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SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAIRY KANSAN
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2007
sports quote of the day
"If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love was on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs even if they were coming in fuzzy"
Bobby Knight, Texas Tech basketball coach
sports fact of the day
— KU Basketball media guide.
King of the court
Kansas is 5-0 all time when facing Pittsburg State.
sports trivia of the day
KU Basketball media guide
Q: When was the first meeting between Pittsburg State and Kansas A: January 3, 1944, a game that Kansas won 35-21 in Lawrence.
Swiss player Roger Federer stretches to return the ball to Ivo Karlovic of Croatia Wednesday during their match of the Paris Tennis Masters tournament. Federe defeated Karlovic 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
athletics calendar THURSDAY
Women's Swimming vs. Arkansas, 4 p.m., Lawrence
Men's Basketball vs. Pittsburg State, 7 p.m., Lawrence
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FRIDAY
Women's Soccer vs. Missouri, 3 p.m., Lawrence
Women's Tennis, Florida State tournament, All Day, Talahassee, Fla.
Women's Swimming vs. Nebraska-Omaha, 2 p.m., Lawrence
SATURDAY
Football vs. Nebraska, 11:30 a.m., Lawrence
Volleyball vs, Oklahoma, 7 p.m., Lawrence
Women's Tennis, Florida State tournament, All Day, Tallahassee, Fla.
SUNDAY
Women's Basketball vs. Pittsburg State, 4 p.m., Lawrence
Women's Tennis, Florida State tournament, All Day, Tallahassee, Fla.
NFL
NFL John Lynch optimistic about Monday stinger
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — John Lynch said he felt optimistic Wednesday that the stinger he suffered Monday night was unrelated to his 2004 neck surgery — but the concerned look on his face and the worry in his voice belied that brave
front.
"I'm feeling all right, obviously not too well when you've got to come out of a game. But I got a little stinger and just waiting on doctors to see how we're going to proceed. But I feel better," the eight-time Pro Bowl safety said after watching the Denver Broncos' workout.
Lynch, 36, struggled with neck
injuries in 2003, his final season in Tampa Bay, and he had surgery to remove bone spurs in early 2004 just before joining the Broncos.
He said the doctor who performed his neck operation was reviewing his latest MRI, and that he had no timetable for his return.
"No, again, just waiting on all the information to come back. Took the MRI yesterday and they're waiting on the specialist out in Los Angeles who did my neck surgery to kind of check it out and see
what he has to think," Lynch said. "But I think everything's good and we'll see."
Lynch sustained what the team said was a pinched nerve in his neck early in Denver's 19-13 overtime loss to Green Bay on Monday night. Lynch said one of his arms went numb for a while and that he was never cleared to return to the game even though the team said that night his return was probable
"Well, just you know, a stinger,
you get your whole arm kind of
goes numb," Lynch said. "Been there before, but hopefully this is something not related and we'll be all right."
Lynch said he was worried given his history with neck surgery.
The 15th year pro has 24 tackles so far. He missed one game with a pulled groin.
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