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KU luminary Salazar in Colombian squad for Olympics

Kansas Athletics Hall of Famer Liana Salazar is competing with the Colombian national women’s soccer team in Paris, the third time she has participated in an Olympic Games. Salazar did not play for Colombia in its first game of this year's competition, a 3-2 loss to France on Thursday, but ...

Former Jayhawk Hoppel sets new meet record, wins event, qualifies for Olympics

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 ...

Mills hopes new book will impart message of unity to ‘seventh generation’

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, ...

The new Big 12: What to know about league’s three baseball additions

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 ...