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THE UNIVERSITY HAILY KANSAN
WFDNESDAY SFPTEMBER 24, 2008
quote of the day
"We're playing a team that physically is gifted. But I think the thing that strikes me is the chemistry this year; the purpose to be the best unit they can be is more evident then its ever been."
— Kansas volleyball coach Ray Bechard
Yankees fans say goodbye to old stadium
- Nebraska Athletics
trivia of the dav
Q: How many national titles has the Nebraska volleyball program won?
A:Three.The Cornhuskers won NCAA titles in 1995,2000 and 2006.
Yankee Stadium is a dump — at least from the outside looking in. I'll never know any different.
Last spring break I made the pilgrimage to "The House that Ruth Built," fully expecting to get the grand tour and maybe even find a way onto the field, home to 39 American League pennants and 26 World Series championships.
I never made it past the front gate. The closest I got to the clubhouse. Monument Park or the right field bleachers was the official gift
shop. Stadium tours had ended the day before, and I was out of luck.
My consolation prize couldn't temper
my disappointment — a few photos in front of the partially constructed "new" Yankee Stadium that loomed next door.
So when last Sunday night finally rolled around and the city that never sleeps said its goodbyes to the hideous Bronx monument, I thought back to that day: my missed opportunity.
Right now the stadium is being stripped like a stolen car. Every seatback, cup holder, sign and urinal will be sold to collectors or find its way into the hands of Yankee employees.
Next season the Bronx Bombers will move into the $1.3 billion behmoth next door. And for the first time in 13 years they won't be coming off October baseball.
Franchise player Derek Jeter is far from the fresh-faced phenom who helped give Yankees' fans four straight World Series championships from 1996 to 2000. George Steinbrenner passed the team he has owned since 1973 on to his sons. The figurehead, limited by his health, couldn't even make it back for Sunday's hoopla.
But things are destined to get better. It's New York, after all. Perhaps the same Frank Sinatra lyrics that blared over the public address system after every Yankee victory sum up the change the best.
"I'll make a brand new start of it — in old New York. If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere. It's up to you — New York, New York."
WELDONTRANSFERS TO APP STATE
weidon to settle on a new school.
It didn't take long for Chakeitha Weldon to settle on a new school
A little more than a week after the sophomore point guard put in her walking papers, she landed in Boone, N.C. as a
member of the Appalachian State Mountainers. Welden reunited with
Weldon
former Mays High School teammates and current Mountainer freshmen Sadé and Charmme Means.
CRESSY NAMED
NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK
Freshman forward Emily Cressy
was named Big
12 Newcomer
of the Week
for her performances against
Central Florida and Florida this
weekend.
It is the second time this
Cressy
season the Ventura, Calif, native has garnered the honor. Cressy leads Kansas with five goals.
Edited by Andy Greenhaw
Overshadowed
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Baltimore Orioles pitcher Garrett Olson casts a long shadow as he throws to a Tampa Bay Rays batter during the fifth inning in the first baseball game of a doubleheader on Tuesday in Baltimore. The Orioles lost to Tampa Bav 5-2 in the first name.
KICK THE KANSAN: WEEK FIVE
Pick games. Beat the Kansan staff. Get your name in the paper.
This week's games:
2. Minnesota at No.14 Ohio State
3. Maryland at No. 20 Clemson
1. No. 25 Fresno State at UCLA (predict score)
4. Virginia at Duke
8. No. 8 Alabama at No. 3 Georgia
9. No. 22 Illinois at No. 12 Penn State
Name:
10. Virginia Tech at Nebraska
7. Oregon at Washington State
E-mail:
6. Purdue at Notre Dame
Year in school:
Hometown:
5. Colorado at Florida State
1) Only KU students are eligible.
2) Give your name, e-mail, year in school and hometown.
3) Beat the Kansan's best prognosticator and get your name in the paper.
4) Beat all your peers and get your picture and picks in the paper next to the Kansan staff.
5) To break ties, pick the score of the designated game.
Either submit your picks to KickTheKansan@kansan.com or to the Kansan business office, located at the West side of Stauffer-Flint Hall, which is between Wescoe Hall and Watson Library.
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ku sports schedule
Volleyball: Nebraska, 7 p.m.
(Lincoln, Neb.)
Thursday No Events
Today
Friday
Soccer: Nebraska, 4:30 p.m.
(Lincoln, Neb.)
Tennis: Jayhawk Invitational, first day (Lawrence)
Saturday
Softball: Butler County, 4 p.m.
(Lawrence)
Softball: Emporia State, 6 p.m.
(Lawrence)
Volleyball: Texas, 7 p.m. (Lawrence)
Rowing: All day (Des Moines, Iowa)
Tennis: Jayhawk Invitational,
second day (Lawrence)
Sunday
Soccer: Iowa State, 1 p.m. (Ames,
Iowa)
Softball: Washburn 2 p.m.
(Lawrence)
Softball: Emporia State, 4 p.m.
(Lawrence)
Tennis: Jayhawk Invitational, final
day, (Lawrence)
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