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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"As a player, as an athlete, we're looking for a job, we're trying to find a place where we can move our family, we can make our family comfortable, where we can be comfortable in a comfortable environment. But those comments right there, we would never look at [playing there]."
Carmelo Anthony
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FACT OF THE DAY
THE MORNING BREW
As a team, the Atlanta Hawks ranked second in the NBA in assists per game each of the last two seasons.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
NBA.com
Q: Which Atlanta Hawks player led the NBA in 3-point field goal percentage last season (minimum 100 attempts)?
A: Kyle Korver (47.2%)
——ESPN.com
Racist comments could derail one of the NBA's most consistent franchises
Last weeks racist comments by Danny Ferry, Atlanta Hawks general manager, concerning NBA free agent Luol Deng were made public. This came after Atlanta Hawks co-owner Bruce Levenson announced he would sell his shares in the team after he had self-reported an email he wrote two years ago, complaining about the race of the team's audience.
Racist remarks by two of the Atlanta Hawks' high-ranking members are detrimental to the team with the second highest African-American fan base in the NBA. African-Americans make up nearly 48 percent of Atlanta's fans, according to an article by editor and statistician Nate Silver of the ESPN blog FiveThirtyEight.com. Not only are ticket sales and overall fan support in jeopardy, free agents might simply choose to steer clear of Atlanta, which could be disastrous for the
team's records.
Before the publication of these remarks, Atlanta had been a pillar of consistency as far as on-the-court play was concerned. The Hawks were one of two teams to consistently make the playoffs for the last seven seasons, and the team won at least 35 games in each of those years.
Over the past decade, Atlanta stayed somewhat quiet in terms of attention for its constant success, but the accomplishments of the franchise
have certainly been nothing to scoff at. Atlanta has managed to get to the postseason year after year, despite not having a player who many would consider a household name. In fact, Atlanta did not have a single player make the All-NBA First or Second Team throughout the past seven seasons.
During the 2013 offseason, Atlanta acquired free agent Paul Millsap, who put up impressive numbers. In the playoffs, he led the Hawks in minutes, points, rebounds, steals and blocks per game. Millsap's play was a key factor in how the eight-seed Hawks were able to push the one-seed Indiana Pacers to a full seven-game series.
However, if Millsap had chosen to sign elsewhere because of an issue like the one the Hawks are facing right now, it wouldn't be far-fetched to suggest that Atlanta would've missed
be a yearly occurrence.
During the Citi Carmelo Anthony Basketball Camp, seven-time NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony said players may be hesitant to join the Hawks now.
"I think it puts Atlanta back even further now. ... [Comments] from an owner, from a GM, those are not things you play with," Anthony said.
This week in athletics
Edited by Yu Kyung Lee
Monday No events
Tuesday
Wednesday
No events
Thursday No events
Red Sox rally past Royals
Friday
Friday
Volleyball
North Texas
Noon
Lawrence
Volleyball
Cleveland State
7:30 p.m.
Lawrence
Saturday
Sunday
Saturday
Volleyball
Arkansas
7:30 p.m.
Lawrence
Football
Central Michigan
2:30 p.m.
Lawrence
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Royals manager Ned Yost (3) talks to his players before making a pitching change during the sixth inning against the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.
Soccer
St. Mary's
1 p.m.
Lawrence
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Daniel Nava hit a grand slam, Xander Bogaerts added a three-run shot and the Boston Red Sox rallied past the skidding Kansas City Royals 8-4 on Sunday.
Kansas City blew a four-run lead and dropped three of four to the last place Red Sox.
The Royals fell 1 1-2 games behind Detroit, which beat Cleveland, in the AL Central. Kansas City is in the thick of the wild-card race.
Eric Hosmer hit a three-run homer in the second, and Omar Infante's grounder scored another run in the inning.
ward Mujica, but Lorenzo Cain struck out to end the game.
The Red Sox chased Jason Vargas (11-9) with one out in the sixth after Mookie Betts and Bogaerts singled. Reliever Aaron Crow walked Yoenis Cespedes to load the bases and struck out Allen Craig.
Bogaerts homered in the third and got three hits. He also had a sacrifice fly and drove in
Nava hit Crow's next pitch into the Red Sox bullpen for his second career grand slam and a 7-4 lead.
four runs, giving him 11 RBIs in his past 15 games.
Joe Kelly (3-2) gave up five consecutive hits and four runs in the second, but nothing else in six innings. The Royals loaded the bases in the ninth off Ed-
Kinsler, Martinez HRs help Tigers beat Indians
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DETROIT — Ian Kinsler hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning, and the Detroit Tigers opened a 1 1/2-game AL Central lead by beating the Cleveland Indians 6-4 Sunday for a three-game sweep.
Kinsler's homer off Bryan Shaw (5-5), his first since Aug. 30, followed Rajai Davis' infield single and put the Tigers ahead 4-3.
Tigers' Ian Kinsler, right, is greeted at home play by Rajai Davis after hitting a two-run home run against the Cleveland Indians on Sunday.
Detroit widened its lead in the eighth on C.C. Lee's run-scoring wild pitch over a shoulder of catcher Chris Gimenez during an intentional walk to Kinsler. Torii Hunter followed with a run-scoring forceout.
Joe Nathan gave up his Carlos Santana's RBI double in the
Phil Coke (5-2) pitched a scoreless seventh for Detroit, which won for the sixth time in seven games.
J. D. Martinez hit a solo homer in the fourth. a booming drive
ninth before getting his 32nd save in 38 chances and eighth in a row. With runners on first and second and no outs, Yan Gomes grounded into a double play, and pinch-hitter Jason Giambi hit a game-ending fly-out.
into the center-field hedges for his 22nd home run this season.
his 22nd home run this season.
Santana's sacrifice fly tied the score in the fifth, and Blaine Hardy relieved Verlander with two on in the sixth. Jose Ramirez singled in the goahead run, and Hardy hit Michael Brantley with a pitch with the bases loaded.
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