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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2009
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Any time you play, you play to win. If you're going to go ahead and do it, you might as well try to win. That obviously means something. For us personally, we're going down there to try to have a successful weekend, get better and prepare for the NCAA tournament."
-Kansas coach Bill Self on the Big 12 tournament
FACT OF THE DAY
Kansas is 25-6 in the Big 12 tournament, including an 11-2 record under coach Bill Self. Kansas' last loss in the Big 12 tourney was a 78-75 loss to Oklahoma State in 2005.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: How many Big 12 tournments has Kansas won?
A:
A: Six. Entering this year's tournament, the Jayhawks had won three consecutive conference tourneys. Coach Roy Williams accomplished the same feat from 1996-99. Those were the first three years of the Big 12, and all three tournaments were played in Kansas City, Mo.
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COMMENTARY
Senior Nights in sports usually consist of the following flowers, thank yous and tears.
yous and tears.
"Were gonna win a national championship," Paris said. "If we don't — which is not even an
But during the Senior Night speech Oklahoma's Courtney Paris gave last Wednesday, Paris, the three-time big 12 Player of the Year, made a vow.
option — I will pay back my scholarship because I didn't do what I said I was going to do" Paris' noble idea got the Brew thinking: What if others followed suit and returned it.
Paris
NFL
and returned money after insufficient performances in sports?
BODE MILLER
No sporting event unites
this country
quite like the Olympics. And Miller couldn't have been a bigger bonehead during the 2006 Winter
Miller
Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Not only did Miller, one of the United States' best skiers, fail to win a single medal, but he also failed to grasp the magnitude of the Games.
"It's been an awesome two weeks," Miller told reporters. "I got to party and socialize at an Olympic level."
Verdict: Miller should be forced to return all the money spent to support his training, as well as any money spent on booze.
DAVID BECKHAM
Upon Los Angeles' signing of Beckham, the sporting world
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs have come to terms with free agent cornerback Travis Daniels, who played at Cleveland last year.
The 6-foot-1, 195-pound Daniels began his NFL career as a fourth-round draft pick for
instantly declared him the savior of soccer in the United States. Yet, Beckham has done little — if anything — to grow the sport.
Chiefs sign free agent cornerback Travis Daniels
Beckham
is making 43 times the average league salary and is currently playing overseas with AC Milan.
Worse, reports are saying he may not return to the United States.
Verdict: Eh. I feel like the winner in this deal. Here's to hoping Becks and his pampered wife stay overseas for good.
KELVIN SAMPSON
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice — shame on Kelvir Sampson.
Sampson started his moronic
Beckham
Oklahoma, where, according to an NCAA report, he made 577 impermissible phone calls.
Sampson
But then Sampson repeated the behavior at Indiana.
He made 100 impermissible phone calls in his first year and resigned in less than two years at the school.
Miami, where he played from 2005 to 2007 before going to the Browns.
Fine, every one makes mistakes
Verdict: Sampson should pay back his entire salary and should never be allowed to own a cell phone again.
NEIFI PEREZ
Jermaine Dye.
The Royals picked up Perez in the trade, which still may go down as one of the worst.
Because I am a Kansas City Royals fan, this one's personal. In 2001, the Royals traded eventual World Series MVP — and my
moves in Royals history — and that's really saying something. Perez couldn't hit and couldn't really field, so the Royals let him go before the 2003 season.
Perez
Verdict: On second thought, spending time playing for some bad Kansas City teams is punishment enough.
A native of Hollywood, Fla., Daniels was a two-year starter at Louisiana State University, where he was teammates with Kansas City wide receiver Dwayne Bowe and center Rudy Niswanger on the 2003 BCS championship team.
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Terms of the contract were not
announced Tuesday.
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Rams let veteran Pace go because of his injuries
ST. LOUIS — Orlando Pace, a seven-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle dogged by injuries in recent seasons, was released Tuesday by the St. Louis Rams.
The 33-year-old Pace was the first overall pick of the 1997
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Owner Chip Rosenbloom said in a statement that Pace would be remembered as "one of the finest Rams of all time." Pace started 14 games last year, but missed half of 2007 and virtually all of 2006 due to injuries.
"I can't begin to thank Orlando for all he has meant to the Rams organization," Rosenbloom added. "It is never easy to end a relationship that has had as much success as ours, but in the interest of Orlando and the Rams, we feel now is the right time."
Federal authorities object to transferring Vick for case
RICHMOND, Va. Federal
authorities filed court papers Tuesday objecting to a plan to bring former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick from the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., to testify at his bankruptcy hearing in Virginia.
U. S. Bankruptcy Judge Frank Santoro said last month that Vick must testify in person at a hearing in Norfolk on April 2, even if the suspended NFL star's attorneys had to get a court order to make it happen. Santoro said he would deny confirmation of Vick's bankruptcy plan if he fails to appear.
The federal prosecutor's office in Alexandria, Va., said in its objection that "Mr.Vick's testimony will offer relatively little that cannot be accomplished by alternative means."
Vick, who is serving a 23-month sentence for bankrolling a dogfighting operation, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July.
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