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THE UNIVERSITY'S DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2008
quote of the dav
"Ronald Reagan has held the two most dmeaning jobs in the country: President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs."
George Will, national columnist
fact of the day
The last time the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox both made the playoffs was in 1906. They faced off in the World Series and the White Sox prevailed in six games.
-Chicago Tribune
trivia of the day
Q: When did the Chicago Cubs last reach the World Series?
A: 1945. The Cubs lost in seven games to the Detroit Tigers.
schedule
Friday
Today No Events
Swimming: Pentathlon, 4 p.m.
(Lawrence)
Soccer: Texas Tech, 4 p.m.
(Lawrence)
Game, set, rap: Lil' Wayne loves tennis
Saturdav
Softball: Western Illinois, 11 a.m. (Iowa City, Iowa)
Football: Iowa State, 11:30 a.m. (Ames, Iowa)
Softball: Iowa, 4 p.m. (Iowa City, Iowa)
Volleyball: Texas Tech, 7 p.m. (Lubbock, Texas)
Cross Country: OSU Jamboree, TBA (Stillwater, Okla.)
Rowing: Head of the Oklahoma, all day (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Tennis? Yeah. Tennis.
You heard the news, didn't you? Lif Wayne, the hip hop artist famous for the song "Lollipop" — among others — is writing a sports blog for ESPN.com.
Lil'Wayne
Here are a couple of fun tidbits from Mr. Wayne's first post.
"I had a lot of people over to my place to watch the Wimbledon
Wayne, who grew up in New Orleans and celebrated his 26th birthday Saturday, loves the Packers, loves the Red Sox and – get this – loves tennis.
Sunday
Softball: Western Illinois, 10 a.m.
( Iowa City, Iowa)
Softball: Iowa, 12:30 p.m. ( Iowa
City, Iowa)
Soccer: Colorado, 1 p.m.
(Lawrence)
Turns out the guy can't get enough of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
final this year, and we went crazy"
Wayne writes on his blog.
"I love Federer, but Nadal is my
"I love his motivation and his heart is big. He leaves it on the court.
favorite. He's the man.
"And when I found out he still lives with his family despite his success, that was it for me."
Makes you wonder. Where does the rest of the hip-hop world stand on the Federer-Nadal debate? First let's do the easy ones.
Jay-Z — He's definitely a Federer guy, After Jay-Z "retired" for the first time, Lil' Wayne dubbed H.O.V.A. the greatest rapper in the world. You'd think that Jay-Z.
the greatest rapper, would favor Federer, the greatest tennis player in the world.
Kanye West — We'll say West would probably side with Nadal.
According to an Associated Press story, the class — which the school started offering in 2005 — attempts to explore baseball's ties to politics, religion, race, gender and class.
Hmm. Sounds interesting.
Common — Common may be the smoothest hip-hop artist in the world. When you talk smooth,you know you're in Federer-land.
Now that Bates College has set the precedent, I'm hoping the University of Kansas follows suit. Here's an idea. How about a management class title, "Chiefs Nation: How to take a successful business and run it into the ground." Can you say Prof. Carl Peterson?
Quick, name the most ridiculous class you've taken at Kansas? Of course, I mean ridiculous in the "Wow, I can't believe that's a college class" sense. And don't count bowling, marathon training or the principles of coaching volleyball Anyway, chances are you've never taken a class like the one they're offering at Bates College in Maine. The small liberal arts college with an approximate enrollment of 1,700 offers a class titled, "Red Sox Nation":
Lil Scrappy — This one is too easy. If Nadal were an MC, he'd go by Lil' Scrappy.
Snoop Dogg — Just like Federer is old-school, Snoop is a throwback — a reminder of Tupac, NWA and the rest of the West Coast kings who used to reign over the hip-hop world.
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SESH
So Common may or may not be a Federaer guy. But he's definitely a Kansas guy. Need proof? Common, who grew up in Chicago,
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performed at the Lied Center on April 23 earlier this year. During the concert, Common broke into a freestyle where he paid tribute to Brothers, the Jayhawker Towers, Brandon Rush and Wheel Pizza. Go to YouTube and type "Common KU Freestyle" into the search engine. Enjoy.
Edited by Kelsey Hayes
Baseball and American Culture."
KICK THE KANSAN
Pick games. Beat the Kansan staff. Get your name in the paper. This week's games:
1. No. 13 Auburn at No. 19 Vanderbilt (pick score)
2. No. 7 Texas Tech at Kansas State
3. No. 14 Ohio State at No. 18 Wisconsin
4. Florida State at Miami (FL)
5. No. 23 Oregon at No. 9 USC
6. Stanford at Notre Dame
7. Washington at Arizona
8. UNLV at Colorado State
9. South Carolina at Mississippi
10. Nevada at Idaho
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E-mail:
Year in school:
Hometown:
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3) Beat the best prognosticator at the Kanan and get your name in the paper.
4) Influre your peers and get your picture and picks in the paper next to the Kanan staff.
5) To break ties, pick the score of the designated game.
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Ben Kline, Colorado freshman, pulls through his second 30-minute shift during the 24-hour Erg-A-Thon, a fundraiser by the KU Crew team. The crew members posted their roaring machines on Wesco Beach at noon Tuesday, taking non-stops until yesterday at noon.
NFL
BY DOUG TUCKER ASSOCIATED PRESS
Derrick Johnson breaks out against Denver
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Three years after the Kansas City Chiefs drafted Derrick Johnson as a playmaking linebacker, they've finally decided to let him be one.
Told to forget about the details and techniques of his position and fly to the ball as he had done as an All-American at Texas, Johnson responded with perhaps his finest game as a pro. He had seven tackles and half a sack, made an interception and forced a fumble that led to a touchdown in Kansas City's 33-19 victory over Denver
last Sunday.
On Wednesday, he learned he had been named AFC defensive player of the week.
"He was always trying to read everything exactly right," said coach Herm Edwards. "You still have to read your keys, but he's athletic enough to where if he just sees the ball, he can make a lot of plays. I think he started seeing the ball better, not worrying so much about techniques. The technique's going to come."
The breakthrough game by the 6-foot-3, 242-pounder could not have come at a better time. The Chiefs (1-3) had lost 12 straight
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games going back to last Oct.21.
"I knew it was a big game, a division game," said Johnson. "I wasn't thinking a lot. I didn't really care if I messed up. It wasn't that I wasn't going to play within the scheme. It's just that I was putting it all on the line."
Johnson, drafted out of Texas in the first round in 2005, was projected from the outset as a star. But his career has been slower to take off than most people expected — a product, Edwards said, of his being subjected to different coaches and different schemes while trying to adjust to the NFL.
"Back in Texas, I was more of a freelance player within the defense," Johnson said. "Let me shoot gaps; let me do my thing. One thing Gun kept telling me was. Just put all the scheme out of your mind, all the responsibilities out of your mind. You know the defense entirely. Just go out there and play like you're at Texas."
the fourth-year linebacker said the full effect of the victory, and his part in it, didn't hit him until he got home.
Key to his change in approach was a meeting with defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham.
"I started exhaling when I went home," he said. "When you're out there on the field you're trying to make plays. You're expecting to make plays. I was more excited with the win. But at the same time, you want to play well. I definitely had a pretty good game. I want to repeat that, man. That felt really good."
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