When the United States government established the Red Cloud Agency in 1871, the predecessor of the modern Pine Ridge Reservation, the Oglala Lakota leader Red Cloud wanted one B.B. Mills, a white man, to serve as his agent.
The chairman of the Board of Indian Commissioners denied the request, writing that because Mills had a Lakota wife and Lakota children, he was too enmeshed in the Indigenous community to ...
Former Kansas track star Bryce Hoppel qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in style on Sunday evening.
Hoppel earned first place while setting a personal best and a new meet record at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, Oregon, when he completed the 800-meter run in 1:42.77.
The standout performance meant that the former national champion and All-American at KU, who now runs professionally for ...
The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame announced its 2024 class on Sunday, as it prepares to enshrine a group with 12 overall members and a particular emphasis on numerous Olympic connections.
“This is an accomplished group and one the Hall of Fame is extremely proud to recognize,” the organization's chairman, Jim Dunning Jr., said in a press release. “They bring a considerable diversity of backgrounds and ...
As much as the outcome of the 2024 NBA Draft was a surprise given recent expert projections — basically none of which had foreseen Johnny Furphy falling to the second round — it was even less similar to what outlets were predicting a year ago.
The first batch of 2024 mock drafts, constructed shortly before or after Gradey Dick went to the Toronto Raptors and Jalen Wilson to the Brooklyn Nets in last ...
The Big 12 Conference loses eight cumulative national baseball titles when Oklahoma and Texas officially depart the league at the conclusion of Sunday.
It gains nine back in return, though, by admitting Arizona and Arizona State from the Pac-12 Conference.
Together with Utah, a program coming off one of its best seasons of the millennium, the Territorial Cup rivals will ensure additional competition for ...
Former Kansas wing Johnny Furphy will have to shake a lot of hands when he first meets the Indiana Pacers' staff.
The Pacers didn't bring him in for a pre-draft workout, general manager Chad Buchanan told reporters after the draft concluded Thursday, in part because he was projected to go higher than he ultimately did, which was in the second round at No. 35 overall. Indiana, after all, did not have a ...