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The K-State women’s tennis team has no Americans. Tell me college sports aren’t broken
Farmed out
College sports are out of control. Kansas and Kansas State will play conference games in Florida, West Virginia, Utah and Ohio after the Big 12 expands over the next two years. Southern California and UCLA will jump to the Big Ten. This means students and alumni may never see an away game, and top-rated teams will be concentrated in the SEC and Big Ten, leaving other schools in the dust.
Five of the first 10 picks in the NBA draft this year are one-and-done players. College athletes now collect name, image and likeness money. A high school quarterback signed to play for Miami after reportedly signing a NIL deal worth at least $9.5 million. New Southern Cal coach Lincoln Riley has called on his school’s wealthy alumni to form collective NIL guarantees to rope in top recruits.
Can the small sports be saved from greed? The eight-man 2021-2022 golf team of my alma mater, K-State, has four Europeans. Its women’s tennis team has no Americans at all. Both squads finished ninth this year. Missouri’s men’s golf team has four members from other countries, plus two Texans who are graduate students — not a good local showing.
The bottom line is our kids, grandchildren and neighbors don’t stand a chance to play on our own varsity teams, even in the small sports. Let’s change this pattern.
- Joel Athey, Los Angeles
Signs seen
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, businesses suffered an abrupt decline in shoppers, restaurant goers and other patrons. Many responded with temporary flags strung between steel posts, feather signs on a single pole and other such signs we continue to see around town.
Generally speaking, businesses have now mostly recovered, and many new businesses have opened. The Kansas City area has made great strides in creating attractive roadways with new tree plantings, lighting, sidewalks and landscaped entryways.
However, some businesses continue to erect new or keep their temporary signs. This kind of clutter is detrimental to the appearance of our streets and neighborhoods. It is also unfair to businesses (and their competitors) who abide by the rules but value the attractiveness of their properties and want to be seen.
Cities should contact these rule-breakers and respectfully ask them to remove these temporary signs. If they don’t comply, then they should be required to. Past accomplishments should not be abandoned. Otherwise, we as a community regress to a time less tasteful and becoming.
- William Roy Dudark, Overland Park
Dawson charm
I just read the recent letter to the editor about Len Dawson’s wife, Jackie, and the kindness she showed a young man who attended the Len Dawson football camp at William Jewell College in 1969. (Aug. 17, 12A)
My teammate and I, both 16, left our hometown of Mangum, Oklahoma, to attend the same camp. My dad had been an Air Force colonel at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base just south of Kansas City, and we loved the Chiefs. Dad wanted me to go to Dawson’s camp after he retired and we moved to Oklahoma. My buddy and I also traveled via bus and went through Oklahoma City on the way to KC.
When we arrived, Jackie Dawson picked us up, and like this letter writer, we felt so thankful for her generosity. We didn’t get a steak dinner as he did, but there’s more to the story. The next morning, we realized our football cleats and tennis shoes hadn’t made it off the bus. As all the players were told to run down the hill to practice, Len Dawson picked us up in his brand new purple Dodge Super Bee car and give us a ride to the field.
I made some good friends there and still have my blue camp jacket. I’ll never forget Len and Jackie Dawson’s kindness.
- Rollie Heatly, Fort Worth, Texas
Kansas sense
Prairie Village is where I grew up, and, although I now live in California, the state is still in my thoughts.
In particular, this month’s rousing, commonsense vote of no on the constitutional amendment that would have allowed the Legislature to severely restrict reproductive rights reaffirms that sanity still is more important than party loyalty in Kansas.
This was the best evidence of voter normalcy since Vern Miller lost his gubernatorial race in 1974 — ironically by approximately the same number of votes as kids he busted for grass.
Go Jayhawks!
- W. Michael Youngblood, Danville, California
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Farmed out
College sports are out of control. Kansas and Kansas State will play conference games in Florida, West Virginia, Utah and Ohio after the Big 12 expands over the next two years. Southern California and UCLA will jump to the Big Ten. This means students and alumni may never see an away game, and top-rated teams will be concentrated in the SEC and Big Ten, leaving other schools in the dust.
