THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6. 2008
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WOMEN'S GOLF
Swinging into high gear
BY MAX ROTHMAN
editor@kansan.com
Under the sw尔tering Texas sun, junior Emily Powers and the rest of the women's golf team will get back to work. The Jayhawks venture south to Lubbock, Texas, for the fourth annual McHoney/Morehead Invitational. Hosted by Tech Tech, the tournament will tee off today and tomorrow at the pat-72, 6,525-yard Rawls Course with steamy weather expected.
After two consecutive fifthplace finishes at the Marilyn Smith and Johnie Imes invitations, the layhawks look to triumph in a diversely talented 13-team field that features seven Big 12 schools.
However, success is something that the Jayhawks know requires consistency from
sistency from every golfer.
"We've all played really well. We just need to put the good rounds together," Powers said. "We all know
NASCAR reviewed the move — a driver is allowed to make the pass if officials believe he was forced under the line — and declared it illegal. Smith went with Dale Earnhardt Inc. president Max Siegel to argue the decision, but was rebuffed and dropped to 18th in the final finishing order.
"We just watched the tape. They can argue about it for five years, they're not going to change the decision. That's not how NASCAR works," Smith said. "I totally disagree with them 110 percent. I clearly moved to the outside, moved back to the inside. Tony made a move to the high side and made a move to the bottom side.
Powers
Powers has the numbers to back up that confidence. She has anchored the Jayhawks with a 74.67 scoring average through three contests this season. Last week at the Johnie Ims Invitational, Powers
that we can shoot. Our goal is not focusing on beating one team, but bettering ourselves every round."
Smith was in second and trailed Stewart for the final three laps, and the rookie made one attempt to grab his first career victory by ducking inside of Stewart to attempt a pass.
Stewart wouldn't relent, moving with Smith down the track until Smith dove below the yellow line to make the pass. He moved back onto the racing surface in front of Stewart and cruised to the finish line.
tied for sixth place, shooting a season low of 221 to lead the home team to its second-consecutive fifth-place finish.
"[The score] shows me that I can shoot lower than what I think," Powers admits.
Other up-and-coming talent to the Jayhawks' attack includes sophomores Jennifer Clark and Meghna Bal. Clark and Bal were two of nine golfers at the Johnie Ims Invitational that tied for fourteenth with a score of 228.
"My nose was in there. The only other option I had was to wreck him."
So how cool will Powers, Clark, Bal and the rest of the Jayhawks be in the steam of competition?
NASCAR
"We all know that we can shoot," Powers said.
The ruling helped Stewart snap
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"Trust me, I've got no regrets about what I did. I did exactly what I needed to do to win the race, and it worked out."
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Travis Kwajil (28), Carl Edwards (99), Juan Pablo Montoya (42), of Colombia, and Kevin Harvick (29) crash during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 'AMP Energy 500 race at auto race at Talladega SuperSpeedway in Talladega, Ala. Sunday, Oct. 5.
Stewart wins in Talladega
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NASCAR agreed with him, and Stewart made his first trip to Talladega's Victory Lane in 20 career starts.
So when Regan Smith slid under the line Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway to finish first, Stewart was certain he'd be awarded his first victory of the season.
TALLADEGA, Ala. — Tony Stewart was the first driver convicted of dipping below NASCAR's out-of-bounds line, learning a valuable lesson in 2001 at Daytona that he's carried with him the last seven years.
But Smith was adamant held done nothing wrong, arguing that the two-time series champion forced him below the line in a desperate blocking attempt.
"You're darn right I did. I've lost Daytona 500s, I've lost races here at Talladega because somebody blocked," Stewart said. "That's the name of the game. There's always been people blocking. The nice thing is I was actually on the right end of it this time.
a 43-race winless streak dating to Watkins Glen last year and allowed him to cross Talladega off his list of tracks where he'd failed to earn a win. Talladega has taunted him for 10 years, as Stewart finished second a maddening six times.
It looked as if hed again come up short in his final race here with Joe Gibbs Racing, especially after he was caught in a Friday accident when Dale Earnhardt Jr. blew a tire.
Crew chief Greg Zipadelli decided to fix the damaged car instead of moving to the backup, and the No. 20 crew worked late Friday night making the repairs.
Then a poor qualifying effort on Saturday — Stewart started 34th — made some wonder if the team had made the right decision in sticking with the damaged car.
Stewart proved everyone wrong
on Sunday with flawless strategy that helped him avoid a late 12-car accident and execute a perfect restart when Smith and two of his Dale Earnhardt Inc. teammates were lurking behind him on the final sprint to the finish.
Stewart got the jump, but smartly made sure he didn't pull too far out and give the DEI contingent the opportunity to gang up and blow past him. Then he blocked Smith the rest of the way, only letting up when Smith went below the yellow line.
"I knew with three DE! cars behind me, it was going to be tough to hold on," Stewart said.
There was concern in his voice as he questioned whether Smith would be awarded the win, but he quickly started the celebration when his spotter gave the "20 is the winner" declaration.
NFL
Denver Broncos defensive end Elvis Dumervil, left, reaches to pull down Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jeff Garcia in the fourth quarter of the Broncos' 16-13 victory in an NFL football game in Denver on Sunday.
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Broncos win against Tampa Bay
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DENVER — Marcus Thomas flashed back to his high school days as a fullback after intercepting a fourth quarter pass against Tampa Bay.
Buccaneers in the Broncos' 16-13 victory Sunday.
The 305-pound Denver Broncos defensive lineman had visions of breaking a few tackles and rumbling his way to the end zone.
But his good play quickly turned into a gaffe when he was stripped of the football, turning it right back over to the Tampa Bay
Thomas blamed the rain, saying the ball slipped out of his hands.
Teammate Michael Pittman had a different take on it, even vowing to give Thomas instructions on how to safely secure the ball when running through traffic.
"He had it like a loaf of bread," Pittman said. "He was carrying it sideways."
Thomas was being teased by his teammates for his miscue.
He's just thankful he's not being jeered.
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