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SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WFEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 3. 2008
quote of the day
"I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it."
Former Kansas running back Gale Sayers
Cornish finds success in Canada
fact of the day
Former Kansas running back Jon Cornish had his best game at Kansas against Kansas State on Nov. 18, 2006. The Canada native ran for 201 yards on 25 carries.
Kansas Athletics
Q: Where did former Kansas running back Jon Cornish attend high school?
A: St. Thomas More High School in British Columbia
trivia of the day
Former Jayhawk running back has seen time on special teams, in the backfield in CFL
Kansas Athletics
Jon Cornish is a forgotten man. Playing professional football in Calgary has a way of taking players off the media and fans' radars.
Maybe that's why Cornish isn't getting credit for the prediction he claims he made at Kansas' spring game two years ago. To listen to Cornish, youd think he had the Jayhawks' dream season pegged from the start.
"I said we were going to win every game, and Missouri was going to be the hardest game of the year," Cornish said. "I just didn't know how good Missouri would be."
Two years after leaving Kansas for the relative obscurity of the Canadian Football League's Calgary Stampeders, Cornish'smonster 2006 season seems like the distant past. Gone are the days when the New Westminster, British Columbia, native lined up on Saturdays as the
focal point of the Jayhawks' ground attack.
In fact, Cornish said he was surprised to find out that the football brain trust in Calgary that drafted him after his junior season wasn't even aware of the 1,457 yards he piled up as a senior — ninth most in the nation.
After spending his rookie season playing special teams and receiving spot carries on offense, you couldn't blame Cornish for wondering whether he made the right decision to return home to the
CFL.
"I had more expectations to play than were actually fulfilled," Cornish said of his first season in Calgary. "After learning the coaches really had no respect for me coming in last year, I had some questions."
But halfway through his second season in the Great White North, things are starting to look up for the man who owns Kansas' single season rushing record. Cornish is
still plugging away on special teams — he is second in the CFL in special teams tackles with 12 — and the Stampeders' coaching staff is beginning to
give him the opportunity to contribute in limited carries.
Cornish
Cornish still isn't getting the carries he would like — he has 80 yards on eight carries through nine games — but he said perks such as a six-month, football-free offseason
have kept him satisfied.
"The CFL offseason makes playing in the CFL one of the greatest jobs I could imagine," Cornish said. "I did nothing. I went to the bars, and I played video games. I didn't work. I just had lots of fun."
TOILING AWAY
Cornish isn't the only former Jayhawk to play his trade away from the spotlight.
While Cornish stands as the lone Kansas alum in the CFL, the Arena Football League boasts five former Jayhawks, including 13-year AFL veteran Kyle Moore-Brown.
Three former players also play in arenafootball2, including Fort Worth Bowl hero Brian Murph, who plays for the Amarillo Dusters.
Edited by Scott Toland
BIG 12 BASKETBALL Missouri guard transfers to Seton Hall University
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. - Former Newark high school standout Keon Lawrence has transferred from Missouri to play basketball at Seton Hall.
Lawrence can practice with the Pirates this season, but he can't
play in games until the 2009-10 season.
"Keon is an incredible recruit for us," coach Bobby Gonzalez said Tuesday. "He has a huge name in the state of New Jersey, and he's coming back home to Newark. He can play the one and the two. He's a natural scorer and really an electrifying, exciting player that the fans are just going to love."
Lawrence played in all 32 games and averaged a teamhigh 29.2 minutes at Missouri last season. He led the team in field goal attempts and averaged 11.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists. He had 25 points against Kansas, the 2008 national champions.
Lawrence averaged 31.2 points at Weequahic High School as a senior.
MLB
Royals second baseman ends season with injury
KANSAS CITY. Mo. — The season is over for Royals second baseman Mark Grudzielanek, who was moved from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list on Tuesday to make room on the 40-man roster.
Grudzielanek, a 12-year veteran and the Royals player of the year last season, hurt his ankle in a collision with a teammate Aug. 1. Earlier this season, he got his 2,000th hit. He hit .299 with three homers and 24 RBIs before his injury.
Added to the roster on Tuesday from Triple-A Omaha were right-handers Yasuhiko Yabuta
and Devon Lowery and infielders Kila Ka'aihue and Ryan Sheely. Also reinstated from the DL were right-hands Jimmy Gobble, Ron Mahay and John Bale. Beginning Sept. 5, Omaha manager Mike Jirschele will join the major league coaching staff.
Associated Press
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September 3,2008
1 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Law School Fair
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Down and out
Tommy Robredo of Spain falls while chasing a shot by Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Tuesday. Djokovic defeated Robredo in five sets.
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