Five of the first 10 picks in the NBA draft this year are one-and-done players. College athletes now collect name, image and likeness money. A high school quarterback signed to play for Miami after reportedly signing a NIL deal worth at least $9.5 million. New Southern Cal coach Lincoln Riley has called on his school’s wealthy alumni to form collective NIL guarantees to rope in top recruits.
Can the small sports be saved from greed? The eight-man 2021-2022 golf team of my alma mater, K-State, has four Europeans. Its women’s tennis team has no Americans at all. Both squads finished ninth this year. Missouri’s men’s golf team has four members from other countries, plus two Texans who are graduate students — not a good local showing.
The bottom line is our kids, grandchildren and neighbors don’t stand a chance to play on our own varsity teams, even in the small sports. Let’s change this pattern.
- Joel Athey, Los Angeles
Signs seen
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, businesses suffered an abrupt decline in shoppers, restaurant goers and other patrons. Many responded with temporary flags strung between steel posts, feather signs on a single pole and other such signs we continue to see around town.
Generally speaking, businesses have now mostly recovered, and many new businesses have opened. The Kansas City area has made great strides in creating attractive roadways with new tree plantings, lighting, sidewalks and landscaped entryways.
However, some businesses continue to erect new or keep their temporary signs. This kind of clutter is detrimental to the appearance of our streets and neighborhoods. It is also unfair to businesses (and their competitors) who abide by the rules but value the attractiveness of their properties and want to be seen.
Cities should contact these rule-breakers and respectfully ask them to remove these temporary signs. If they don’t comply, then they should be required to. Past accomplishments should not be abandoned. Otherwise, we as a community regress to a time less tasteful and becoming.
- William Roy Dudark, Overland Park
Dawson charm
I just read the recent letter to the editor about Len Dawson’s wife, Jackie, and the kindness she showed a young man who attended the Len Dawson football camp at William Jewell College in 1969. (Aug. 17, 12A)
My teammate and I, both 16, left our hometown of Mangum, Oklahoma, to attend the same camp. My dad had been an Air Force colonel at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base just south of Kansas City, and we loved the Chiefs. Dad wanted me to go to Dawson’s camp after he retired and we moved to Oklahoma. My buddy and I also traveled via bus and went through Oklahoma City on the way to KC.
When we arrived, Jackie Dawson picked us up, and like this letter writer, we felt so thankful for her generosity. We didn’t get a steak dinner as he did, but there’s more to the story. The next morning, we realized our football cleats and tennis shoes hadn’t made it off the bus. As all the players were told to run down the hill to practice, Len Dawson picked us up in his brand new purple Dodge Super Bee car and give us a ride to the field.
I made some good friends there and still have my blue camp jacket. I’ll never forget Len and Jackie Dawson’s kindness.
- Rollie Heatly, Fort Worth, Texas
Kansas sense
Prairie Village is where I grew up, and, although I now live in California, the state is still in my thoughts.
In particular, this month’s rousing, commonsense vote of no on the constitutional amendment that would have allowed the Legislature to severely restrict reproductive rights reaffirms that sanity still is more important than party loyalty in Kansas.
This was the best evidence of voter normalcy since Vern Miller lost his gubernatorial race in 1974 — ironically by approximately the same number of votes as kids he busted for grass.
Go Jayhawks!
- W. Michael Youngblood, Danville, California
The K-State women’s tennis team has no Americans. Tell me college sports aren’t broken
Half the university’s golfers are from other countries, too. And things aren’t any better at Mizzou. | Opinion
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Far-Right Activist Laura Loomer Refuses to Concede, Sobs About Voter Fraud
BY AILA SLISCO ON 8/24/22 AT 12:08 AM EDT
Far-right activist and congressional candidate Laura Loomer broke into tears as she claimed without evidence that she was illegally robbed of a Republican primary victory on Tuesday.
Incumbent Representative Daniel Webster won Tuesday's GOP primary for Florida's 11th Congressional District, according to the Associated Press. Although Webster won the race with 51 percent of the vote to Loomer's 44 percent with over 95 percent of ballots counted, Loomer refused to concede and instead suggested that the result was fraudulent.
Loomer previously won a Florida Republican primary race for Congress in 2020 but lost to her Democratic opponent, Representative Lois Frankel, by more than 16 points in the general election. She insisted that she was the true "winner" on Tuesday and argued that "big-tech election interference" could be to blame for the primary's outcome.
