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MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2012
QUOTE OF THE DAY
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
"In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death."
— Sam Llewelyn, writer
FACT OF THE DAY
The world's largest cabbage was grown in 1998 by John Evans, a mechanical designer from Palmer, Alas, and it weighed in just over 76 lbs. Evans holds seven world records for growing giant vegetables.
- Guinness Book of World Records
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q. Who was the winner of the 2012 USA Yoga Ansa National Championship?
usayoga.org
THE MORNING BREW Basketball isn't the only March Madness sport
I recently heard a conversation over what constitutes a real sport. One party argued a sport must have an offense and a defense. Another argued just players, a sense of competition and some coaching is involved. I strongly feel as long as there is some sense of competition then, by golly, you've got yourself a sport.
COMPETITIVE YOGA
As every sports writer in America will remind you, March is upon us, and the madness is about to begin. Yes, it is March 12. Yes, Thursday marks the beginning of the "big dance." But, I would like to take this opportunity to highlight a couple alternative competitive spring events for the rest of us.
Flexing and contorting their way to a title, competitive yoga is becoming more mainstream. It's not just a sport for your hippie aunt twice removed.Yoga competitions can be likened to gymnastics, as far as I can tell. Competitors are given several minutes to perform a number of poses in
the most beautiful and well constructed fashion.
The New York Times recently highlighted the USA Yogya's national competition.
The slide show by the Times shows the athletes with strength and a sense of controlled elasticity. The poses have an elegant ease about them. Even spectators of this sport have a sense of positive energy and repose.
It is not your Allen Fieldhouse raucous crowd that is for certain, but it is a competition of peace.
COMPETITIVE GARDENING
This very well might be your mother's sport. Her way of finding her center. Possibly just her way to get some fresh arugula for that spring salad. Granted, that head of arugula lettuce may be larger than life think, state fair biggest vegetable competition big.
These gardeners take their all-natural, extreme vegetable growing seriously. It is no walk in the park consisting of smelling flowers and listening to the birds sing. This is a war. Mother nature and the gardener must be at peace if the gardener is to have any hopes of being successful. Perhaps the competitive gardener should take up some competitive yoga to find their Zen.
This is a sport of love and loss. In one fell swoop the gardener can lose everything. You know that butternut squash you have been checking on every day, all year long? Remember walking out in the storm to cover it with a quilt? Think of all the gallons of water it has soaked up. One lightning strike and it is all over. Nothing left of
your prize competitor except a few charred pieces of squashed squash.
Do not fret fair March Madness fanatic,
your precious basketball is not in danger.
These are sports for free spirits trying to
get back to their roots, the children of the '90s and the forever hippie at heart.
The competition is fierce. The money and time spent legitimate. Be sure to take a break from basking in the iridescent glow of the television. Your team will hopefully be there when you get back. Just take a walk, visit a garden and take a deep breath. Win or lose this basketball season, the world is going to keep on turning.
-Edited by Nadia Imafidon
This week in athletics
Monday There are no athletic events today.
Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
Men's Basketball
Detroit
TBA
Omaha, NE
Baseball Indiana State Noon San Antonio
Friday
Women's Softball
Missouri
6 p.m.
Columbia, Mo.
Baseball
Notre Dame
Noon
San Antonio
Saturday
Women's Softball
Missouri
2 p.m.
Columbia, Mo.
Women's Basketball NCAA Tournament TBA Campus Sites
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