing quarterback since I was five-years-old. I talked to my coach and he told me that I was going to be his quarterback," said Khalib. "I didn't even understand what a quarterback was, but I have loved playing quarterback ever since I started playing. It is a different feeling running around the field and scoring a touchdown. I fell in love with it at first sight."

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Couple donates 5 acres to South Kalispell Fire Department
Devar and Vicky Gardinar decided to give the land to the fire department because they felt after owning a farm for 50 years, they wanted to give back to their community.

Huge Star Wars Updates on Disney+ Series Andor, Obi-Wan, More
Star Wars and Disney+ will continue to get cozy even when The Mandalorain isn’t around. At Disney’s 2020 Investor’s Day event, significant updates were given on the other Star Wars official shows we knew were coming to Disney+.

Explaining the Supreme Court lawsuit from Texas and Trump challenging Biden's win - CNNPolitics
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit Tuesday. The President on Wednesday filed a motion to intervene -- basically a request to join the lawsuit, asking for the same result. Seventeen GOP states are backing the effort as well.

Brandon Bernard execution: Trump administration carries out sentence - 6abc Philadelphia
The Trump administration Thursday carried out its ninth federal execution of the year in what has been a first series of executions during a presidential lame-duck period in 130 years, putting to death a Texas street-gang member in the slayings of a religious couple from Iowa more than two decades ago.

'Time' Picks Biden and Harris For 2020 Person Of The Year : NPR
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris defeated Donald Trump twice this year: once at the polls and again for Time's Person of the Year.

Watch new footage of Liam Gallagher covering The Who's 'My Generation'
The footage is taken from a Teenage Cancer Trust gig the Oasis frontman played at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire in 2015.

CW Superman & Lois: New Suit for Tyler Hoechlin's Clark Kent
With Superman & Lois, the CW plans to explore a phase of Clark Kent and Lois Lane’s shared lives that’s typically only had but so much time in the spotlight within DC’s comics. Here, the Metropolis-based couple isn’t just a talented team of reporters, they’re also parents who somehow find the time to fit saving the world from destruction into their schedules.