THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2003
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 13A
Sports figures match famous mugs
After covering Kansas sports for the past five months, the writers and editors of The University Daily Kansan sports section noticed similarities between several of their subjects and other well-known mugs. Here are their findings. See what you think.
Roy Williams and Huckleberry Hound
Williams
Is it the jowls, the droopy eyes or the slow southern drawl? Many suggested that he resembled Benedict Arnold, but this is sports look-alike, not act-a-like.
Drue Jennings and Monty Burns
The suave power plant chief executive officer from The Simpson could have been created in the image of former Kansas City Power and Light CEO, now the University's interim athletics director.
Charlie Villanueva and Larry Eustachy
Hound
Collison
Did we not get the memo that black Adidas mock turtlenecks were cool? If one of them gets hot and takes it off, this look-alike will be stupid. Oh, wait — it already is.
Padgett
Nick Collison and David Padgatt
Jennings
Nick Collison and David Padgett This one is going to confuse senile fans. "Huh, didn't that Collison kid graduate?"
Kirk Hinrich and George Harrison
One's a music legend, and one's a legend at Kansas.
Ryan Baty and Lou Diamond Phillips
Burns
Each baseball player has a song of
Hinrich
Harrison
his choice played as he approaches the plate. "La Bamba," anyone?
Villnueva
They have the same eyes, cheeks and name. It's close enough that the freshman baseball player and his coach could be father and son. Oh yeah—they are father and son.
Ritchie Price and Ritch Price
Eustachy
— Edited by Lindsay Hanson
Baty
Phillips
Price
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He hit a 2-run home run in the seventh off Kyle Snyder and an RBI double in the eighth against Albie Lopez (4-1).
The Royals cut about $4 million this year.bringing their opening-day payroll to about $40 million. 29th among one of the lowest in the major leagues.
"I really don't mind it," he said. "They have some false information on how this team is run."
until he refused to sign a long-term contract, Damon was traded to Oakland in 2001 and was booed every time he came to bat yesterday.
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