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What areas will new Kansas football staff prioritize in recruiting?
The new KU staff has settled into things in Lawrence, and the Jayhawks have started to branch out in recruiting. Area responsibilities have been set within the program, and the goal appears to be a more-spread-out Midwest approach that also will hit a few other key states under the Lance Leipold regime.

Bill Self picks second-best KU basketball team after '08 title squad
"The team with the [Morris] twins and with Cole and Sherron [Collins], I mean that was a No. 1-overall seed in the tournament," Self continued, speaking on 2009-10 squad. "Of course we exited early. That had to be up there. But I think the next-best team that we've had is the team when Frank [Mason] was a senior and Devonte' [Graham] was a junior and Josh [Jackson] was a freshman. ... If that team had [Udoka Azubuike], if Doke hadn't got hurt, oh my goodness."

Scouting Sunday: Cam Martin could help unlock KU basketball offense
As currently constructed, the 2021-22 KU basketball squad should be able to stretch the floor from every spot. A year after 3-point shooting was far from a strength — KU had only one regular shoot better than 35 percent from 3 in 2020-21 — the Jayhawks' offense should be much trickier for opponents to figure out.

2023 PG Kylan Boswell 'was in shock' to receive KU basketball offer
Boswell, who recently stood out at a Section 7 event as described by Bossi, has added offers from Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Louisville, Texas, UCLA, Washington and more since the start of last month.

CBS Sports ranks Big 12 strength of schedule in 2021
The 2021 college football season is just two months away, and this year’s slate should field some competitive teams across the power five conferences, particularly in the Big 12. According to the Football Power Index (FPI), the Big 12 presents nine teams in the Top-15 rankings for strength of schedule in the country.

Report: Marcus Carr narrows down school list to Kentucky, Louisville, Kansas, Texas
Former Minnesota guard Marcus Carr entered the transfer portal back in mid-March but has yet to pick a program for the new season. However, that could change soon.

Watch: Andrew Wiggins hits game-tying 3 on wild sequence
Olympic qualifying for men's basketball was in full swing over the weekend. Canada's squad, bolstered with NBA talent up and down the roster, lost a shocking qualifier to the Czech Republic, costing it a shot at the Olympics, but it was not without a memorable moment from a former KU basketball star.

Scouting Sunday: Cam Martin could help unlock KU basketball offense
As currently constructed, the 2021-22 KU basketball squad should be able to stretch the floor from every spot. A year after 3-point shooting was far from a strength — KU had only one regular shoot better than 35 percent from 3 in 2020-21 — the Jayhawks' offense should be much trickier for opponents to figure out.

Eraser Dust

What America Didn't Understand About Its Longest War - POLITICO
As the United States leaves Afghanistan after 20 years of war, there can be little doubt that we lost the war — or to put it more gently, did not attain our objectives. In recent weeks, the Taliban have advanced across the north of the country. Bereft of U.S. support, the Afghan army and police have reportedly lost more than two dozen districts over the course of a month and are now fighting on the outskirts of key cities such as Kandahar and Mazar-e-Sharif. Senior U.S. officials have warned of a civil war, while intelligence reports are said to forecast the fall of the Afghan government — which the United States has worked to strengthen for two decades — within a year.

What Kurt Cobain hated about Led Zeppelin
“Although I listened to Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin, and I really did enjoy some of the melodies they’d written, it took me so many years to realise that a lot of it had to do with sexism,” Cobain remarked to Rolling Stone in 1992. “The way that they just wrote about their dicks and having sex. I was just starting to understand what really was pissing me off so much those last couple years of high school.”

World's largest farm tractor on display in Kalispell
KALISPELL — The world’s largest farm tractor -- according to the Guinness World Records -- built in Havre back in 1977 is on display in Kalispell at the Flathead County Fairgrounds.

Elsa latest: Hurricane watch issued for parts of Florida after storm thrashes Cuba, Caribbean | Fox News
The National Weather Service took to Twitter for a 5 a.m. E.T. public advisory, alerting that parts of Florida are under a hurricane watch, including a portion of the west-central coast and the Big Bend coast. An earlier alert said conditions are "beginning to deteriorate" across the Keys. S

Hotel pitch puts former Whitefish woman's career on an upward trajectory | Daily Inter Lake
Spring continued to sharpen her business skills by completing a yearlong national program called the Young Entrepreneurs Academy, where she said she learned the fundamentals of starting and operating a business. With $1,000 in seed money and a six-minute pitch, she and two other classmates launched their culminating project — Appleholics, a business where they made and sold gourmet candied apples.

Never Put This on Your Meat After Barbecuing, CDC Warns
Cooking raw meat comes with its risks. You may think you've covered all the bases by carefully handling the raw meat separately, but there's another component you might be forgetting. Any juice, marinade, sauce, or other liquid that has touched raw meat should never be put on your food once it's off the barbecue. While it might be tempting to pour the rest of your tasty homemade marinade on top of freshly grilled meat, there are health risks.

Robert Downey Jr. unfollows Marvel co-stars, flips out fans
“Avengers” star Robert Downey Jr., 56, has unfollowed his fellow Marvel cast members on Instagram recently, including Tom Holland, 25, along with his good friend Chris Evans, 40, and it’s got the internet blippin’ out.