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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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quote of the day
"I am blessed. I really didn't approach high school the way I approach college. My high school coaches and teachers and principal, they helped me through high school."
Kansas junior wide receiver Dezmbron Briscoe
fact of the day
Kansas wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe caught six passes on Saturday and increased his career total to 103 catches to pass Derek Fine — 98 catches — and Isaac Byrd — 101 — for 12th place on the Kansas career list.
trivia of the day
Q: How many career touchdown catches does Kansas wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe have?
A: 18 — the most receiving touchdown in school history.
sports schedule
Today
Men's basketball: Emporia State (Exh.), 7 p.m. (Lawrence)
Wednesday
Wednesday
Women's volleyball: Oklahoma,
7 p.m. (Norman, Okla.)
Thursday No events scheduled
Friday
Friday Women's basketball: Sacred Heart, 7 p.m. (Lawrence)
Saturday
Saturday
Football: Texas, 11:30 a.m.
(Lawrence)
Women's swimming:
Nebraska-Omaha, 2 p.m.
(Omaha, Neb.)
Women's volleyball: Nebraska,
7 p.m.(Lawrence)
Cross country: Midwest
Regional Championships, TBA
(Stillwater, Okla.)
MLB
Longoria, Soto named rookies of the year
NEW YORK — Evan Longoria won the American League Rookie of the Year award Monday by unanimous vote, and Geovany Soto ran away with the NL honor.
Following a season of breakthroughs for the AL champion Rays, Longoria became the first Tampa Bay player to win a national award from the Baseball Writers' Association of America. The power-hitting third baseman received all 28 first-place votes, becoming the AL's first unanimous rookie winner since Nomar Garciaparra in 1997.
Soto, the steady catcher who helped the Cubs win the NL Central title, got 31 of 32 first-place votes. The other went to Cincinnati's Joey Votto.
Called up from the minors in April, Longoria batted .272 with 27 homers and 85 RBIs despite missing five weeks after breaking his right wrist Aug. 7.
Confident at the plate and splendid on defense, he was a big reason for the Rays' stunning surge to the World Series after 10 straight losing seasons.
Chicago White Sox second baseman Alexei Ramirez was the runner-up after receiving 18 second-place votes. Boston outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury finished third.
Soto hit.285 with 23 homers,35 doubles and 86 RBs. He became the first catcher to win Rookie of the Year in either league since Mike Piazza of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1993.
The previous winner from the Cubs was pitcher Kerry Wood 10 years ago.
The Rays were so sure Longoria would become a big star that they gave him a $17.5 million, six-year contract after only six major league games.
Associated Press
Jayhawk football wakes up three years younger
Todd Reesing is a better-known and more productive quarterback than Brian Luke or Adam Barmann. Dezmion Briscoe is certainly a more athletic receiver than Mark Simmons, and Kerry Meier is unlike any player in recent memory.
But just how much better — if any — is this year's Kansas football team than the 2005 version?
This year, the Jayhawks won all the non-conference games they were supposed to, falling on the road against a decent South Florida team. In '05, Kansas played one less out-of-conference game than this season and never slipped up. It even defeated national darling-to be Appalachian State by 28 points.
Both the 2005 and 2008 teams faced the same Big 12 Conference slate. Three seasons ago, the Jayhawks took three drubbings at the hands of their Big 12 South opponents — sound familiar?
Three seasons ago, Kansas fared well (3-2) against North division competition. A season-closing loss to Missouri would give this year's team the same record.
In 2005, Kansas finished the regular season 6-5, gaining bowl eligibility by narrowly defeating Iowa State. The Jayhawks went on to dominate Houston thoroughly in the Fort Worth Bowl in a victory that was, at the time, the best moment of coach Mark Mangino's tenure.
This season, Kansas will probably finish 6-6 and earn a trip to the Insight Bowl. In that case, the 2008
campaign would be a near-mirror image of the 2005 season, but few fans would feel content with that.
On a related note, Kansas basketball officially starts Sunday.
ANTHONY COLLINS:
PRO FOOTBALL PLAYER,
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
ENTHUSIAST
What do NFL players do on the rare occasion they get a weekend off? Do they head to the islands for a few days of rest and relaxation? Do they stay in their home city and hit the clubs every night? Do they attend women's basketball exhibition games?
Chalk one up for the third option.
Former Kansas star and current Cincinnati Bengal Anthony Collins spent his bye weekend in Lawrence, taking in the Jayhawks' Sunday afternoon exhibition
matchup against Washburn. It was a good game between two promising squads, and Collins' favorite team came out on top, but I'm sure it wasn't as exciting as what he normally does each Sunday.
SPEAKING OF WOMEN'S BASKETBALL...
While were on the subject of women's hoops, the Jayhawks deserve some accolades. They got the short end of the scheduling stick this preseason and handled it well.
Kansas first faced an atrocious Fort Hays State squad (final score: 93-37). Nice up for the Jayhawks was another opponent from the esteemed Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletics Association — but not just any D-II pushover, Washburn, ranked No. 3 in the nation among Division II teams, came to to Allen Fieldhouse.
No biggie, it turns out. The Lady Blues hung with the Jayhawks for a half, but the potent combination of post Krysten Boogaard and wing Danielle McCray carried Kansas to a 16-point victory with dual double-doubles. The regular season begins Friday when Kansas hosts Sacred Heart.
Turn the other cheek
Edited by Andy Greenhaw
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A woman filed a lawsuit against Chiefs running back Larry Johnson a month after saying he spit a drink in her face at a bar and threatened to kill her and her boyfriend.
Larry Johnson sued for allegedly spitting pop
NFL
The lawsuit by Ashley N. Stewart accuses the two-time Pro Bowler of negligence, assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress.
Joe Calzaghe, right, of Britain, lands a punch on Roy Jones Jr. during the fourth round of a boxing match on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The suit, filed Monday, seeks punitive damages, attorney fees and any other amount a jury deems to be fair. Johnson was charged last month with simple assault for the Oct. 10 incident at Kansas City's Club Blonde.
The 28-year-old Johnson was back with the team Monday after being suspended by the NFL for Sunday's game for violating the league's personal conduct policy.
KICK THE KANSAN: WEEK TEN
Pick games. Beat the Kansan staff. Get your name in the paper.
Pick games. Beat the name in the paper
your name in the paper
This week's games:
No. 3 Texas at Kansas
No. 10 Georgia at Auburn
No. 16 North Carolina at Maryland
Arizona at Oregon
No. 17 Brigham Young at Air Force
Vanderbilt at Kentucky
Texas A&M at Baylor
Minnesota at Wisconsin
Northwestern at Michigan
No. 24 Wake Forest at North Carolina State
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Year in school:
Year in school: Hometown:
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