"I'm not conceding, because I'm a winner and the reality is our Republican Party is broken to its core," Loomer told supporters in a speech following her loss. "What we have done tonight has really honestly shocked the nation. We have further exposed the corruption within our own feckless, cowardly Republican Party."
"We are losing our country to big-tech election interference," she said as tears streamed down her face. "And I am pleading with the Republican Party to please start taking this issue seriously, because the American people deserve representation."
Although election results appeared to be closer earlier in the night, Webster's victory became apparent as votes in the final precincts were counted. The congressman, whom Loomer described as a "RINO Republican" and "do-nothing Daniel Webster" in her non-concession speech, thanked supporters for his victory after the race was called.
"I am grateful for Republicans' support for my track record of fighting for conservative values, families, and small businesses, while standing up to Washington elites, and getting real results for my constituents," Webster tweeted. "Because of your loyal support, I have won my primary."
Loomer, a self-described "proud Islamophobe" and white nationalist who backed former President Donald Trump's false claims of a "stolen" 2020 presidential election, had been endorsed by prominent far-right figures such as conservative commentator Michelle Malkin and received an early endorsement from Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.
In addition to being a political candidate, Loomer is a contributor to Alex Jones' far-right conspiracy media platform Infowars. She has previously pushed conspiracy theories that falsely claim mass shootings, including the 2018 shooting at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, were faked.
Loomer has been permanently banned from mainstream social media platforms including Twitter and Facebook for violating rules against spreading false information and hate, although she continues to maintain an account on Trump's Truth Social platform.
Newsweek has reached out to the Loomer and Webster campaigns for comment.
https://www.newsweek.com/far-right-...efuses-concede-sobs-about-voter-fraud-1736325
BY AILA SLISCO ON 8/24/22 AT 12:08 AM EDT
Far-right activist and congressional candidate Laura Loomer broke into tears as she claimed without evidence that she was illegally robbed of a Republican primary victory on Tuesday.
Incumbent Representative Daniel Webster won Tuesday's GOP primary for Florida's 11th Congressional District, according to the Associated Press. Although Webster won the race with 51 percent of the vote to Loomer's 44 percent with over 95 percent of ballots counted, Loomer refused to concede and instead suggested that the result was fraudulent.
Loomer previously won a Florida Republican primary race for Congress in 2020 but lost to her Democratic opponent, Representative Lois Frankel, by more than 16 points in the general election. She insisted that she was the true "winner" on Tuesday and argued that "big-tech election interference" could be to blame for the primary's outcome.
"I'm not conceding, because I'm a winner and the reality is our Republican Party is broken to its core," Loomer told supporters in a speech following her loss. "What we have done tonight has really honestly shocked the nation. We have further exposed the corruption within our own feckless, cowardly Republican Party."
"We are losing our country to big-tech election interference," she said as tears streamed down her face. "And I am pleading with the Republican Party to please start taking this issue seriously, because the American people deserve representation."
Although election results appeared to be closer earlier in the night, Webster's victory became apparent as votes in the final precincts were counted. The congressman, whom Loomer described as a "RINO Republican" and "do-nothing Daniel Webster" in her non-concession speech, thanked supporters for his victory after the race was called.
"I am grateful for Republicans' support for my track record of fighting for conservative values, families, and small businesses, while standing up to Washington elites, and getting real results for my constituents," Webster tweeted. "Because of your loyal support, I have won my primary."
Loomer, a self-described "proud Islamophobe" and white nationalist who backed former President Donald Trump's false claims of a "stolen" 2020 presidential election, had been endorsed by prominent far-right figures such as conservative commentator Michelle Malkin and received an early endorsement from Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.
In addition to being a political candidate, Loomer is a contributor to Alex Jones' far-right conspiracy media platform Infowars. She has previously pushed conspiracy theories that falsely claim mass shootings, including the 2018 shooting at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, were faked.
Loomer has been permanently banned from mainstream social media platforms including Twitter and Facebook for violating rules against spreading false information and hate, although she continues to maintain an account on Trump's Truth Social platform.
