2B SPORTS
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 10,2009
Q: After Monday's loss, what is Missouri coach Mike Anderson's all-time record against Kansas?
A: 1-5. Before Monday, Anderson was winless in against the Jayhawks while coaching Missouri and UAB.
KU Athletics
FACT OF THE DAY
After Monday's loss, the Jayhawks are 166-94 all-time against the Tigers, winning 85 of 118 meetings in Lawrence, 63 of 116 meetings in Columbia, Mo., and 17 of 23 meetings in Kansas City. Mo.
Source: Kansas Basketball Media Guide
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"You read about how they're calling this the Missouri-Kansas Showdown. Showdown my ass! it's (expletive) war! They started the war! They sent that (expletive) (William) Quantrill over here! That (expletive) killed all the men, raped all the women, burned the town down!"
Don Fambrough, former Kansas football coach
@ KANSAN.COM
Through the Uprights:
Former
Jayhawk
Justin
Hartwig
discusses
his Super
Bowl win
with the Steelers and offers a few words of advice for 200 football seniors.
The Full Monty: Sports columnist Stephen Montermayor managed to find something positive about the Pro Bowl. The FUL.MONTY
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY No events scheduled
WEDNESDAY
Women's
basketball:
Texas, 7 p.m.
Austin, Texas
FRIDAY
THURSDAY
Track & Field:
ISU Class/Tyson
Invitational
Ames, Iowa/
Fayetteville, Ark.
FRIIDAY
Softball:
South Carolina, 10
a.m.
Orlando, Fla.
Softball:
Western ill., 11 a.m.
lowa City, lowa
Track & Field:
ISU Classic/Tyson
Invitational
Ames, Iowa/Fayetteville,
Ark.
SATURDAY
Men's basketball:
Kansas State, 2:30
p.m.
Manhattan
Softball:
Bradley, 4:30 p.m.
Orlando, Fla.
Softball:
Tennessee,
6:30 p.m.
Orlando, Fla.
Women's basketball:
Oklahoma, 7 p.m.
Lawrence
Track & Field:
ISU Classic/Tyson
Invitational
Ames, Iowa/Faye-
teville, Ark.
MLB
St. Louis places infielder Kennedy on waiver wire
ST. LOUISE — The St. Louis Cardinals released Adam Kennedy on Monday, leaving the second base job up for grabs with just a week to go before spring training.
The team requested waivers on Kennedy that will expire Wednesday, when he'll become an unrestricted free agent. That means the Cardinals will assume the S4 million remaining on the last year of his three-year contract.
Associated Press
COMMENTARY
Softball team's upsets impressive
Plus a look at the best of the Big 12 basketball coaches and top highlights from Sunday's Grammys
If the Kansas softball players thought last weekend's trip to the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Ariz., would grant them respite from brutal Kansas winter weather, they thought wrong.
Temperatures grazed the 70s in Lawrence while the Jayhawks endured a windy Saturday and rainy Sunday in the southwest.
The unfortunate and unexpected conditions must have motivated Kansas, as it defeated No. 7 Arizona and No.9 Northwestern
back contests.
The victory against Arizona, which came Friday evening, was Kansas first against a ranked
Chapple
opponent in nearly two years. The Saturday afternoon defeat of Northwestern gave the Jayhawks their first back-to-back triumphs against ranked teams in almost three years.
Senior third baseman Val Chapple ignited the Kansas offense in the two contests, going
3-for 6 with a double, and senior Valerie George showed why she's considered the team's top pitcher.
George went the distance against Arizona, allowing one run in eight innings. The next day, she stepped in and pitched
two scoreless innings to seal the game against Northwestern. Kansas lost to UTEP and No. 11 Stanford over the weekend to leave the
Jayhawks at 2-2 overall, and 2-0 against Wildcats.
BIG 12 COACH OF THE MIDSEASON
George
Bad news: The Jayhawks won't face any Wildcats among their five opponents this weekend at the UCF Invite in Orlando, Fla.
In doing out midseason Big 12 basketball awards last week, we overlooked the coaches. And they're pretty important boys. So
better late than never, Bill Self takes the Big 12 Coach of the Midseason trophy.
ing into his relentless system and Kansas State has won five straight under Frank Martin to make the Big 12 North en vogue once more.
Oklahoma's Jeff Capel is pulling off a miracle considering the number of average players on his roster (it helps to have forward Blake Griffin, of course).
But compare Kansas near the
Anderson
beginning of the year to Kansas today and Self's skill is evident.
The layhawks grew out of their road-game nervousness to take games at Colorado, Iowa State, Nebraska and Baylor.
Martin
Kansas leads the Big 12 in offensive points per possession
and points allowed per possession, basketball's standout stats. Only Missouri and Oklahoma
- both veteran squads with at least two
Capel
— come close to Kansas. Bill Self knows how to coach.
TUESDAY
YOUTUBE SESH
Watching the Grammys even in small intervals can be taxing. Sunday's show entailed three-ish hours of performances
by the Ionas Brothers, Kenny Chesney and Sugarland. (I didn't know Sugarland existed before last night; ignorance was bliss.) In case you didn't make it through those numbers, don't worry. The good stuff is on YouTube.
The best five minutes of the night was Radiohead performing its ambitious and off-kilter "15 Step" with the assistance of the University of Southern California marching band.
Another moment worth searching for is nine-months pregnant rapper M.I.A. providing backup vocals for Kanye West, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne and T.I. on "Swagga Like Us."
Edited by Susan Melgren
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