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Loading the player... Les Miles, coach of the University of Kansas football team, has been placed on administrative leave after findings were released from an investigation into his communications with female students nearly a decade ago during his coaching stint at Louisiana State University. Kansas athletic director Jeff Long confirmed the news Friday, saying in a statement that the university would review the report from an internal investigation that the Louisiana college released Thursday...

Miles to Go When Jeff Long was hired as Kansas athletics director in July 2018, one bullet point of his five-year, $7.5-million (fully guaranteed) contract received widespread attention: “Should the University be placed under any federal, state, NCAA, or Conference investigation leading to restrictions or probation for its football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, or women’s volleyball athletic programs for matters occurring prior to the Effective Date [August 1, 2018] of the Exe...

Kansas placed coach Les Miles on administrative leave Friday night, hours after a report...

The Daily Universe Color the Campus, an organization started by BYU students to support LGBT BYU students, lights the Y on March 4, 2021. (Emily Harrah) The ‘Y’ was lit in rainbow colors Thursday night, sparking joy among LGBT students and allies as well as outrage from other members of the BYU community. The Y lighting was the grande finale of “Rainbow Day,” a day set aside each semester to show support for LGBT students and faculty. The tradition is sponsored by Color the Campus,...

The Daily Universe A bill in consideration will give extra measure of safety for singles looking for an online love connection.  The Utah Senate will soon vote on a bill that would allow people to search check the criminal history of people they meet on dating apps.  The House passed the bill with a unanimous vote on February 19th.  Risk for dating abuse or harassment have increased with the increased demand for online dating apps. Dating app user Emmilyne Linton said that she is excited...

Legislators are weighing whether to allow student-athletes at Kansas colleges to profit off their name, image and likeness.

The House Judiciary Committee heard a bill on Feb. 18 that, if passed, would allow student athletes at postsecondary educational institutions to receive compensation for the use of their name, image, likeness rights or athletic reputation. The bill prohibits an athletic association from preventing, restricting, or imposing a condition or penalty on the student athlete in regard to the third-party compensation. The state is looking at this legislation due to National Collegiate Athletic Assoc...

2021/02/28 07:50 LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — LaVannes Squires, the first Black mens basketball player at Kansas and a member of the Jayhawks 1952 national title team, died last week in Pasadena, California. He was 90. The school announced in a statement Saturday that he passed away Feb. 19. No cause was given. Squires was born in Missouri but grew up in Wichita, Kansas, where he played high school hoops for eventual Hall of Fame coach Ralph Miller. He wound up l...

New body-worn equipment for Greenville Police aimed at use of force incidents Share Updated: 12:21 PM EST Feb 25, 2021 Share Updated: 12:21 PM EST Feb 25, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript GREENVILLE POLICE ARE MAKING A NEW INVESTMENT. $60,000 IN FUNDING FOR NEW EQUIPMENT THAT OFFICIALS SAY WILL KICK IN IN HIGH PRESSURE SITUATIONS. OUR KYLIE JONES IS JOINING US LIVE NOW. KYLIE, THIS ISN’T SOMETHING EVERYONE HAS YET. KYLIE: YES. WE KNOW GREENVILLE POLICE SAY THE...

Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector Kansas Statehouse in Topeka TOPEKA — Representatives of several Kansas universities support a bill allowing collegiate student-athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness as soon as 2022. Kansas is one of about 35 states considering similar legislation to a bill passed in several states in recent years, including California and Florida. NIL rights are part of an ongoing debate across the country over proper compensation of student-athletes. The propos...