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Academics fall Hancock
Kansas forward plans to transfer
Kansan staff report
Darrin Hancock will not play for the Kansas men's basketball team next season.
Kansas coach Roy Williams said last week that the Jayhawk forward would not return for his senior season.
Hancock was a starter for the Jay hawks last season, his first at Kansas.
Darrin Hancock
"Darrin had some personal problems this summer that caused him to miss over two weeks of summer school." Williams said in a news release. "Therefore, he is withdrawing from school and will not be eligible to play."
Williams said Hancock needed the summer classes in order to maintain his basketball eligibility. Hancock will transfer to another school; Williams said, but that school has not yet been decided.
"The academic pressure as well as playing basketball at this level was a tremendous burden on him," Williams said. "He will have to sit out a year at his next school, but he will also have that year to get on stronger ground academically."
els, Williams said.
The loss of Hancock hurt on two le
"This is a huge loss for us because Darrin was going to be such big factor for our team," he said "it's also a blow for me personally because Darrin
is such a nice young man."
Last season, Hancock started in 33 games. He suffered torn retinas in January in both eyes, but returned quickly and helped the Jayhawks earn a Final Four berth.
Barclays averaged 5.0 points and 4.5 rebounds last season for Kansas. He shot 54.2 percent from the floor and was named to the Big Eight Conference All-Newcomer Team and Basketball Weekly's All-Juco transfer second team.
Hancock, from Griffin, Ga, came to Kansas from Garden City Community College. At Garden City, Hancock averaged 21.8 points, 11.7 rebounds and 6.1 assists during his sophomore year. He was a two-time junior college All-American and the 1992 National Junior College Athletic Association Player of the Year.
At Griffin High School, Hancock was a two-time Georgia preplayer of the year.
'Hawks hoops schedule
This season the men's basketball team will play 13 teams that were in last year's NCAA tournament. Kansas will also appear in the 16 team preseason NIT tournament.
DATE OPPONENT TV TIME
Nov. 16 MARATHON AAU Jayhawk TV 7:00 p.m.
Nov. 17 PRESEASON NIT TBA
Nov. 17 PRESEASON NIT ESPN TBA
Nov. 24 Preseason NIT ESPN TBA
Nov. 26 Preseason NIT ESPN TBA
Nov. 29 AUSTRAILIA NATIONALS Jayhawk TV 7:00 p.m.
Dec. 1 TEMPLE ESPN 8:30 p.m.
Dec. 4 at DePaul ESPN TBA
Dec. 6 WASHBURN Jayhawk TV 7:00 p.m.
Dec. 8 at N.C. State Jayhawk TV TBA
Dec. 11 ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK Jayhawk TV 7:00 p.m.
Dec. 18 at Georgia ESPN TBA
Dec. 20 FURMAN Jayhawk TV 7:00 p.m.
Dec. 22 INDIANA Raycom 7:00 p.m.
Dec. 29 Golden Harvest Classic Jayhawk TV 6/8:30 p.m.
Dec. 30 Golden Harvest Classic Jayhawk TV 6/8:30 p.m.
Jan. 5 UNC-ASHEVILLE Jayhawk TV 7:00 p.m.
Jan. 8 SMU Jayhawk TV 7:00 p.m.
Jan. 10 OKLAHOMA ESPN 8:30 p.m.
Jan. 17 KANSAS STATE ESPN 8:30 p.m.
Jan. 22 at Iowa State Raycom 3:00 p.m.
Jan. 26 OKLAHOMA STATE Prime 7:00 p.m.
Jan. 29 at Colorado Raycom 1:00 p.m.
Jan. 31 at Missouri ESPN 8:30 p.m.
Feb. 6 NEBRASKA ABC 12:30 p.m.
Feb. 12 at Kansas State Raycom 8:00 p.m.
Feb. 16 at Oklahoma State Jayhawk TV 7:00 p.m.
Feb. 19 MISSOURI ABC 2:30 p.m.
Feb. 23 at Nebraska Jayhawk TV 7:00 p.m.
Feb. 26 COLORADO Raycom 1:00 p.m.
March 3 IOWA STATE ESPN 8:30 p.m.
March 6 at Oklahoma ABC 12:30 p.m.
Press box burns at Atlanta stadium
Fire breaks out before Braves game; early fans are evacuated
The Associated Press
The fire started 90 minutes before the Atlanta Braves were to play the St. Louis Cardinals and the fire was out 45 minutes after it began.
ATLANTA — Fire broke out in a luxury suite at Atlanta Fulton County Stadium yesterday, sending fans and players scurrying for safety as black smoke poured from the pressbox fire.
One firefighter was taken to a hospital suffering from heat exhaustion and 10 others were treated on the scene for heat-related problems. No other injuries were reported
the fire was caused by an electrical problem.
