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"A lot of people said, 'when you go to Kansas, you'll see boring country. It was not like that. I got there and said, 'Wow.' Basketball recruit Alexander "Sasha" Kaun to the Lawrence Journal-World after a visit to Lawrence last weekend.
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With loss to Indians, KC drops back
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jason Davis's shoulder feels fine. Thanks for asking.
The right-hander, coming back from stiffness that kept him off the mound since Aug.16, relied on his fastball to gave Cleveland five shutout innings.
gave Cleveland five shutouts.
After that, the Indians parlayed Angel Berroa's error into a big sixth inning and a 7-1 victory over the fading Kansas City Royals last night.
Victor Martinez hit his second career home run, a three-run shot that capped Cleveland's five-run sixth, as the Indians broke a six-game losing streak and handed Kansas City its eighth loss in 11 games.
Rachel. "It feels great to get back out there again." Davis said. "I feel needed, you know?"
The Royals fell to 41/2 games back in the AL Central, after the first-place Chicago White Sox beat second-place Minnesota 8-6 last night.
Davis (8-10) scattered five hits, all singles, over five innings on the way to his first win since June 29. Two of those hits were wiped out by double plays in the first and second, and Davis retired the last eight batters he faced before
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Jack Cressend took over to start the sixth.
Cressend retired the first five he faced before back-to-back doubles by Desi Relaford and Brent Mayne broke up the shutout with two outs in the seventh.
All five of Cleveland's sixth-inning runs were unearned,
the result of a rare fielding error by Berroa that undid Jimmy Gobble's strong start.
strong start.
Gobble (3-4) gave up just one hit through 5 2-3 innings and was on his
way to a perfect sixth when Berroa — who had just two errors in his previous 75 games — misplayed Casey Blake's groundball to deep shortstop.
Berroa thought the play should have been scored a hit for Blake.
been scored a difficult play to make," he said. "It was a difficult play to make," he said. "I had to take two steps to my right and try to backhand the ball. The ball did something at the last minute, and it hit off the heel of my glove almost hit my hand."
Even with the miscue, Berroa almost got Blake at first.
"Casey Blake was the unsung hero of that inning, the way he got down the line." Indians manager Eric Wedge said.
Gobble then hit Jody Gerut with a pitch, and Alex Escobar and Ben Broussard followed with RBI singles before Martinez homered into the leftfield bullpen for a 6-0 lead.
bump for all happened so quick." Royals manager Tony Pena said. "He throws five strong innings and gets two quick
outs in the sixth _ and then he gives up a couple of hits and a home run, and that's it."
Gobble gave up four hits in six innings, striking out two and walking five before D.J. Carrasco relieved him to start the sixth.
The Indians went up 1-0 in the first on Coco Crisp's leadoff triple and Blake's sacrifice fly. After Crisp's hit, Gobble retired the next 11 batters before walking Escobar with two out in the fourth.
start the sixth.
"It's tough on the stomach, yeah," said Gobble, 1-4 since starting his major league career with two straight wins. "I went out there and pitched all right, I thought ... but I really needed to bear down in certain situations, and I didn't do it."
Travis Hafner had a pinch-hit sacrifice fly off Carrasco in the eighth.
free fly on our coutry Aaron Guiel had three hits and Mike Sweeney had two for the Royals, who stranded 10 runners — four in scoring position.
Chiefs enjoy victory, prepare for game with Steelers
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A handy beating of San Diego showed the Kansas City Chiefs they're better.
As Dick Vermeil says, the Pittsburgh Steelers will show them this week "if better is good enough."
The Steelers, who will be in Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday, were just as sharp in a 34-15 opening-day win over Baltimore as Kansas City was in dispatching the Chargers 27-14.
The Chargers are going through the pains of a second-season rebuilding program under Marty Schottenheimer. The Steelers, in Bill Cowher's 12th season, have no reason to think they won't contend for the AFC title.
