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TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2009
SPORTS
7A
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since been moved from left tackue to center.
"I think that Hatch is getting better," Mangino said. "That's a natural position for him."
In Hatch's place is redshirt freshman Tanner Hawkinson, who came to Kansas as a defensive end, converted to tight end and has since moved to a position his coaches are counting on translating into years of success. When Mangino informed reporters of the transition at a press conference
last month, he remarked that the 6-foot-6, 260-pound Hawkinson could become the school's next great left tackle.
Sophomore defensive end jake Laptad, Hawkinson's new sparring partner this spring, has been able to offer a firsthand scouting report.
"He's developing very good," Laptad said. "He's going to be a good player for us if he keeps putting on that weight and gets his steps and technique down. He's
really strong."
Sophomore Sal Capra lined up at right guard for the first-team offense while freshman John Williams appeared at left guard and took little time earning an endorsement from his coach.
"He's going to be a starter if he keeps up at this pace," Mangino said. "He's a powerful guy that is really quick and just needs to learn."
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GOLF (CONTINUED FROM 12A)
over. For Kansas, this was a new tournament and the unfamiliar course made it difficult to compete. O'Neil said that the wind and cold
weather also made it hard when they finally got to play on Sunday.
"They played the best they could," O'Neil said.
She said she saw competing against some of the nation's best
"We got to see how we could play under rough conditions and we know now what we need to work on."
Powers said that because of the
finish for the layhawks, said she was glad they played against these teams despite the loss.
EMILY POWERS Junior golfer
teams as a way to improve. Junior Emily Powers, who had the best
weather, most of the players at the tournament didn't play at their best and weren't ready to play once the delays had ended.
"It was really an eye-opening experience," Powers said. "We got to see how we could play under rough conditions and
we know now what we need to work on"
"I'm not looking at this as a terri-
ble experience for us," she added.
Powers said that she wanted to use the tournament as a learning experience.
She said that her driving was good at the tournament and that she would focus on her putting for the next matchup, the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic this weekend in Norman, Okla.
"There were a few key putts that I missed." Powers said. "We have a few days to work on our confidence and work on what we struggled with."
Edited by Casey Miles
BIG 12 BASKETBALL
Mizzou's Anderson named in coaching carousel rumor
ALAN SCHER ZAGIER Associated Press
Associated Press
COLUMBIA, Mo. — After Missouri's basketball program defied expectations and nearly led to a Final Four trip, university officials are turning their attention to keeping the coach who led the resurrection.
Mike Anderson capped his third year coaching the Tigers with a Big 12 Conference tournament title, a school-record 31 wins and a narrow loss Saturday to top-seeded Connecticut in the West Regional final. University leaders want to increase Anderson's $850,000 annual salary to at least $1 million and extend his contract for five more years.
The coach has been coy about his intentions. His name had been linked to several vacancies, including the top job in his home state of Alabama. But that position is off the table after the Crimson Tide on Friday lured Anthony Grant from Virginia Commonwealth.
Speculation that Anderson would be the top choice at Memphis to succeed John Calipari grew Monday when Kentucky received
permission to talk to Calipari for its vacancy. Missouri basketball spokesman Dave Reiter, noting that Calipari hadn't yet taken the Kentucky job, said Monday evening that Memphis had not requested permission to talk to Anderson.
Before the Connecticut game.
Anderson offered one of his few public statements about his coaching status. He didn't acknowledge interest in any other jobs but also didn't say anything to put the rumors to rest.
"I'm excited about what we're
doing at Missouri," he said. "We are doing some great things. If you look at these kids I have up here, I'm excited about the future."
son, is also gone.
But Missouri will have starting guards J.T. Tiller and Zaire Taylor returning as seniors next season. They will be joined by three backcourt players who earned valuable experience as freshmen: Miguel Paul, Marcus Denmon and Kim
The Tigers, who finished with a 31-7 record, lose seniors DeMarre Carroll, Leo Lyons and Matt Lawrence. The three starters combined for nearly half of the team's scoring average of 81.5 points this season. Team leader Michael Anderson Jr., the coach's
"We are doing some great things. If you look at these kids I have here, I'm excited about the future."
