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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
CROSS COUNTRY
Jayhawks ranked in the Midwest's top 10
MIKE LAVIERI
mlavieri@kansan.com
The men's and women's cross country teams have enjoyed early success this season. Both are ranked in the top 10 in this week's Midwest region polls, which were released Monday by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches association.
The women held on to their preseason No. 7 ranking, while the men moved up from No. 11 to No. 8 after both notched victories this past weekend at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge.
The midwest rankings include schools from Kansas, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota and Oklahoma.
MEN'S TOP 10
MIDWEST RANKINGS
1. Oklahoma State
2. Oklahoma
3. Minnesota
4. Illinois
5. Tulsa
6. Iowa State
7. Iowa
8. Kansas
9. Drake
10. Nebraska
WOMEN'S TOP 10
1. Iowa State
2. Oklahoma State
3. Iowa
4. Minnesota
5. Tulsa
6. Kansas State
7. Kansas
8. Northwestern
9. Nebraska
10. Illinois
Kansas men's cross country team sprints off the starting line Saturday morning at the Bob Timmons Classic. Kansas earned first place with a total time of 1:38:39.61.
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Three games set for television this season
The Big 12 Conference announced Monday that three Kansas women's basketball games will be televised on FOX Sports Network this season.
The first game will be on Jan. 15 when the Jayhawks play the Tigers. On Feb. 12, Kansas will travel to Kansas State in the Sunflower Showdown game. The final game will be at home against reigning conference champion Baylor.
In addition to Kansas' games, another 16 conference matchups will be shown by the network. The Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship will be shown on FSN March 7 to 10.
Kathleen Gier
MEN'S BASKETBALI
Mother of Morris twins given "Life Saver" award
It seems as if Angel Morris has been living up to her name.
Morris, the mother of former men's basketball players Markieff and Marcus Morris, will receive the first-ever "Life Saver" award from Headquarters Counseling Center on Oct. 7.
According to a press release. Headquarters is honoring Morris for her "sacrifice and selfless actions" in the wake of the sudden death last January of Lisa Robinson, mother of junior forward Thomas Robinson.
Morris originally moved to Lawrence from Philadelphia when her sons started playing for Kansas in 2008. Although Morris's sons left Kansas last spring to enter the NBA draft, she decided to continue living in Lawrence to support Robinson for the rest of his college career.
Morris will receive her award during Headquarters' Life Support Refresher fundraiser at Macell's, 1031 New Hampshire St. The annual fundraiser features live music, international food and a silent auction. Tickets are $50 each or $80 for two.
Headquarters, which is partially funded by Student Senate, offers free counseling and information 24-hours a day to Kansas students and members of the Lawrence community.
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Windom was named the 2010-2011 Most Improved Player as a freshman. She also finished the season ranked fifth in the central region.
Dylan Windom, a sophomore from Tifton, Ga., and Ekaterina Morozova, a senior from Togliatta, Russia, look to accomplish their goals by combining forces to form one unstoppable doubles team.
Last year Morozona played No.1 singles for the Jayhawks and had an overall record of 12-9; 6-4 versus Big 12 opponents. She was named to the All-Big 12 singles team.
In the spring of 2011 Windom and Morozova paired up to go 15-7 in No.1 doubles play, including a 6-5 record against Big 12 teams. According to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, the pair ended the season fifth in the central region and No.67 nationally.
This year the doubles squad has even higher expectations and has been ranked 33rd nationally in Campbell/ ITA preseason rankings. Windom and Morozova were also selected to compete in the 2011 ITA/Riviera Women's All-American Tennis Championships Oct. 1 at UCLA.
The tennis season kicks off in Lawrence at the Jayhawk Tennis Center on Friday.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Drew Harms
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady throws during the first half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins during Miami. Brady threw for a team-record 517 yards and four TDs as the Patriots won 38-24.
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NFL
Brady throws for 517 yards
He was close, though.
MIAMI—Tom Brady threw his first interception since October, so he wasn't perfect in the New England Patriots' opener.
Brady threw for a team-record 517 yards and four touchdowns, including a 99-yarder to Wes Welker, and the reigning AFC East champions started with a victory for the eighth consecutive season Monday night by beating the Miami Dolphins 38-24.
Defensive end Jared Odrick picked off a deflected pass to set
New England totaled 622 yards, the most in franchise history and the most allowed by Miami.
Brady's performance overshadowed Miami's Chad Henne, who threw for a career-high 416 yards. The 906 net yards passing by both teams was an NFL record.
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up a Miami touchdown and end Brady's NFL-record streak of 358 passes without an interception. Otherwise Brady and the Patriots picked up where they left off last season, when he threw for 36 TDs and his team led the league in scoring.
Brady, who went 32 for 48,
became the 11th quarterback to
throw for at least 500 yards. Norm
Van Brocklin set the record of 554
yards in 1951.
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"We're pleased to have him on our side," teammate Danny Woodhead said with a smile.
The capper came with 5:44 left and the Patriots leading 31-17. On downs they stopped Miami on downs at the 1-foot line, Brady lined up in the shotgun on first down and threw from his end zone to Welker, who had slipped behind Benny Sapp near the 30-yard line.
Welker caught the pass in stride and sprinted untouched for the score to complete the longest play in Patriots history.
"Some of their scores ended up looking like it was kind of easy," Miami coach Tony Sparano said.
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The Dolphins' defense returned virtually intact from last season and was expected to be the team's strength, but Brady riddled them from the start.
"Not the defensive performance we were hoping for. That's an understatement."
Brady also threw touchdown passes on consecutive plays. He hit Aaron Hernandez for a 31-yard score, and when a replay review determined the receiver was down at the 1, Brady threw to him again for a TD on the next play.
He completed his first eight passes for 127 yards on the Patriots' first two possessions, and both ended with TDs.
His other scoring passes covered 10 yards to Rob Gronkowski and 2 vards to Welker.
Brady was sacked only once, and good protection gave his receivers plenty of time to work their way open.
Newcomer Chad Ochocino had only one catch for 14 yards. But Welker made eight receptions for 160 yards, and tight ends Hernandez and Gronkowski combined for 189 yards on 13 catches.
"It wasn't a one-man band out there," coach Bill Belichick said. "We had a lot of contributions."
Brady's first interception since Oct. 17 came early in the third quarter, when he tried to hit Julian Edelman in the flat. Sapp deflected the ball to the 304-pound Odrick, who rumbled 40 yards to the 9. Two plays later, Henne hit Brian Hartline with a 10-yard touchdown pass to make the score 14-all.
Brady was so rattled it took him 10 plays to put the Pats ahead to stay. They drove 73 yards and scored on his 2-yard pass to Welker.
Miami's problems with Brady were nothing new. He and the Pats beat the Dolphins twice last year while outscoring them 79-21. Losing at home was not different for the Dolphins, either, who have dropped 10 of their past 11 home games.