THE UNIVERSITY OF MARY KANSAN
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2008
SPORTS
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NFL
Favre has success with Jets, gets two scores
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MIAMI — Brett Favre hardly looked like the retiring type, raising his arms to signal a touchdown, then leaping and skipping to the bench, where he vaulted into the arms of two teammates.
Six months after Favre decided to call it a career before changing his mind, he made a successful debut with his new team as Broadway Brett, throwing for two scores to help the New York Jets beat the Miami Dolphins 20-14 on Sunday.
Favre's new beginning had a happy ending thanks to two late stands by the jets' defense. Dwight Lowery batted away a fourth-down pass in the end zone with nine minutes left, and Darrelle Revis intercepted Chad Pennington — again in the end zone — with five seconds left.
Favre finished 15-for-22 for 194 yards and his 161st victory, extending his NFL record for starting quarterbacks.
For the Dolphins, the loss marked a disappointing start to the Bill Parcels era, and it was painfully reminiscent of last year's 1-15 team. Parcels took over last December, but despite turning over more than half the roster and hiring Tony Sparano as coach, Miami gave up too many big plays and sputtered on offense until a frantic late rally.
The Dolphins converted a fourth-and-7 during a 53-yard drive that ended with Pennington's 11-yard touchdown pass to David Martin, making it 20-14 with 3:27 left.
New York kept the ball on the ground for three plays and was forced to punt, and the Dolphins started from their 39 with 1:43 left. They reached the Jets 18, but when Pennington tried to hit Ted Ginn Jr. in the corner of the end zone, Revis had position and made a one-handed interception.
That clinched the jets' fifth consecutive win over their AFC East rivals.
Newcomers helped make it seem like old times for the Dolphins. Pennington, playing against the team that released him in favor of Favre, drew boo early before finishing 26-for-43 for 251 yards. Three times the play clock was about to expire and Pennington was forced to waste a timeout that would have come in handy in the final minute.
Miami tackle Jake Long, the first overall pick in this year's draft, drew penalties for tripping and holding. New defensive end Randy Starks failed to wrap up Favre, who turned a sack into a touchdown.
That score came on a 22-yard fourth-down completion to Chansi Stuckey, putting the Jets ahead to stay.
Favre was traded to New York after his decision to delay retirement led to a messy divorce with the Green Bay Packers. The Jets hope Favre can transform a team that went 4-12 last year into a playoff contender, and it didn't take long for him to make an impact.
Wearing his familiar No. 4, Favre went deep on the first play of the Jets' second possession. Jerricho Cotchery caught the long pass in stride at the 5 and scored to complete the 56-yard play. At the other end of the field, Favre celebrated like a rookie.
With the score 7-all and Jets kicker Mike Nugent nursing a thigh injury suffered in the first quarter, the Jets decided to go for a touchdown on fourth-and-13. Under heavy pressure, Favre shrugged off the 305-pound Starks, and as he was sandwiched by two defenders, threw a dying-quail pass that found an open Stuckey for the go-ahead touchdown.
Rain, rain go away
Lauren Schimming, Wichita sophomore, checks a text message on her cell phone through a protective rain poncho during Saturday night's game against Louisiana Tech. Fans sat through light rain showers as Kansas rolled to a 29-0 victory.
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TENNIS
Murray runs Nadal ragged in the semifinals
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NEW YORK — No one ever seems to run Rafael Nadal ragged, and yet Andy Murray did just that in the U.S. Open semifinals.
Murray finished a stunning,
rain-interrupted 6-2, 7-6 (5), 4-6,
6-4 victory Sunday at Flushing
Meadows to reach his first Grand
Slam final and stop the No.
1-ranked Nadal's 19-match winning streak at major tournaments.
Trying to become the first
British man to win a major tennis championship since Fred Perry at the 1936 U.S. Open, Murray will face four-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final Monday night.
"He's got loads of experience in these situations," Murray said, "and it's something new to me."
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Ay Murray, of Britain, throws his sweatbands at spectators after his four victory over Rafael Nadal, of Spain, in their semifinal match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York.
The sixth-seeded Murray won the first two sets against Nadal and was down a break at 3-2 in the third when play was suspended Saturday because of Tropical Storm Hanna.
task this time. He wound up with more than twice as many winners as Nadal, 65-32.
"I just had to keep my head down and watch the ball — and that was that," Murray said. "I didn't feel particularly nervous."
Murray won a 22-stroke point with a volley winner to get to match point, leaving Nadal bending over behind the baseline, chest heaving. Then Murray completed the service break to end the match, easily chasing down Nadal's drop shot and smacking a winner.
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generally indefatigable Nadal made a stand Sunday, taking the third set and going ahead 3-1 in the fourth. But Murray took five of the last six games, breaking Nadal twice and ending the Spaniard's bid to make his first final at the U.S. Open.
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Murray never before made it past the quarterfinals at a major and never had defeated Nadal in five previous tries, Nadal, meanwhile, won 54 of his preceding 56 matches and took the titles at the French Open, Wimbledon and Beijing Olympics.
"Tough to sleep," Murray said.
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