THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2013
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
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Junior guard Natalie Knight drives toward the basket during the home match against Iowa State on Jan. 30, 2013, in Allen Fieldhouse. Knight injured her ACL in the last two minutes of the game.
Knight looks to rebound from injury
NICK CHADBOURNE
nchadbourne@kansan.com
Junior guard Natalie Knight was having a career night against Iowa State last season before tearing her ACL late in the game. A fast-break
layup with 1:43 remaining led to her career-high 21st point, but in the process she tore the ACL in her right knee. The Jayhawks went 5-7 after losing their starting guard before making a Sweet Sixteen appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
In 19 games last season, she averaged 8.3 points per game and contributed 6 assists while leading the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio. Knight said today at the Kansas women's basketball media day that her knee is
"I get fatigued a little bit but other than that, I'm ready to go," she said. The pre-season opener against Pittsburgh State on Oct. 30 marks nine months since her injury.
Knight said she redeveloped a passion for the game while rehabbing her knee.
"You never really realize how much you love the game until you cant go out there and do what you want to do."
almost at full strength after almost nine months of rehab.
NATALIE KNIGHT Junior guard
She said although she'll be ready for the start of the season, she needs to work on getting into game shape.
"You never really realize how much you love the game until you can go out there and do what you want to do," she said
The Kansas women's basketball team wants a re-invigorated
Knight. She is one of only two returning starters and has three new freshmen teammates in the back-court. Coach Bonnie Henrickson called Knight a leader during the press-conference. Knight said it's something she improved upon while rehabbing her knee.
"Being vocal is something I've had to work on and I think that we have a lot of people that will step up and be leaders on this team," she said.
The Kansas women's basketball team season starts Sunday, Nov. 10 against Oral Roberts at Allen Fieldhouse.
Edited by Jessica Mitchell
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This June 22, 2012, photo shows former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arriving at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa.
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Pa. appeals court: No new trial for Jerry Sandusky
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ARRISBURG, Pa. — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky should not get a new trial after being convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.
The unanimous decision by a three-judge Superior Court panel came barely two weeks after they heard oral arguments by Sandusky's lawyer and a state prosecutor.
Defense lawyer Norris Gelman said he planned to ask the state Supreme Court to review the case. Sandusky had argued his trial lawyers did not have sufficient time to prepare, a prosecutor made improper references to him not testifying on his own behalf and the judge mishandled two jury instructions.
The opinion by Judge Jack Panella said that trial judges have discretion about whether to allow
pretrial delays and that in Sandusky's case the judge carefully considered the continuance requests.
"The decision does not reflect a myopic insistence upon expeditiousness in the face of Sandusky's request; it was not an arbitrary denial." Panella wrote.
Sandusky had wanted the trial judge, John Cleland, to give jurors an instruction about the amount of time it took for nearly all of the accusers to report their allegations. Panella wrote that Cleland should have evaluated the need for such a jury instruction based on each accuser's age and maturity but Cleland's failure to do so did not harm Sandusky.
"The trial court specifically instructed the jury that they were to consider any possible motives of the victims in coming forward," Panella wrote. "The vigorous cross-examination of the victims and arguments by defense counsel, when combined with the trial court's instructions on credibility clearly defined the issues for the jury."
The issue related to Sandusky not testifying was not properly preserved for appeals court review, Panella wrote.
The appeals court also turned down another jury instruction claim, related to weighing a defendant's good character against the allegations.
A spokesman for the attorney general's office said the decision affirmed prosecutors' position about the strength and weight of the evidence against Sandusky.
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Sandusky, 69, is serving a 30- to 60-year prison sentence at a state prison in southwestern
Pennsylvania. If he does not get the convictions overturned, he is likely to die in prison.
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Bolland scores 2, lifts Maple Leafs past Philadelphia 3-1
PHILADELPHIA — Dave Bolland scored twice and Phil Kessel added a goal to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night.
The Maple Leafs are off to a 2-0 start and spoiled Philadelphia's season opener one night after ruining Montreal's, Jonathan Bernier stopped 31 shots for the Maple Leafs.
Toronto acquired Bolland and Bernier in the offseason to bolster their bid to get out of the first round and make a run in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Kessel scored his goal a day after he signed a $64 million, eight year extension.
Brayden Schenn scored for the Flyers.
Bolland scored the go-ahead goal from the slot early in the third period. It was his first goal since the Game 6 clincher for the Chicago Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup finals.
He sealed this win with a power-play goal with 22.5 seconds left. Kessel turned 26 on Wednesday with plenty of reasons to celebrate. He signed the whipping extension that will keep him off the free-agent market after the season.
A 20-goal scorer last season, Kessel knocked in a rebound late in the second for the tying goal. Kessel helped make up for Toronto's lone second-period power play. The Maple Leafs came away
empty because Flyers defenseman Nicklas Grossmann blocked three straight shots in 2 minutes to keep the game scoreless.
The Flyers wasted a fantastic chance to go ahead after Paul Ranger slashed Wayne Simmonds on a breakaway, setting up a penalty shot with 3.1 seconds left in the second period. Simmonds was easily stopped on his attempt to put the puck through Bernier's legs.
Back on the bench, Simmonds slammed the boards in frustration.
Like Kessel, Bernier also is part of Toronto's long-term future. He signed a $5.8 million, two-year contract soon after he was acquired from Los Angeles. He was 29-20-6, with a 2.36 GAA.