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If Iowa State is to challenge for a Big 12 title, its top players, particularly on offense, must consistently play at a high level.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- The Big 12 is no longer considered a prolific passing league, replaced for now by a wave of ground attacks that are producing plenty of individual stars.

Bevo’s Daily Roundup: Texas alum Malik Jefferson signs with Indianapolis Colts Share this story Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports Former Texas Longhorns linebacker Malik Jefferson signed with the Indianapolis Colts this week, according to a report in 247Sports. From 247Sports: “[Jefferson] spent most of last season with the Los Angeles Chargers. After originally signing with the team in November 2019, he was waived ahead of the 2020 season and had a brief stint on the Tennessee Titans’ prac...

I sat there trying to remember how to breathe. I suspect I had that in common with people — particularly African-American people — all over the country. Didn’t we all hold our breath as we awaited the verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin? Then that verdict was read. The former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty on all three counts in the death of George Floyd and was promptly handcuffed and led off to jail. On television, people shouted and prayed, cranking their fists ...

Behind ‘Strange Fruit,’ Billie Holiday’s Anti-Lynching Anthem It helped make Holiday a star, but it was written by Abel Meeropol, a teacher in the Bronx. An Oscar nomination and a year of protests against racism have kept it in the conversation. Billie Holiday at a recording session in 1939. The film “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” chronicles the government’s efforts to suppress the song “Strange Fruit.”Credit...Charles Peterson/Hulton Archive/Gett...

I sat there trying to remember how to breathe. I suspect I had that in common with people -- particularly African-American people -- all over the country. Did

I sat there trying to remember how to breathe. I suspect I had that in common with people—particularly African American people—all over the country. Didn’t we all hold our breath as we awaited the verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin? Then that verdict was read. The former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty on all three counts in the death of George Floyd and was promptly handcuffed and led off to jail. On television, people shouted and prayed, cranking their fists towa...

Leonard Pitts I sat there trying to remember how to breathe. I suspect I had that in common with people — particularly African American people — all over the country. Didn’t we all hold our breath as we awaited the verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin? Then that verdict was read. The former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty on all three counts in the death of George Floyd and was promptly handcuffed and led off to jail. On television, people shouted and prayed, cranking their f...

Leonard Pitts writes that after the verdict in the Derek Chauvin case, what he felt was less exultation than simply relief.

Real justice shouldn’t be this difficult | Column I am a Black man in America. So I’m also sitting here trying to remember how to hope.     People cheer after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minn. [ MORRY GASH | AP ] Published 4 hours ago I sat there trying to remember how to breathe. I suspect I had that in common with people — particularly African-American ...