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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2009
MLB
Mets general manager publicly accuses reporter
NEW YORK — Mets general manager Omar Minaya fired a team executive for a series of blowups, then openly questioned the motives of a local beat writer who reported the turmoil after asking about getting a job in baseball.
Then the conference took a bizarre turn when the focus shifted to Adam Rubin of the New York Daily News and a series
of stories he wrote, documenting problems in the club's minor league system.
Rubin vehemently denied Minaya's allegations and said he had merely asked for general advice about getting a job in baseball.
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BIG 12 FOOTBALL
OU's Bradford wants BCS title to go with Heisman
BY STEPHEN HAWKINS Associated Press
IRVING, Texas — Sam Bradford found it tough as a teenage Oklahoma fan to watch the Sooners losing national championship games.
"It's all you think about, it's all you dream about, and to have the opportunity to play for a national championship and come up short, it's not a good feeling to have," Bradford said Tuesday at Big 12 media days.
season, which ended in January with a 24-14 loss to Florida in the BCS championship game. Bradford is back for another chance to win the trophy he really wants.
As a Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, it was an even tougher to to be part of Oklahoma's latest national title game loss.
As a Heisman Trophy winner, the reserved Bradford had to adjust to being recognized everywhere he went.
After passing up a chance to enter the NFL draft after his sophomore
"I'm really trying to stay the same person, not let it affect my life," said Bradford, though he wouldn't say where he keeps his Heisman Trophy.
"It's a secret," he said. "When my parents had it, people called and asked if they could come see it and take pictures with it. ... But I've never really taken it out.