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2B SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2009
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Today's charges shine a light into the dark corner of illegal sports bookmaking and reveals the unfortunate consequences that the influence of money from betting can have on the integrity of both athletes and athletic contests."
U.S. Attorney Terrence Berg.
The Associated Press
FACT OF THE DAY
Six former University of Toledo athletes — three each from Toledo's basketball and football programs, as well as two Detroit area businessmen — were charged with conspiracy to commit sports bribery in an indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit.
The Associated Press
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: What are the six former Toledo athletes and two businessmen accused of?
A: The athletes were paid money and other things of value in order to influence, or attempt to influence, the final score of both football and basketball games. The money paid to players was at times as little as $500.
The Associated Press
End the year with summer lovin'
COMMENTARY
So it's Stop Day eve. And there's not much else to say besides be safe. Here's one more Morning Brew List Mania before we go — this time we have a Summer theme.
TOP EIGHT SUMMER
SONGS
1. "Summertime," by DJ Jazzy
jenn and the fresh PH (aka Will Smith)
2. "Summer of '69," by Bryan Adams
3. "Boys of Summer," Don Henley
4. "Summer Lovin", from the Grease Sountrack
5. "All Summer Long," by Kid Rock
6. "That Summer," by Garth Brooks
7. "In the Summertime," by Jerry Mungo
8. "School's out for Summer," by Alice Cooper
TOP TWO SUMMER QUOTES
1. "A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken."
James Dent
2. "Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those
have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language"
— Henry James
TOP THREE MOVIES WITH SUMMER IN THE
TITLE
1. "Summer Rental"
2. "Summer School"
3. "Endless Summer"
TOP FIVE SUMMER DESTINATIONS
1. Lake of the Ozarks
2. Kauffman Stadium
3. Worlds of Fun — or any other seedy amusement
park.
4. Tuckaway Pool
5. Any neighborhood sandlot
KANSAN VAULT
We wanted to end on a good note here at The Brew, so why not end on the greatest shot in Kansas history? Here's how Kansan reporter Mark Dent covered Mario's Miracle:
"SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Mario Chalmers could dance now, now that his name had been permanently etched into the Kansas basketball history books.
He moved his hips to "Celebrate" and slapped hands all around with his teammates in the confetti-filled jubilation of their national championship.
That's right - national championship. Kansas (37-3) beat Memphis (38-2) 75-68 in overtime on Monday night at the Alamodome, winning its first title since 1988 and third in program history after coming back from a late nine-point deficit.
"God, we competed hard." Kansas coach Bill Self said. "It's one thing to win. It's another thing to win the way these guys did."
Chalmers' celebratory dance moves seemed so natural, just like the shot he made about 30 minutes earlier that sent the game to overtime. The play started with Sherron Collins. He had 10 seconds to make sure Kansas extended the game and kept its dream season alive. He dribbed to the right wing behind the three-point line and nearly lost the ball.
enough. Collins found him. Trailing 63-60, Chalmers shot a three near the top of the key. Overtime.
Then, Chalmers separated from his man for just long
The game should've been finished long before that play. The Jayhawks got a gift from the Tigers when they missed five of six free throws that would've iced the game.
They didn't waste the good fortune in overtime. The extra period was all Kansas.
Brandon Rush started out with a layup. Chalmers and Darrell Arthur played for an alley-oop. When Collins made two free throws to put Kansas up 75-68, the game was finished. Chalmers' shot had sparked all of it.
"I just knew we had the game after that," Arthur said."
- Edited by Carly Halvorson
Mark Dent, April 7, 2008
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY
Women's golf NCAA Regionals All day
Baseball
Missouri,
6:30 p.m.
Columbia, Mo
Softball
iowa State, 5 p.m.
Oklahoma City,
Okla.
Women's golf NCAA Regionals All day
SATURDAY
DAY Baseball Missouri, 2 p.m. Columbia, Mo.
Women's golf NCAA Regionals TBA
NBA
Baseball
Missouri, 1 p.m.
Columbia, Mo.
Another loss for Mavericks shows the team's weaknesses
BY JAIME ARON
Associaed Press
DALLAS — Jason Terry is the Dallas Mavericks' mood-lifter, the guy who pumps up teammates and fans every chance he gets.
"Not tonight," he said, declining to be interviewed. "I don't have anything tonight."
Yet after enduring a second straight pounding in Denver, Terry couldn't even fake being positive.
The Mavericks went into this second-round series convinced they could hang with the Nuggets, pointing to three narrow losses in the regular season as proof of how close they were. Besides, they proudly noted, they were on their best roll of the season, having blown through the San Antonio Spurs in five games.
Nuggets have made the Mavericks look like a club team they're warming up against on their way to the conference finals.
So far, Denver has toyed with Dallas. Long, strong and athletic throughout their roster, the
Both games have played out the same: Dallas playing well early, Denver grabbing control in the second quarter, things tightening up around the start of the fourth quarter. Then Carmelo Anthony and the Nuggets kick into an extra gear just as the Mavericks start wearing out, the gap between the teams exposed in a series of defensive stops that turn into electrifying baskets.
Denver is up 2-0 in the series and 6-0 for the season. For Dallas to advance, Dirk Nowitzki and friends must win four of the next five. Game 3 is Saturday in Dallas.
Returning home should help the Mavs, especially since they've won 17 of the last 18 at their arena. Of course, the Nuggets were the lone outsiders to win there.
Dallas Mavericks guard Jason Terry, second from right, is restrained by Denver Nuggets guard D dahnty Jones, right, as Terry exchanges words with Nuggets forward Nene. left, while referees step to in intervene in a game on Sunday.
"Do we need a perfect game?" point guard Jason Kidd said. "We've had some collapses in the fourth quarter twice now and they capitalized. ... I think we do get rattled, but the big thing is we've got to take care of the ball."
The Mavreicks cut down their turnovers in Game 2 and were more physical than in the opener. But the result was the same. Now, with three days off before Game 3, Dallas coach Rick Carlisle has plenty of time to find other areas of emphasis.
Better yet for the Mavs, forward Josh Howard has several days to heal the right ankle sprain sustained in Game 1 and that limited him to a few early minutes in Game 2.
"We'll just see how Mother Nature treats us here," Carlisle said. "He's been taking injections and doing everything else, whether it's his wrist or his ankle or his good
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ankle. If he can play, he'll play. I know that because that's what he's done all year for us."
Howard is the most Nuggets-like player in Dallas' rotation. Without him, the Mavs are left
with Nowitzki, Terry ... and not much else. No other player is averaging 10 points this series. Kidd has offset 11 assists with 10 turnovers and the role players who came through against San Antonio
hardly have been a factor
Denver is 6-1 this postseason, with every win by at least 12 points and the loss by two. It's impressive to everyone but the Nuggets, who see room for improvement.
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