Newsweek has reached out to the Loomer and Webster campaigns for comment.
https://www.newsweek.com/far-right-...efuses-concede-sobs-about-voter-fraud-1736325
Far-Right Activist Laura Loomer Refuses to Concede, Sobs About Voter Fraud
BY AILA SLISCO ON 8/24/22 AT 12:08 AM EDT
Far-right activist and congressional candidate Laura Loomer broke into tears as she claimed without evidence that she was illegally robbed of a Republican primary victory on Tuesday.
Incumbent Representative Daniel Webster won Tuesday's GOP primary for Florida's 11th Congressional District, according to the Associated Press. Although Webster won the race with 51 percent of the vote to Loomer's 44 percent with over 95 percent of ballots counted, Loomer refused to concede and instead suggested that the result was fraudulent.
Loomer previously won a Florida Republican primary race for Congress in 2020 but lost to her Democratic opponent, Representative Lois Frankel, by more than 16 points in the general election. She insisted that she was the true "winner" on Tuesday and argued that "big-tech election interference" could be to blame for the primary's outcome.
"I'm not conceding, because I'm a winner and the reality is our Republican Party is broken to its core," Loomer told supporters in a speech following her loss. "What we have done tonight has really honestly shocked the nation. We have further exposed the corruption within our own feckless, cowardly Republican Party."
"We are losing our country to big-tech election interference," she said as tears streamed down her face. "And I am pleading with the Republican Party to please start taking this issue seriously, because the American people deserve representation."
Although election results appeared to be closer earlier in the night, Webster's victory became apparent as votes in the final precincts were counted. The congressman, whom Loomer described as a "RINO Republican" and "do-nothing Daniel Webster" in her non-concession speech, thanked supporters for his victory after the race was called.
"I am grateful for Republicans' support for my track record of fighting for conservative values, families, and small businesses, while standing up to Washington elites, and getting real results for my constituents," Webster tweeted. "Because of your loyal support, I have won my primary."
Loomer, a self-described "proud Islamophobe" and white nationalist who backed former President Donald Trump's false claims of a "stolen" 2020 presidential election, had been endorsed by prominent far-right figures such as conservative commentator Michelle Malkin and received an early endorsement from Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.
In addition to being a political candidate, Loomer is a contributor to Alex Jones' far-right conspiracy media platform Infowars. She has previously pushed conspiracy theories that falsely claim mass shootings, including the 2018 shooting at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, were faked.
Loomer has been permanently banned from mainstream social media platforms including Twitter and Facebook for violating rules against spreading false information and hate, although she continues to maintain an account on Trump's Truth Social platform.
Newsweek has reached out to the Loomer and Webster campaigns for comment.
https://www.newsweek.com/far-right-...efuses-concede-sobs-about-voter-fraud-1736325
Man watering his out of town neighbor's flowers arrested and charged.
Alabama man was arrested and charged with obstruction.
He lived next door to his neighbor and was watering the flowers while neighbour was on vacation
Adjoining property
He was handcuffed and placed in a squad car
Another neighbour saw the commotion and even vouched for him to the police on scene. Regardless, he was charged. https://www.wbrc.com/2022/08/24/chi...flowers-proceeds-with-discrimination-lawsuit/
Alabama man was arrested and charged with obstruction.
He lived next door to his neighbor and was watering the flowers while neighbour was on vacation
Adjoining property
He was handcuffed and placed in a squad car
Another neighbour saw the commotion and even vouched for him to the police on scene. Regardless, he was charged. https://www.wbrc.com/2022/08/24/chi...flowers-proceeds-with-discrimination-lawsuit/
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Popular YouTuber flees Thailand after allegedly scamming over 6,000 victims out of $55 million
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Popular YouTuber flees Thailand after allegedly scamming over 6,000 victims out of $55 million
A popular Thai YouTuber who claimed to be a successful forex trader has reportedly left the country after it was discovered that she allegedly defrauded over 6,000 victims out of two billion baht (approximately $55 million). Claiming to be a successful forex trader, Natthamon used her platform...
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U.S. Open Announcers Misidentify Dionne Warwick On TV... 'Gladys Knight, Hello!'
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Former Idaho lawmaker Aaron von Ehlinger sentenced to 20 years in prison for rape
Former Idaho lawmaker Aaron von Ehlinger sentenced to 20 years in prison for rape
A former Idaho lawmaker convicted of raping a 19-year-old legislative intern has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the crime.
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