English.
Filling the front-court gap created by the loss of Lyons and Carroll will be more challenging.
But after watching sophomore Justin Safford and junior Keith Ramsey more than hold their own against the Huskies in the regional champi-
onship's tense final minutes, Lyons said he expects Missouri's return to the elite ranks of college basketball to be more than one-and-done.
"A lot of people don't get to see what those guys can do because they come in the game with the defensive mind-set," he said after the Connecticut loss. "But this program is going to be the same or even better. ... Now they know success and hopefully they will keep it up."
Royals, Cubs end in tie
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Kansas City Royals Jose Guillen, left, congratulates Alex Gordon on his two-run home run that scored Guillen in Surprise, Arizi., on Monday. The game was called an 8-8 tie when neither team took the lead after 10 innings.
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Rich Harden returned to the mound for the first time since March 15 because of food poisoning and gave up three horners and five runs in the Chicago Cubs' 8-8, 10-inning tie with the Kansas City Royals on Monday.
Harden gave up four hits in 4 2-3 innings while walking two and striking out four.
Milton Bradley went 4-for-4 with a walk for the Cubs, extending his hitting streak to 10 games. He is 19-for-31, a .613 average, during the streak.
"I'm feeling good and got my strength back," Harden said. "I threw 80 pitches and was still feeling just as strong at the end of it, which is good. We'll extend it a little more next time. My body is as strong as it's going to be. I'm ready to go."
Harden lost seven pounds after eating tainted chicken salad.
"I'm starting to put some weight back on," he said. "I'm still down a couple of pounds, but that's it. I'm definitely feeling a whole lot stronger now and it's back to normal, back to where I was before. My shoulder is feeling really strong, which is good."
Harden's next start will be Saturday at the new Yankee Stadium in the Cubs' final exhibition game.
"It's going to be nice being in
Yankee Stadium, a big game like that," Harden said. "It will be like regular season. It will be packed there."
Kansas City's Alex Gordon hit a pair of home runs — a two-run shot in the second and a leadoff homer in the fifth — off Harden. Mark Teahen hit his sixth home run in the fourth.
Right-hander Kyle Davies, who will start Kansas City's third game
of the season, yielded four runs and eight hits, while walking one and striking out three.
"I thought I made good pitches when I had to," Davies said. "I was behind in the count a lot, probably 10 of the first 15 batters. "I can't pitch like that during the season. I kept the ball in the ball-park, walked only one. It wasn't as efficient as I wanted to, but you're going to have days."
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"I wish to publicly and sincerely apologize to the Moats family, my colleagues in the Dallas Police Department, and to all those who have been rightfully angered by my actions on March 18, 2009. After stopping Mr. Moats' vehicle, I showed poor judgment and
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"I loved Jo ... my mother-in-law
We call her Jo. She was just like
my mom basically," Ryan Moats said.
Moats accepts apology from Dallas police officer
DALLAS — NFL player Ryan Moats said Monday he accepted the apology offered by a Dallas police officer who stopped him with a drawn gun in a hospital parking lot as his mother-in-law was dying.
Powell, who has been placed on paid leave pending an investigation, issued a statement Friday through his attorneys.
The Houston Texans running back said on ABC's "Good Morning America" that he hopes Officer Robert Powell was sincere in his apology.
Powell stopped Moats' SUV outside Baylor Regional Medical Center in suburban Plano on March 18 after the vehicle rolled through a red light. Moats' wife, Tamishia, and other relatives were also in the car.
The officer pulled out his gun and threatened Moats with jail as the player pleaded to be allowed to go inside the hospital. Moats' mother-in-law, 45-year-old Jonetta Collinsworth, died while Powell wrote Moats a ticket and lectured him.
insensitivity to Mr. Moats and his family by my words and actions," Powell's statement said.
Tamishia Moats said she'd like to hear the apology personally, but that she, too, would definitely accept it.
According to video from a dashboard camera, Tamishia Moats and another woman disregarded Powell's order to get back inside their vehicle, and they rushed into the hospital. She was by her mother's side when Collinsworth, 45, died a short time later from breast cancer.
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