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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2009
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Where my heart is, is really with our young men right now. We have so many guys that didn't grow up like me, didn't have their dad there and that's something I'm very, very interested in."
— Former Colts coach Tony Dungy
FACT OF THE DAY
Michael Vick and Tony Dungy met Tuesday at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, where the former star quarterback is finishing his sentence for running a dog-fighting ring.
Associated Press
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: How much will Michael Vick earn per hour working construction as part of his probation?
A: Vick will make $10 an hour as a construction worker in Hampton, Va., after being transferred there for home confinement on May 21.
BIG 12 FOOTBALL Mizzou player blames drugs on teammate
COLUMBIA, Mo. — A Missouri freshman quarterback arrested after a traffic stop said prescription painkiller found in his car belonged to a former high school teammate.
Eighteen-year-old Blaine Dalton was suspended indefinitely from the Tiger football team after his April 30 arrest on suspicion of drug and traffic violations. Columbia police found 10 Hydrocodone drugs and alcohol inside Dalton's car. They searched the vehicle after officers smelled marijuana inside.
Dalton told The Independence Examiner the pills belonged to Zach Wilson, a former Blue Springs South teammate and Northwest Missouri State football player prescribed the drug after shoulder surgery. Wilson said he "threw the pills in (Dalton's) glove compartment" after visiting Columbia.
Associated Press
Championships disappoint
COMMENTARY
Cristiano Ronaldo surveyed the stunned crowd and just nodded his head. Ronaldo is only 24 years old, but nights like Tuesday's 3-1 victory against Arsenal at Emirate Stadium are beginning to become old hat for the world's best player.
Once again, Manchester United is poised to capture the Champions League title after Tuesday's victory — complete with two Ronaldo goals — sent it to the final on May 27 in Rome. Once again, the Reds are in the Premier League drivers seat. Once again, Ronaldo and his sublime skills are the subject of transfer rumors.
And, frankly, I am a little bored with it. Bored with Sir Alex Ferguson's side's complete dominance. Bored with the Champions League's nearly all-English semifinals for the second straight year. Bored with the three-ring media circus in which Ronaldo is always the center of attention.
Luckily, there is still some
thing to look forward to today. Barcelona and Chelsea clash at Stamford Bridge for the right to play Manchester United in the final.
Chelsea will play for a return to the big stage that burned it in 2008, but both will play for the right to take United and Ronaldo down a peg or two.
Tune in to ESPN2, or ESPN360 if you are on campus, at 1:45 p.m. to see the second leg.
NBA PLAYOFFS NOT QUITE AS GOOD AS THEY SEEM
For the past week and a half all that NBA fans have talked about is Bulls-Celtics, the series that kept
every last one of us on the edge of our seats and left us shaking our heads the next day.
But for all the overtime drama, general animosity and star power bouncing back and forth between Boston and Chicago, there wasn't much else to go around in the first round.
None of the Western Conference series were ever really in doubt. Atlanta and Miami went to seven games, but only the diehards really seemed to care. Dwight Howard was suspended for a game, but Orlando still blew out Philadelphia.
King James and Kobe? Unchallenged. Dallas over San Antonio? Those old legs had to falter sometime. Even Houston finally making it out of the first round was no big deal.
So even though Bulls-Celtics may have been one of the most entertaining playoff series of all time the NBA still has a ways to go to make this postseason truly special.
WEDNESDAY
YOUTUBE SESH
The name Danny MacAskill probably means nothing to the average reader. It doesn't really mean that much to me either. All I know is MacAskill makes dominating urban terrain on a trial bike look exceedingly easy.
Search YouTube for "Inspired Bicycles — Danny MacAskill April 2009" and take watch MacAskill tear up Edinburgh, Scotland.
The soundtrack — "The Funeral" by Band of Horses — is pretty sweet, too.
Edited by Chris Hickerson
Sliding in reverse
Texas Rangers' Michael Young is tagged out at the plate by Seattle Mariners catcher Rob Johnson in the eighth inning of a baseball game Tuesday at Safeco Field in Seattle.
MLB
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MLB Cardinals outfielder released from hospital
ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel has been released from the hospital.
Ankiel was hospitalized overnight for observation after he slammed headfirst into the wall following a running catch Monday night.
St. Louis Cardinals Chris Duncan, center, and Skip Schumaker come to the aid of teammate Rick Ankiel after Ankiel caught a ball hit by Philadelphia's Pedro Feliz and then hit the outfield wall Monday in St. Louis. Ankiel was taken off the field on a cart after a delay but has been released from the hospital.
He will rejoin the team before Tuesday night's game against the Phillies but won't play.
Ankiel chased down Pedro Feliz's long drive in the eighth inning against the Phillies but couldn't stop himself from crashing into the padded center-field wall. He took $2\frac{1}{2}$ off-balance steps after making the tough catch and took the ball out of his glove before attempting to brace himself with his left arm. Still, his head appeared to absorb most of the blow.
X-rays and a CT scan of Ankiel's head, neck and back showed no fractures.
NFL
Former Colts' coach Dungy visits Vick in prison
Associated Press
Michael Vick and Tony Dungy have met at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, where the former star quarterback is imprisoned.
Vick's agent, Joel Segal,
confirmed that they met Tuesday.
Segal calls the meeting "private" and "positive."
Vick is serving a 23-month sentence for bankrolling a dogfighting conspiracy. He is due to be transferred May 21 to home confinement in Hampton, Va.
Dungy has long been involved in prison ministries.
Associated Press
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY
Baseball
Wichita State,
7 p.m.
Wichita
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Women's golf NCAA Regionals All day
Baseball
Missouri,
6:30 p.m.
Columbia, Mo.
Softball
TBD
Oklahoma City,
Okla.
Women's golf NCAA Regionals All day
SATURDAY
Baseball
Missouri, 2 p.m.
Columbia, Mo.
Women's golf NCAA Regionals TBA
SUNDAY
Baseball
Missouri, 1 p.m.
Columbia, Mo.
TRACK & FIELD Decathlon champion tries for world hopscotch record
NEW YORK — Decathlon champion Dan O'Brien hopes to hopscotch his way to a record with New York City schoolchildren.
The 42-year-old O'Brien will try Thursday to break the Guinness World Record for a game of hopscotch — a minute and 23 seconds.
O'Brien
He is kicking off National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
and trained Tuesday morning with dozens of children at the Chelsea Piers complex in Manhattan.
He wants parents to spend more time on outdoor activities with their children this summer.
O'Brien, who attended the University of Idaho, won Olympic gold for the decathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
He also won three world titles in the 1990s and was dubbed the world's greatest athlete at the time.
Associated Press
Race and Eat Pancakes Keep Me In Preschool.
To The River and Back 5K/10K Run & Pancake Feed Saturday, May 9, 2009
Timed 5K/10K: 8 am Family Fun Mile: 9:30 am Pancake feed: 8:30 - 11 am
benefits Lawrence Community Nursery School
Runners registered by April 24th will receive a free T-shirt. All participants receive a free pancake breakfast!
The best part of your weekend!
www.totheriverandback.com
THE LORD OF THE RINGS SYMPHONY THIS THURSDAY & FRIDAY AT 8 PM MUSIC HALL IN DOWNTOWN KCMO
KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY
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