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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2008
SPORTS
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The Bottleneck 737 Mass St * Lawrence Kansas Friday, January 18th Ghosty
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Wednesday, January 23rd
The Lee Boys
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Friday, February 1st
Tea Leaf Green
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Grace Potter
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The Javhawks celebrate after their victory at the Oranee Bowl in Miami. Kansas won the game against Virginia Tech, 24-21.
》 AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Sharapova claims victory Wednesday
BY JOHN PYE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Maria Sharapova looked up and spotted a 7-month-old kid staring her down.
"I thought I saw her little kid giving me dirty looks," Sharapova said.
The boy, Jagger, was courtside. His mom, Lindsay Davenport, winner of three Grand Slam titles and with a 19-1 record since returning to the tour, was across the net.
Sharapova beat Davenport 6-1, 6-3 Wednesday night to move into the third round of the Australian Open against a fellow Russian,
Elena Vesnina.
"Tell you the truth, I approached it like it's a final," said Sharapova, straying from her one match-at-a-time mantra. "Ever since I took a peek at the draw and saw that Lindsay was second round."
"I'm disappointed with the way this match went and this tournament went, but I have to look big picture at this point in my career," Davenport said. "So far it's gone pretty well the last few months."
Davenport was only five tournaments into a comeback after giving birth to Jagger last June. Still, Sharapova was preparing for a match worthy of the second week of a major.
"It was fun. The crowd was great. I wish I could've given them a little more to cheer for," the 31-year-old Californian said. "The key was starting off well, and I really didn't do that."
"You probably don't get to see too many second rounds where you see two Grand Slams champions, former No. 15 playing against each other," she said. "The buildup to the match, the excitement, the showtime — I love that. As an athlete,
that's what you play for"
Sharapova never faced a break point. She broke for the fourth time when Davenport netted a forehand on second match point.
And that's probably what brought Davenport back.
Justine Henin could say the same about her time back on the tour after a marriage breakup that kept her from Melbourne last year. She dominated the rest of the 2007 season with a 63-4 record, including wins at the French and U.S. Opens.
Her 6-1, 7-5 victory over Russia's Olga Poutchkova on Wednesday extended the Belgian's streak to 30 consecutive wins since an upset semifinal loss to Marion Bartoli at Wimbledon.
No. 3 Jelena Jankovic, who had to save three match points in a 22-game third set in the first round, had a routine 6-2, 7-5 win over Edina Gallovits in the second round.
ENGLISH_ALTERNATIVE_THEATRE
Benefit Performance
50 years of love and marriage Lights Fade, Curtain by Whitney Rowland Directed by Paul Stephen Lim
10 PM Saturday Jan.19,2008
Scenic & Lighting Design by Lee Saylor Sound Design by Nick Mosher Costume Design by Ione Unruh
Also featuring audition pieces by these Irene Ryan nominees and partners:
Dana Dajani with Mackenzie Wiglesworth R.Troy Hirsch with Dylan Walker Chris McGillivray with Garrett Kelly Catie Provost with Logan Walker Samantha Raines with Whitney Rowland John Volk with Megan Smith
Lawrence Arts Center 940 New Hampshire·Tel.843-2787 $6 Students,$8 Seniors,$10 Others
KCACTF Region V Festival 40 Invited Production - Omaha, Nebraska January 20-26, 2008
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sports trivia of the day
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Q: Which Bowl Championship Series conference had the worst record in bowl games this season?
- espn.com
The Atlantic Coast Conference, with a record of 2-6. Boston College topped Michigan State 24-21 in the Champs Sports Bowl, and Wake Forest overcame Connecticut 24-10 in the Meineke Car Care Bowl for the ACC's only victories.
sports fact of the day
The ACC has lost eight consecutive BCS bowl games after Kansas' victory against Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl. The last time the ACC won a BCS game was the 1999 Sugar Bowl when Florida State beat Virginia Tech, which was a member of the Big East Conference,46-29.
ACC Football Media Guide sports quote of the day
Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer
"I'm proud of the ACC. I think there are a lot of good football teams in the ACC. We had a couple of tough games there, but the ACC year in and year out is going to hold their own."
athletics calendar
TODAY
Women's Tennis - Hawaii
Tournament, all day, Hono
Iulu, Hawaii
TOMORROW
Women's Tennis - Hawaii
Tournament, all day, Honolulu, Hawaii
MLB
Steriods research to continue
BY HOWARD FENDRICH ASSOICATED PRESS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
George Mitchell's work on steroids in baseball is complete. Everyone else has plenty left to do, from Congress and the Attorney General to Bud Selig and Donald Fehr. Lawmakers want the Justice Department to investigate whether Miguel Tejada, the 2002 AL MVP, lied to federal authorities.
The commissioner and union leader Fehr will meet for further talks about Mitchell's recommendations for improving baseball's drug program. And Selg vowed to look into the exponential increase in requests by major leaguers to be allowed to use stimulants used to treat Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Selig will determine whether Barry Bonds' San Francisco Giants should be punished for failing to report concerns about the home run king's personal trainer.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that addressed each of those issues Tuesday plans to hold a Feb. 13 hearing that promises to be far more riveting, featuring Roger Clemens and his former personal trainer, Brian McNamee, who has said he injected the star pitcher with steroids and human growth hormone. Clemens has denied the allegations repeatedly and filed a defamation lawsuit.
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