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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2009
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"What I have come to realize in my career is that so much of a team's success is about relationships and chemistry."
Kurt Warner, who will play in his third Super Bowl on Sunday
FACT OF THE DAY
Kurt Warner is the second most accurate passer in NFL history. His career completion percentage of 65.4 is second only to Chad Pennington's 66 percent. Peyton Manning is third with 64.4 and Steve Young's 64.3 percent is good for fourth, the highest of any retired player.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: How many professional football rosters has Kurt Warner been on?
A: Six. Green Bay Packers (1994), Iowa Barnstormers (1995-1997), Amsterdam Admirals (1998), St. Louis Rams (1998-2003), New York Giants (2004) and Arizona Cardinals (2005-present). Warner went to Packers training camp after graduating the University of Northern Iowa but was cut before the season began.
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When in Rome: Mark Dent waxes poetic about the rainy skies in Rome and longs for the sun-scorched heat at the Australian Open.
The Morning Brew: After tossing an airball on the biggest decision of his life.
Rustin Dodd explains what brought him from feeling out of place in Manhattan to home in Lawrence.
COMMENTARY
Not too late to reward soccer team
It may be exactly 73 days since Kansas soccer played its last game of 2008, but that doesn't mean it's too late to drop some Kansan hardware on KU's top performers.
After three consecutive seasons without a trip to the NCAA Tournament, the layhawks battled their way into the field of 64 with inspired play down the stretch, including two victories against national power Texas A&M.
Kansas advanced to the second round with a 2-1 victory against Denver but couldn't keep up with No.1 Stanford, losing 5-0.
So without further ado, here are the Kansan's first soccer awards.
Offensive player: Junior midfielder Monica Dolinsky
Runner up: Junior forward Shannon McCabe
Dolinsky was the unquestioned offensive fulcrum for the
She was tied for the team lead with nine goals and led Kansas with 10 assists, finishing fourth in the Big 12 with 28 points.
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McCabe saved her best form for the end of the season, scoring nine goals and adding five assists. Her miracle goal against Texas A&M in a 1-0 victory in Lawrence helped turn Kansas' season around.
Defensive Player: Junior defender Estelle Johnson Runner up: Sophomore defender Lauren Jackson
Johnson was Kansas' most consistent performer in arguably the most important position on the field. She started all 23 games
and played 200 more minutes than the next closest jay- hawk.
Jackson was a constant offensive threat on the right flank and used blazing
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speed to make up ground on the defensive end.
Top Freshman: Forward Emily Cressy
Runner up: Forward Kortney Clifton
goals and three assists from a freshman are nothing to scoff at.
Cressy never really followed up her blistering early-season
Clifton had a successful season as well, though she
will have to find some way to cope with the physical nature of the college game as she progresses.
Lifetime Achievement: Seniors Missy Geha, Jessica Bush, Kristin Graves, Jenny Murtaugh, Sara Rogers and Stephanie Baugh
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None of Kansas' six seniors wanted to leave Lawrence without an NCAA Tournament appearance.
After waiting until selection day to learn their fate, this year's senior class was finally rewarded for its four years of hard work with a trip to the postseason.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Gary Woodland isn't exactly a household name.
But if you are a golf fanatic then
you may recognize Woodland from his time golling for Kansas from 2003 to 2006.
golfing career is taking off. He will be a PGA Tour rookie this year and already has two PGA Tour events under his belt.
Three years after graduating from the University, Woodland's
Woodland failed to make the cut in either event, finished tied for 117th at The Bob Hope Classic and tied for 96th at the Sony Open.
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Nobody said the first year on Tour was supposed to be easy.
RECOMMENDED READING
It seems like the world has never been smaller than it is today.
Franklin Foer's "How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization" takes a unique stab at giving readers a glimpse of the effects of globalization from a different perspective.
Namely, on the people, culture, societies and economic forces that define professional soccer worldwide.
Foer gives readers a sneak peeks at the Old Firm derby in Scotland between Rangers and Celtic, imported Nigerian strikers in Ukraine and how soccer helped organize Serbian war criminals, among many other things.
The stories are engaging and the people involved come from every conceivable walk of life.
Even those without any passion at all for the world's game can take something away from Foer's forays into the global nature of footy culture.
Edited by Chris Hickerson
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY
Men's basketball
Nebraska, 6:30 p.m.
Lincoln, Neb.
FRIDAY (No events)
THURSDAY (No events)
SATURDAY
Tennis ♦
UTEP, 11 a.m
Lawrence
Men's basketball Colorado, 3 p.m. Lawrence
Women's basketball Texas A&M, 4 p.m. College Station, Texas
Track and Field
Adidas Classic, all day
Lincoln, Neb.
SUNDAY
Tennis
Drake, 11 a.m.
Lawrence
Tennis
Saint Louis, 4 p.m.
Lawrence
MONDAY
Men's basketball
Baylor, 8 p.m.
Waco. Texas
CYCLING
CYCLING Third Tour of Missouri will run from St. Louis to KC
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Riders will reverse course for the third Tour of Missouri this September, with the world-class cycling event starting in St. Louis and ending in Kansas City.
The first two events began in
Kansas City and worked their way east. The 600-mile route for the third annual race, which runs from Sept. 7-13, will start with a circuit race in St. Louis.
That will be followed by three road stages from Ste. Genevieve to Cape Girardeau, Farmington to Rolla and St. James to Jefferson City. After a time trial in Sedalia, the race will finish with a stage
from Chillicothe to St. Joseph and a final circuit race in Kansas City.
The cities were picked from 32 that submitted bids.
States is next month's Amgen Tour of California.
The race was recently upgraded by the American and world governing bodies for cycling, putting it on par with a handful of other professional races outside Europe. The only other "above category" race in the United
At a news conference Tuesday announcing this year's course, 2004 gold medalist Tyler Hamilton promised he would attend the race with his Rock Racing team.
- "I'm real impressed with the terrain and the amount of enthusiasm," said Hamilton, who placed
fourth in 2004's Tour de France and is the current U.S. professional champion.
Floyd Landis, who had the 2006 Tour de France crown stripped because of a doping violation, has also said he would race in the event with the OUCH team, according to a report in USA Today.
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