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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2008
sports trivia
The player wears Prada
Q: How many times has the Kansas State basketball team beaten an opponent ranked in the top five in the last 50 years?
A: Nine times. The last time the Wildcats beat a top five team was on January 17, 1994, when they beat the Jayhawks 64-63 at Allen Fieldhouse.
—Kansas State Basketball Media Guide
sports fact of the day
Kansas State is 2-12 all-time against top-ranked teams. In addition to 1994's victory against Kansas, Kansas State also beat Missouri in 1990 when the Tigers were slotted in the top spot.
sports quote
Kansas State Basketball Media Guide
"Do you think Darrell Arthur is going to become a better player because of what Michael says? Is Kansas going to be a better team? Do you think that's going to make them any better?"
-Kansas State coach Frank Martin regarding freshman forward Michael Beasley's guaranteed victory
calendar
TODAY
Men's Basketball vs. Kansas State, 7 p.m., Manhattan Women's Basketball vs. Oklahoma, 7 p.m., Norman, Okla.
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The New York Giants' Madison Hedgecock sports a pair of red high heels during media day at University of Phoenix Stadium, the site of Super Bowl XLIII, in Glendale, Ariz., on Tuesday.
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GOLF
PGA players submit to drug testing
SAN DIEGO — Torrey Pines turned out to be a real wake-up call.
And that was before Tiger Woods teed off.
Some players were overwhelmed, nervous, even a little scared. Others were frustrated. Most of them were deeply concerned about the future of golf, perhaps not grasping the magnitude of what lies ahead.
In morning and afternoon sessions last week at the Buick Invitational, more than 100 players filed into a white tent for a mandatory meeting on the PGA Tour's
new anti-doping policy. Drug experts have been available since the Sony Open. The tour doesn't release attendance figures for such voluntary visits, but it's a safe bet these guys had more
interest in Pro V1s than TUEs (therapeutic use exemptions).
"He's going to have a hard time getting off my property without a bullet in his (behind)."
That might have changed last Tuesday.
"He's going to have a hard time getting off my property without a bullet in his (behind)." Lickliter said.
restroom to watch him drop his pants and lift his shirt to make sure he didn't have a urine sample taped to his side. And when it was mentioned that "anywhere" could include coming to a player's house, Frank Lickliter suggested in so many words that the drug official bring a warrant.
Lickliter doesn't understand why the tour adopted WADA guidelines for golf, noting that Vick's Vapor Inhaler is prohibited.
FRANK LICKLITER
PGA player
Even more disturbing was the process of random testing, which could happen anytime and anywhere.
PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem was at the helm, joined by two staff attorneys and three outside advisors. One of them was a top expert on the World Anti-Doping Agency list, which the tour used as a guide for its policy and procedures.
Ryder Cup captain Paul Azinger was indignant over having a "collector" accompany him into the
"If I use Vick's nasal spray three
times, they can kick me off the tour forever," Lickliter said. "Now, do you think Vick's nasal spray is helping me compete out here? Half the stuff they're testing for doesn't help golfers. These
so-called experts are not experts in golf
For all the discussion, there is no getting around the fact that drug testing is coming.
Whether golf needs it no longer is an issue, although it is hard to refute the recommendation European Tour chief George O'Grady offered in half-jest last year about only testing Woods.
"If he's clean, what does it matter what the rest of them are on?" O'Grady said.
With apologies to endless PGA Tour hype, this is the new era of golf.
It's just a different cup.
Missouri head coach Mike Anderson suspended five players indefinitely Tuesday after a weekend brawl left senior guard Stefan Hennah, the team's top scorer, with a broken jaw. The incident is the latest in a string of off-court violence or misconduct since Anderson was hindered less than two years ago.
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Tigers no longer on the prowl Five Missouri basketball players suspended after fight
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Three days after a weekend altercation left his top scorer with a broken jaw, Missouri basketball coach Mike Anderson has suspended five players indefinitely.
In a statement from the university, Anderson declined to indicate the reason for the discipline, calling the infractions a violation of team rules.
But the move comes as Columbia police verified Tuesday that several teammates were with senior guard Stefhon Hannah when he was attacked outside the downtown nightclub Athena early Sunday morning. The injury could cause Hannah to miss the rest of the season.
Suspended from Wednesday's home game against Nebraska, and possibly beyond, are senior guard Jason Horton and forwards Marshall Brown, Darryl Butterfield and Leo Lyons. Butterfield and Brown also are seniors; Lyons is a junior. Each is either a starter or a key reserve.
Hannah, who returned home to Chicago after surgery, also is suspended.
"I am very disappointed in the actions of these young men," Anderson said. "We have defined team rules and when those rules aren't followed, our guys must be held accountable for their actions."
Anderson implemented what he called a "zero-tolerance" policy after junior forward DeMarre Carroll — his nephew — was shot in the ankle outside another Columbia nightclub over the summer. Police said Carroll was a bystander trying to break up a fight.
Along with the injuries suffered by Hannah and Carroll, three other Tiger players have been involved in off-court violence or misconduct since Anderson was hired less than two years ago.
One of those was Butterfield, who was arrested on charges of third-degree domestic assault for allegedly
punching an ex-girlfriend. He was suspended before the season started but was reinstated after missing one exhibition game and an intrasquad scrimmage.
Butterfield has since pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of disturbing the peace, a misdemeanor, and was given a six-month suspended sentence and two years of probation. He also was ordered to attend 20 hours of anger management classes.
Kalen Grimes, the school's leading rebounder and starting center last season, was dismissed from the team after being arrested for hitting a man in the face with the butt of a shotgun in St. Louis in July.
And last February, reserve guard Mike Anderson Jr., the coach's son, was suspended from the team after a
The club's owner did not return telephone message seeking comment.
drunken -driving arrest but was later reinstated
Police said that 20 to 30 people were outside the nightclub when they arrived after the assault, but that none of the observers provided any details about the fight. Hannah told police he was hit by an unknown object by at least one person he could not identify.
Athena, which has been open for about four years, also is a popular hangout for Missouri athletes. Lyons and Missouri football safety William Moore, who are rap musicians, have performed there.
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