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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2008
quote of the day
"Chelsea is lucky. This boy needs some serious counseling. He has been badly advised."
Brazilian Legend Pale on Robinho's Failed transfer to Cheilea that saw the forward sign with Manchester City
No such thing as a typical freshman
Real Madrid sold Brazilian superstar Robinho to the Barclays Premier League's Manchester City on Sept. 1 for a British transfer record sum of £32.5 million. That translates to $57.4 million for the 24-year-old forward.
trivia of the day
Q: What is the all-time record transfer fee for soccer players?
A: Real Madrid bought French midfielder Zinedine Zidane for £47 million in 2001. That is equivalent to about $83 million.
Emily Cressy and Kortney Clifton are just freshmen, but don't let that fool you.
Neither is the typical first-year player — seven goals combined through four games indicates that much. But then, coach Mark Francis doesn't recruit the typical freshman. The duo is the most recent in a line of talented younguns to grace Francis' lineup the past three seasons. In fact, it's become almost a given that the
Jayhawks will find at least a starter or two from each year's freshman class.
In 2005, then-freshmen Missy Geha, Jessica Bush and Jenny
now seniors,
stepped in
to start all
20 games in
their first
year. One year later, Monica Dolinsky, Shannon
Francis
McCabe and Estelle Johnson started nearly every game for a young squad. Last season, Katie Williams adjusted to the college game on the fly.
For many coaches, a reliance on freshmen to contribute significant
minutes would be a reason for concern. For Francis, it's just the reality of recruiting.
"That means we are getting good players and in some cases better than the players that started the year before," Francis said. "That's why you recruit."
Through four games, the Jayhawks are rolling behind Cressy and Clifton's quick adjustment to the college game.
Francis builds his team by paying dividends this season as the precocious freshman duo drives the offense, and long-term starters like Bush and Johnson hold down the rest of the field.
The Kansas soccer team heads into the weekend undefeated and has two winnable games this weekend at Missouri State and
then back at home against Loyola Chicago.
If Kansas starts 6-0, it would be the first time since 2004 when it won the Big 12 title, the year before the current crop of seniors found their way to the University.
U.S. FACES TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TONIGHT
The second round of World Cup qualifiers this week ends today after 42 games have been played between nations from six continents in the buildup to the 2010 games in South Africa.
The United States national team returns to American soil for the first time in the semifinal round after slipping past Guatemala and Cuba by one-goal margins for the
ideal start.
Trinidad and Tobago represents a significant jump in talent, but if history is any indication, Bob Bradley's U.S. team should waltz.
The Americans are unbeaten at home since September 2001. During that time, they have compiled a 37-0-10 record against teams from North America while outscoring their opponents 106-15.
Edited by Lauren Keith
FOOTBALL Fields to sit out Friday because of foot injury
Coach Mark Mangino announced Tuesday that wide receiver Dexton Fields would
miss this Friday's game against South Florida because of a foot injury.
Fields was injured late in the first quarter of the team's opening game against FIU. He did not play against Louisiana Tech last
week.
"Dexton's not going to play this week," Mangino said. "We've tried, and that's not going to happen. We expect him back pretty soon though."
Mangino also said that
Let the games begin, again
"The medical people tell me that he can get back and play here in due time," Mangino said. "We're not going to rush it, and we will see how he progresses."
cornerback Kendrick Harper, who was carted off of the field on a stretcher and taken to the hospital during the Louisiana Tech game Saturday, was doing better and that he should make a full recovery.
B. J. Rains
Melissa Stockwell coach with coach Jim Flower visits a U.S. team training session for the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games at the National Aquatics Center, known as the Water Cube, in Beijing on Friday. Stockwell is one of two U.S. war veterans competing in Beijing who were injured in Iraq.
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Mets' closer out with torn elbow ligament
NEW YORK — Billy Wagner is out for the rest of this season and likely all of next.
"It ites change your thinking," general manager Omar Minaya said. "Any guy that we run out there is not going to be a proven guy, So, you know, until you have a proven guy, you can't say you're comfortable."
The New York Mets closer will have surgery after an MRI on Monday showed a torn medial collateral ligament in his pitching elbow has gotten worse during more than a month of rehabilitation. His injury could send the Mets into the free-agent market for a top reliever this winter, perhaps prompting them to pursue Francisco Rodriguez.
"The tear is now bigenough that the doctors are recommending so-called Tommy John surgery." Minaya said. "If all goes well, he will be able to return to pitch
A five-time All-Star, Wagner also has a torn flexor pronator, which is a muscle in the forearm. When he tested his arm Sunday at Shea Stadium by facing teammate Gustavo Molina, Wagner hit the reserve catcher on the left foot with
his 13th pitch,
then walked
off the field.
The left-hander has converted 101 of 118 regular-season save chances since signing with New York before the 2006 season, but has not pitched since Aug. 2.
OMAR MINAYA Mets general manager
in about a year's time following the surgery."
"The tear is now big enough that the doctors are recommending so-called Tommy John surgery."
When the Mets put Wagner on the disabled list three days later.
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they described the injury as a strained left forearm. Minaya said Monday that an MRI that day revealed the tear but that Wagner and the team thought there was a chance he could pitch
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through it.
“There’s a lot of guys that pitch with tears, especially when you’re 37 years old,” Minaya said. “The question is how these tears hold up and in what areas. But if you were to take an MRI of a lot of 37-year-old pitches, they’ll be showing you tears.”
Wagner is owed $10.5 million next year, the final guaranteed season of a $43 million, four-year contract with the Mets, and the team holds an $8 million option for 2010 with a $1 million buyout.
Minaya thought there was a chance Wagner might return to the mound next September.
While Minaya mentioned that the Mets could go with internal options, the best available closer on the market will be K-Rod, who began Monday with 55 saves for the Los Angeles Angels. He could get a four- or five-year contract in excess of the $15 million average Mariano Rivera is making with the Yankees.
"You have certain allotted dollars that you're going to invest in putting the team together," Minaya said. "That was an area that I was not expecting that I was going to need to have to have a lot of dollars."
"I don't want to answer that question. Right now I only want to talk about today's game. I don't know what's going to happen in the future," he said.
While Wagner has repeatedly said he intends to retire when this contract concludes, Minaya wasn't certain that would be the case, cautioning: "How many guys have said, 'That will be my last year,' and then come back?"
Before Monday night's home game against the New York Yankees, Rodriguez didn't want to comment on the Mets' situation.
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2. No. 5 Ohio State at No. 1 USC
3. No. 10 Wisconsin at No. 21 Fresno State
4. UCLA at No.18 BYU
5. No. 16 Oregon at Purdue
6. Bowling Green at Boise State
7. Iowa State at Iowa
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10. Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech
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