Fans who had arrived early for the 7-40 p.m. EDT start were evacuated. Braces management still hoped to play
Atlanta assistant fire chief Larry Tanner said he thought
"If there's any doubt in our mind that there was structural damage, at least that section of the stadium will be isolated completely," Tanner said. "We'll never risk people's lives to play a game."
The fire burned 25 minutes before firefighters could get close enough to pour water on it. Twenty minutes later, it appeared to be out.
Tamer said five box suits were destroyed and a sixth was heavily damaged. Braves president Stan Kasten said he did not believe the stadium sustained structural damage. He said the fire "cost us some seats, a sound system, and we may have difficulty broadcasting the game."
The fire apparently started on the third-base side of the press level in a luxury suite rented by radio station WGST. Matt Stewart of WGST said no one was in the suite when the fire started at 5:55 p.m.
A loud explosion was heard several minutes after the fire began. Burning debris fell onto the field-level seats, flames shot through the middle level and black smoke billowed on the ground. Players from both teams stood on the field and watched.
Former Jayhawks sign professional contracts
Three former Jayhawks have signed professional sports contracts with their respective teams.
Former Kansas basketball player Rex Walters signed a multi-year deal with the New Jersey Nets, said Willis Reed, Nets general manager.
Former Kansas football player Dana Stubblefield signed with the San Francisco 49ers. Another former football player, Gilbert Brown signed with the Minnesota Vikings.
Terms of the three contracts were not disclosed.
Bingham named coach of the year
Kansan staff report
Kansas baseball coach Dave Bingham, who in May took Kansas to its first ever College World Series, was District VI coach of the year Friday.
Under Bingham, who was also named Big Eight coach of the year in June, the Jayhawks earned a 45-18 record last year and second place in the conference.
Bingham has a career record of 743-444.2. He began his coaching career at Emporia State in 1974 and moved to Kansas in 1988. He compiled a 558-270.2 record in 19 years at Emporia State, winning the NAIA championship in 1978.
In his first five years at Kansas, Bingham had a. 473 record. This year, Bingham went .714 and led the team to a single-season team record 45 victories.
Dave Bingham
The team appeared in the College World
Series but lost both its games, to Texas & M and Long Beach State.
Kansas led the conference through most of the year but lost the conference tournament championship to Oklahoma State in the final game.
Ryan Express is back on track with victory
The Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Texas — Even Nolan Ryan was surprised by the results.
"I have to be encouraged," Ryan said of his successful return to the mound Monday night after a 72-day layoff. "Three weeks ago, I had my doubts about whether I would pitch again this year."
Baseball's all-time strikeout leader returned from rehabilitation bis hip to baffling batters in the Texas Rangers' 5-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.
He struck out six and walked one while giving up two earned runs and scattering three hits in almost six innings. A sold-out crowd of 40,676 at Arlington Stadium gave him several standing ovations.
Ryan cane out smoking, his fastball consistently zooming past home plate at 94 mph and his curveball spinning sharply through the strike zone. His fastest pitch was clocked at 96 mph.
His control was unbelievable for a 46-year-old power pitcher coming on his longest career stint on the disabled list, said Texas pitching coach Claude Osteen.
In Ryan's five previous stays on the DL while with the Rangers, he had not pitched more than five innings in his first start after being activated and was 1-4 with 7.97 ERA and 6.2 walks per nine innings.
"I was outstanding tonight," Osteen said. "He gave us exactly what we wanted, and even went farther than we expected. What surprised me was how he turned the fastball on late."
Ryan, who will start again Sunday at
home against Toronto, reported no physical problems after his 321st career victory and first start since May 7, when he strained a hip muscle in his first start back from arthroscopic knee surgery.
It didn't take long for Ryan, 2-2, to get back in the groove. Darryll Hamilton, the first batter of the game, went down swinging. Kevin Reiner, a former teammate of Ryan's, ended the first run with strikeout No. 2.
His comeback was further delayed when he sliced his foot on the blade of a water ski. The last of seven stitches was removed June 13.
Ryan was the antidote for a pitching-trim staff desperately in need of an ace while the Rangers battle for their first division title in a weak AL West.
Of Milwaukee's first nine batters, four struck out.
The pitchers who took his place for 12 starts in Ryan's absence were a combined 2-5 with a 5.90 ERA.
By the time Ryan pulled himself out of the game in the sixth innning, he had allowed only three hits and had upped his record strikeout to total 5,084.
"He's the guy we need to get through the second half," Texas manager Kevin Kennedy said. "He doesn't need to do any more than he did tonight because of our improved bulpen" even though it took four pitches to record the final 10 outs.
"I can't make any predictions about anything." Ryan said. "I have to take it start by start. I hope to start every time my turn comes up.
"I couldn't ask for a better situation to come back into, the way the team has recovered. We're in the middle of the pennant race."
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