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The Jayhawks 8-0 start has grabbed the attention of nearly everyone in college football, including members of the bowl selection committees. Representatives from the Cotton, Sugar, Fiesta and Orange bowls will attend Saturday's game against Nebraska to catch a glimpse of Kansas, one of the nation's five undefeated teams. Two officials from
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The depth chart underwent some tweaking this week, as junior Kendrick Harper officially replaced freshman Chris Harris at the starting right corner spot. Harris started the first seven games of the season before playing a more limited role
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a true freshman,
has fared well in his first season,
with 33 tackles and one interception. Harper earned co-defensive player of the week honors for his seven-tackle
last weekend at Texas A&M. Harris,
Harris
performance last weekend and has
recorded 12 tackles since returning from an injury that held him out of the first four games.
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Nebraska's defense could be tough for Kansas to scout. After playing conservatively for the majority of the season, the Cornhuskers blitzed extensively against Texas last weekend. The change of philosophy did not go unnoticed in the Kansas meeting rooms.
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The Jayhawks are focused on making in-game adjustments to whatever style of defense Nebraska brings, senior tight end Derek Fine said.
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Bryant's continued success keeps him with Lakers
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Los Angeles Lakers
guard Kobe Bryant
yells during the
second half of a
basketball game
against the Houston
Rockets in Los Angeles
on Tuesday, Rockets
won 95-93.
"I turned to one of my coaches," Jackson told the Los Angeles Times, "and said, 'Are those boos?' And one of them said, 'Yeah, those are boos!' I was surprised."
This could be a messy season in the NBA. There is so much unfinished business left that commissioner David Stern should have been required to write an essay, "Things I Didn't Do Over the Summer," before the league opened its doors. There's the lingering aroma of disgreased referee Tim Donaghy, the borderline competence of some officials he left behind, competitive imbalance, the growing West vs. East divide — and that's just the opening paragraph.
He took the lion's share of the shots, scored nearly half the points and almost stole the game at the end.
A healthy chorus of catcalls greeted his introduction Tuesday night in Los Angeles, and it turns out the crowd was only warming up. They howled again the first time Bryant touched the ball and coach Phil Jackson, who should have seen this coming, didn't.
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About the only thing different between the way the Lakers ended last season and began this one is that most of the people booing Kobe Bryant happened to be sitting in Staples Center.
At least until Kobe splits.
But nowhere is it going to be messier than in Los Angeles.
One game doesn't make a season, but this one was close. Bryant was his brilliant, maddening self. And the other team — in this case, Houston — was better. The Rockets, coincidentally, also happen to be one of (insert your own number here) teams rumored to be a possible destination for Bryant.
But like almost all the others, the
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Ever since Shaquille O'Neal lit out of L.A. with the three rings he and Kobe won together, the Lakers haven't had a supporting cast even that good. It's hard to say whom that has frustrated more.
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There hasn't been enough talent in Los Angeles to swap for any of the sidekicks that have topped Bryant's wish lists the last few seasons: Kevin Garnett, Jermaine O'Neal and Jason Kidd.
To the growing legion of Kobe-haters, it's a perfect standoff; there's no reward more just than losing for someone who's desperate to win — but only on his terms.
There might be something noble about Bryant's stubbornness, if only he suffered his fate a little more nobly. More typical, though, is what Bryant did this summer, telling one radio interviewer that he wanted to be traded, then going on a second show later the same day and rescinding his request.
"At any time, I think you have to do that with anybody," Buss said. "It's just part of the game, to listen to somebody who has a dissatisfied player that you think is going to fit. You can't keep too many loyalties. You've got to look at it as a business. (Bryant) looks at it the same way I look at it."
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Instead of getting mad — or mader, since the soap opera has been going on for some time — Lakers owner Jerry Buss decided to get even. He told an interviewer barely three weeks ago that the Lakers were listening to trade offers for Bryant.
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Question Buss' timing if you want, since optimism runs so high at the start of every season that few teams are willing to blow up their roster. But questioning his motives is another matter. Bryant might be the best player in the league. But if Buss is finally serious about unloading him, then Bryant has probably become its biggest headache as well.
Based on the scant evidence so far, Jackson's concerns that Bryant would be too distracted by the trade talk to perform at his best turned out to be unfounded. The funny thing, though, is that the more Bryant succeeds, the more he entices general managers around the league to take a shot at prying him away and the less likely the Lakers are to move him.
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Cardinals interim GM made official
ST. LOUIS — John Mozeliak's month-long stint as St. Louis Cardinals interim general manager was a strong selling point that he could be their long-term solution.
Mozelak had been the team's assistant GM for five years before Walt Jocketty was dismissed Oct. 3. During the search process, he moved swiftly to retain three pitchers, then got Jocketty's job and a three-year contract on Wednesday.
"I can tell you I was extremely impressed with what he got done," team president Mark Lamping said. "We didn't miss a step — we took a step forward."
Mozelki has been with the organization for more than a dozen years. His hiring, along with the two-year contract manager Tony La Russa signed nine days earlier, signifies a belief last year's 78-84 record was a misstep rather than a downward trend for the 2006 World Series champions.
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High on his agenda now is a decision whether to pursue shortstop David Eckstein, who has filed for free agency. The Cardinals also are in the market for another starting pitcher and an outfield bat.
"I'd say he's high-energy, proactive and he wants to accomplish things," chairman Bill DeWitt said. "Mo has been instrumental in our success this decade. He brings a great deal of strength to all areas of our operation."
But Mozelkiak said he won't be a Jocketty clone. Mozelkiak might be more impulsive than his predecessor, and unlike Jocketty, he doesn't mind including other organizational points of view in the decision-making process.
The Cardinals interviewed three other assistant general managers: Chris Antonetti of the Indians, Peter Woodfork of the Diamondbacks and Rick Hahn of the Rockies. Also interviewed was Jon Weil, manager of minor leagues for the Rockies.
"I do think he and I are very different people, and hopefully in the next few years you can see why"
As interim GM, Mozelik picked up an $8 million option on closer Jason Isringhausen, resigned starter Joel Pineiro to a two-year, $13 million deal, and resigned reliever Russ Springer to a one-year, $3 million deal.
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