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The Daily Mauling: 7/24/25

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Alba Berlin v Olympiacos Piraeus - Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
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Kansas Jayhawks News

KU staff, employees must remove gender pronouns from e-mail signatures
University of Kansas officials notified staff, employees and student employees Tuesday of a slew of changes meant to align with a recently adopted change passed by the Kansas Board of Regents.

JHX Hoops vs Heartfire recap: Kansas basketball alumni lose in TBT Kansas basketball’s alumni team in The Basketball Tournament had an opportunity to win the Kansas City regional on Wednesday, but came up short in a 71-68

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loss against Heartfire.

Self says KU could still add to roster - KU Sports
But even after doing “about as well as you can do late in the game with those two,” Rosario and Mbiya, who committed on June 24 and 25, respectively, Self may not be quite done. He said on Monday that he would indeed “be open to adding another.”

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House attorneys, power conferences work out deal to relax NIL collective roadblocks: Sources - Yahoo Sports
Attorneys for the House plaintiffs have struck an agreement with the power conferences and NCAA officials to amend the decision-making from the industry’s new enforcement arm, the College Sports Commission, related to how booster-backed collectives can compensate athletes. Multiple sources spoke to Yahoo Sports under condition of anonymity.

ESPN Close to Acquisition of NFL Network, NFL Red Zone
ESPN is nearing a deal to acquire NFL media, according to a report from Andrew Marchand of The Athletic.

3 Best Trade Destinations for Arizona Diamondbacks Slugger Eugenio Suarez | FOX Sports
Eugenio Suarez isn't just hitting at a high level this season: he's obliterating baseballs. Which is why he’s on two shortlists right now – MVP candidates and tradeable players.

Americans Advised Not to Drink Alcohol in 18 States - Newsweek
Heat-related alerts had been issued for 18 states as of Monday, with the National Weather Service (NWS) urging residents to take steps to reduce the risk of heat illnesses.

Physicists Blast Gold to Astonishing Temperatures, Overturning 40 Years of Physics
Gold usually melts at 1,300 kelvins—a temperature hotter than fresh lava from a volcano. But scientists recently shot a nanometers-thick sample of gold with a laser and heated it to an astonishing 19,000 kelvins (33,740 degrees Fahrenheit)—all without melting the material. The feat was completely unexpected and has overturned 40 years of accepted physics about the temperature limits of solid materials, the researchers report in a paper published in the journal Nature.

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Name something you incorrectly believed to be true or false for way too long in your life.

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