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The University Daily Kansan
Thursday, January 22, 1998
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Huskies plagued by injury, arrest
UConn without Klaiber, Freeman for game Saturday
HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut reserve forward Antric Klaiber was arrested on drunken-driving charges
The Associated Press
early yesterday after crashing his car into a highway barrier. He was immediately suspended from the team
starting forward Kevin Freeman had a broken right wrist.
A day earlier, X-rays showed
The loss of Klaiber and Freeman could undermine the Huskies down the road. More immediately, it leaves No. 8 UConn even weaker in the low post heading into Saturday's game at No. 15 Swacruc.
The Huskies (16.3, 6.2 Big East) do not know when either player will be back. Freeman's return will depend on how quickly he heals. The coaching staff has not determined how long Klaiber will be punished.
UConn also does not know whether
point guard Khalid El-Amin will be back in top shape for the Orangemen. He has a bruised left leg and could play only 11 minutes in Monday's loss at St. John's.
Klaiber, who lives off-campus in Coventry, was charged with driving while intoxicated and driving too fast. He also received a seat-belt violation. He was released on $500 bond and is scheduled to appear in court Feb. 2.
In Connecticut, a person is considered legally drunk when his blood-alcohol level is .10 percent or more. On the DWI charge, Klaiber faces a license suspension of up to six months and criminal penalties of up to six months in jail and a maximum fine of $1,000.
At about 4 a.m. Klaiber drove into a barrier on the right side of the highway, a few miles east of Hartford, state police said. He was not hurt, and there were no other passengers.
The scene of the crash is about 25 miles from UConn's campus.
Coach Jim Calhoun said he and his staff were disappointed in Antric. The coach said the veteran player should have been aware of his responsibilities, on and off the court.
The 6-foot-7 Freeman, who hurt his wrist against St. John's, is UConn's leading rebounder (7.6 per game) and is third in scoring (10.9 per game). He has started 38 games since his freshman season.
Pressure not driving two-time champion
The Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Love him or hate him, a lot is expected of Jeff Gordon.
The 26-year-old racer has 27 victories and two championships in the last three Winston Cup seasons.
For a lot of people, the pressure to repeat such incredible performances would lead to ulcers but not for Gordon.
"I'm more relaxed going into this season than I've ever been," he said with a smile.
Gordon said that winning the championship last year was important because it showed that the first one was not a fluke.
"I've been able to enjoy this more than the first because I knew what to expect and what was expected of me." Gordon said.
Gordon and his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet have won a series-leading 10 races each of the past two seasons, but he is not counting on a number like that in 1998.
"We know what we have to do, and
what we want to do," he said. "We don't have to win 10 races, but we just want to get that first one early and get that out of the way."
He said crew chief Ray Evernham pointed out that despite last year's victories, they were starting the season with a seven-race losing streak.
"So we still have something to prove to ourselves and everybody else." Gordon said.
Darrell Waltrip, a three-time Winston Cup champion, said he feared Gordon might burn out early from the pressure.
"If I was to burn out, it wouldn't be in the race car," Gordon said. "Getting in the race car is the easiest part and the best part of my job. But there's a lot of other things that I have to do, and my schedule is really tough sometimes. People say to me, 'You don't have to do all those things.' Well, I do. It's in the contracts with my team and my sponsors."
Green Bay's Brown puckers at questions about eating habits
SAN DIEGO- About the sixth time somebody asked Gilbert Brown about the haute cuisine Gilbertburger, a Wisconsin delicacy, the mammoth Green Bay nose tackle began to lose his patience.
This is not something you want to see in a man his size.
Rolling his eyes, Brown recited the recipe again.
Brown was reminded that he left out an important fast-food burger ingredient, the pickle.
"There's no pickle on a Gilbert-burger," he said sternly. And why is that?
Then he added a caveat. "If you don't cut it in half," he said, "you're on your own."
"My burger," he began. "You take a double Whopper, put on extra cheese, a whole tomato, extra onion, extra mayonnaise. Cut it in half, and there you go."
"Because," Brown explained, becoming a tad annoyed, "I don't like pickles on my burger."
Considering Brown's considerable size — 6-foot-2 and something in excess of 350 pounds that was a perfectly acceptable answer.
Nobody pointed out that one of Brown's other endorsement deals is for a brand of pickles. And nobody asked about Gilbert's peanut butter, once described by teammate Antonio Freeman as being packed saturated fat.
This, of course, does not disturb Brown. Asked—delicately, of course—whether he ever had his cholesterol checked, Brown bristled. No, he said, he never bothered with that stuff. His arteries and the rest of him are working just fine thank you.
Another asked, "So, uhh,
Gilbert, how many Gilbertburg-
ces can you eat at one time?"
Brown's eyes narrowed.
G got a question for Green Bay nose tackle Gilbert Brown? Make sure it isn't about his namesake, the Gilbert burger.
"How many can you eat?" he enquired.
"Uh, I don't know," the man stammered. "Maybe two."
"Then I can eat two, too" Brown said.
That is fine by us.
Now, somebody asked about exactly when Brown consumed his two Gilbertburgers. "I get up and have a Gilbertburger every morning," he deadpanned, making it sound like nothing less than the breakfast of champions.
"I'm not lying to you," he said.
Brown's diet favorites extends to other dishes.
C'mon, Gilbert.
"I'm not lying to you" he said.
"Fried chicken," he said. "That goes down real well. My mom's a
great cook. She made me eat everything on my plate. That's why I'm so bigright now."
It has always been thus. Once, when he was in the second grade, young Gilbert sat down on a chair and shattered it. "Everybody laughed at me," he said. "It was the only time I wished I was smaller."
Except for that moment, a wardrobe full of XXXL labels always has been just fine with Brown. "Sometimes," he confessed, "there's not enough X's, though."
Then there is the matter of his nickname, Gravedigger.
Why is he called that, someone asked. "Because I dig graves," Brownlied. "Want to see one?"
Media day for the Super Bowl found of' Gravedigger far more forthcoming than usual. Around the Packers, he is viewed as the strong, silent type, with the emphasis on silent.
"I don't run my mouth much," he said. "If I don't talk to you, I'd be in trouble, so I guess I've got to talk to you."
Waiting in the tunnel to come out for the first swarm of reporters, Brown confessed to thinking unpleasant thoughts about the invasion.
"I thought, what wonderful questions are these guys going to ask me today," he said. "I wish it was raining so I could see all you guys running inside."
Just then, a new customer arrived with an old question. "Gilbert," the man began brightly, "what do you weigh?"
"Next question," he said.
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