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The University Daily Kansan
Monday, May 8, 2000
Sports
Best, worst in sports get Joneseys, Wojos
As inevitable as your finals ... As blockbuster as the X-Men movie will be this summer ... It's the third annual Jonesey and Wojo Awards.
In case you're not familiar with them, the Jonesesys are awards of merit I've named after the author, me. Yes, I'm an egomaniac. Deal with it. The Wojos are awards of shame I have named after former Duke point guard and the most annoying man to ever play college basketball, Steve Wojciechowski. And the winners are.
The Baby I Got Your Money, Don't You Worry Jonesey goes to the HAWK Club. At the spring football game, the HAWK Club presented Bob Frederick with a big fat $1,000 check. And it was seriously one of those Bob Barker-sized checks, too. Now the HAWK Club isn't just Helping Athletics Win at Kansas, it's also helping pay its lawyer fees.
The Viva LaFrentz Jonesey goes to Nick Collison and Kirk Hinrich. These two fabulous freshman reminded us that not everything from Iowa sucks. Of course, Marcus Fizer and Larry Eustachy reminded us of that, too.
The Jayshocks Jonesey goes to Mark Turgon, a former Kansas basketball player. Turgeon signed on to become the new coach for Wichita State, replacing Randy Smithson. Now maybe we'll see a renewed rivalry between the Shockers and the Jayhawks. Of course, that would require us to play down at Henry Levitt Arena, a place Kansas hasn't been interested in for a while. The sweetest thing about this deal is for Shocker fans. If you know a die-hard Shockers fan, you know that they hate Roy Williams and Kansas basketball. How great is it that one of our own will pull the Shockers from the dumps that they've been in for so long?
The first ever Provisional Jonesey goes to Eric Chenwith. Eric doesn't really deserve a Jonesey because he sucked this year. But we made an agreement that if he comes back and has a great season next year, I'll give him an award this semester and next. Eric is possibly the biggest fan of the Jonesy awards (and definitely the
Sports Columnist
Seth Jones
sports@kansan.com
tallest), and he always is asking me what award he's going to get. As important as the Joneseys are to Eric, this ploy might actually work.
And the Wojo winners are ...
The moment of silence Wojo goes to former Kansas State coach Tom Asbury, who created a home court advantage for the Hawks at Bramlage Coliseum, and for former Nebraska coach Danny Nee, who has reportedly moved back to Transylvania. A moment of silence for these coaches who have left our league and made winning so much easier for Kansas.
The Stroke! Stroke! Stroke! Wojo goes to the idiot who has been stalking the rowing team. It's tough enough when your sport doesn't have many fans, but can you imagine how bad it would be if the one fan that comes to your practices wears a ski mask and turns out to be a pervert? Go rent a video, man.
The Too Much Crap Wojo goes to Indiana coach Bob Knight. he's been accused of strangling some players and showing others his used toilet paper. Not only does the General deserve to be fired, he deserves to be institutionalized.
The Slow Down and Think Wojo goes to the people who want to name a strip of highway in Kansas City after Derrick Thomas. Thomas died after an accident in which he was speeding in poor road conditions and lost control of his car. Of the three in the car, only the one wearing his seat belt survived. I'm sorry, but naming a part of a highway after Thomas is like naming your boat after the captain of the Titanic.
Jones is an Mulvane senior in journalism.
Portland, Pippen blaze past Utah in game one
PORTLAND, Ore.— Scottie Pipen sensed the Utah Jazz were fading, and that's when he and the Portland Trail Blazers went on the attack.
The Associated Press
Pippen scored nine of his 20 points during the final nine minutes as the Blazers pulled away for an easy 94-75 victory yesterday in Game 1 of their best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals.
Utah has lost its last 12 playoff games in Portland, dating to the 1991 conference semifinals.
The Jazz were playing on less than two days' rest after strug gling past Seattle in Game 5 of their first-round series Friday night. The Blazers had four days off, and Utah's exhaustion showed.
The Jazz missed nine of their first 10 shots in the fourth quarter
and shot 33 percent for the period — slightly worse than the 37 percent they shot for the game. The Blazers led 65-61 to start the fourth quarter, but Pipen's aggressiveness helped put the game away.
Karl Malone scored 22 points for Utah despite injuring his left knee on a freak play late in the second quarter. Malone was sitting on the bench when teammate Armen Gilliam dived for a rebound and crashed into Malone's chair. Malone came or
limping slightly in the third quarter, but played the rest of the way.
Sannon Stoundamire added 14 points as six Blazers scored in double figures. Arvydas Sabonis had 14 rebounds and Brian Grant added 10.
Heat too much for Knicks
Mourning boosts Miami to victory with two late shots The Associated Press
The Associated Press
MIAMI — The start of the Miami Heat-New York Knicks series was worth the wait.
After a week of hype, the bitter rivals lived up to the anticipation yesterday in Game 4 when Miami won.
87-83 thanks to two baskets by Alonzo Mourning in the final 42 seconds.
He got position inside on Patrick Ewing, took a feed from Imai.
The lead changed hands seven times in a five-minute stretch during the fourth quarter, and the score was tied at 79, 81 and 83 before Mourning came through.
Mashburn and scored for an 85-83 lead with 41.8 seconds to go. Miami regained possession when
P. J. Brown tipped a pass by Allan Houston, and
Mourning swished a 17 footer with 5.6 seconds left
Miami, eliminated in the opening round of a playoffs by New York the past two years, will try for a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven matchup tomorrow night.
"It was just the beginning of the series," Mourning said. "We've got to come back in the second game with the same intensity."
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