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The Weekend Mauling 8.2.25

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Kansas City Chiefs Sign Ex-Kansas Football WR Kwamie Lassiter II
Lassiter comes to Kansas City after playing for the Memphis Showboats in the United Football League (UFL). In eight games this past season, he racked up 257 yards receiving and one touchdown with just a single dropped pass on the year.

Kansas's new(-ish) stadium looks incredible Kansas's new* stadium might be the first time where real life looks better than the rendering.

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KU football banking on veteran offense in 2025 season
The Kansas Jayhawks are leaning on continuity as they prepare for the upcoming college football season, with a veteran group of returning players on offense.

Fans excited to see renovated KU stadium
In downtown Lawrence, residents were out enjoying the weather. On Mass St, several shops have their KU gear out and are gearing up themselves for the start of the school year. On the windows at Weaver’s, Darbi Rice was putting finishing touches on the newest display full of school spirit.

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2025 Big 12 Head Coach Rankings: Preseason College Football Preview - College Football News | College Football Predictions, Analysis and Updates
Ranking all the Big 12 head coaches going into the 2025 college football season. How good do we think all 16 coaches are at the moment?

Creativity, The Fifth Freedom & Access To Knowledge | Techdirt
Machine learning (ML) systems learn in a way strikingly similar to humans—by observing and copying. This raises an important question: should ML systems be allowed to freely use copyrighted materials as part of their learning process? The answer is not just about technology; it goes to the heart of what copyright law aims to protect.

It's new to me: Big Run — The Supreme 4WD Challenge
In the late-80s, the kinds of racing games that were being made started to branch out further, owing to the faux-3D technology of the era and the success of companies like Namco and Sega in establishing what was possible. Jaleco got in on the action in 1989 with an arcade game known as Big Run — The Supreme 4WD Challenge, which cut out the Paris portion of the Paris-Dakar rally and instead focused on the Africa-exclusive portions of the race, from Tripoli to Dakar.

Trump revives Presidential Fitness Test : NPR
For generations of U.S. schoolchildren, phrases like "shuttle run" and "sit-and-reach" likely conjure vivid memories of what was once a staple of American physical education: the Presidential Fitness Test. And thanks to a new executive order, it's slated to return to gymnasiums nationwide.

Ichiro Saved One Last Surprise For Cooperstown | Defector
Others are different, and of those only one is Ichiro. During a long and remarkable career on two continents, Ichiro made himself maybe the most obvious Hall of Famer of his generation; a legend, which is much larger and more austere than the man himself, grew up around him in turn.

QOTWeekend: August is/was always back to school month for me growing up in Kansas. That meant it was time for school shopping. Did you get a special trip for new school clothes or supplies growing up?

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