"They're a team coming in here off of playoffs," Vermel said Tuesday. "They're a team led by a guy who used to coach in Kansas
City. He's been here and his team will know what it's like. He'll be able to communicate the passion with which the fans enjoy the team and intensity and the problems the crowd creates for a visiting team."
crowd creates or been making out the schedule, the Steelers would have been pushed back to November or December.
"Here's a team that you like to play a little later in the season. It'll be a very, very firm test for us," Vermell said. "As we all know, they have a very outstanding group of receivers, the quarterback is hot right now and it's a great, great story."
Tommy Maddox, who was 21-of-29 against Baltimore for 260 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions, reminds Vermeil of one of his old quarterbacks.
terbacks."
"It's another Kurt Warner story," he said. "A young man I watched play college football his sophomore year and
have an opportunity to get to know when he was just a puppy. He left college early and had an unbelievable up-and-down career with three years out of football. Now, he's got a quarterback efficiency rating of over 150 in one football game.
"They're tough and they will test us in different ways than the San Diego Chargers did."
Cowher _ who was a Chiefs assistant when Schottenheimer was Kansas City's head coach _ is not the only member of the Pittsburgh party who's familiar with the famous Arrowhead Stadium atmosphere. The Steelers have been here seven times since 1992, winning four.
times since 1952. "I know this: Cowher's probably excited to come here," Vermei said. "He loved Kansas City. He loved working in the organization. I'm sure he spent some time talking to Marty because they're very, very close. He won't come here with
Vonnie Holliday, the defensive end whom the Chiefs signed away from Green Bay over the offseason, had three sacks in the opener. He raved about the Arrowhead crowd, declaring that it was even more intimidating to visitors than Green Bay's Lambeau Field.
Yet, could Pittsburgh's success in Kansas City diminish the mystique of Arrowhead?
"I think it does," Vermeil said.
"I've been in the league a long time and my observation about teams that win on the road is they take the best team along with them on the trip. When we used to win on the road I took a real good team along with me.
"I don't think there's anything magic about it. You have to be able to handle adversity. We talk about it all the time."
Police charge Clarett; coach says he's through
The Associated Press
Tressel's comment came just before prosecutors charged Clarett with lying about items that were stolen from him out of a car.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State is ready to cut ties with Maurice Clarett if the star running asks to transfer to another school. Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel said Tuesday.
Tressel said he does not anticipate Clarett returning to the team this season. When asked if he would recommend Clarett be released from his scholarship if the request was made, Tressel said, "my recommendation would be yes."
Tressel's comments or the misdemeanor charge.
Alan C. Milstein, the Clarett family attorney, said he wasn't surprised by
"Nothing Ohio State does surprises me," he said. "I don't think the family recognizes what Ohio State's actions and motivations are either."
Milstein declined to comment on whether Clarett would consider transferring.
terrorized.
Asked if Clarett had played his final game for the Buckeyes, Milstein said, "I think that's up to Ohio State."
prosecutors up and Ohio State University police罪犯 a misdemeanor falsification charge against him in Franklin County Municipal Court, city attorney spokesman Scott Varner said.
The court will issue a summons for Clarett to appear within 30 days. The
charge carries a maximum penalty of six months in jail and $1,000 fine.
Clarett has already been suspended indefinitely from the team, and probably will not play for the Buckeyes this season. He is also being investigated by the NCAA.
He is also involved in a report. Clarett acknowledged earlier this summer that he filed an exaggerated theft report after his car was broken into in April. The car, a 2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, was borrowed from a local dealer.
The NCAA started looking into the report after Clarett stated he had lost more than $10,000 in items in the theft.
Clarett set Ohio State freshman records last season with 1,237 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns, including the winning score in the Buckeyes' double overtime victory over Miami in the Fiesta
Bowl
BOW.
Ohio State athletic director Andy Geiger said Tuesday he wasn't surprised Clarett was charged.
"We expected it, not necessarily today, but we were expecting that it was going to happen," he said.
The university does not have a set punishment for athletes charged with misdemeanors, Geiger said. The charge will not factor into the length of a suspension the university will recommend to the NCAA, he said.
Clarett's mother, Michelle, did not return a phone message seeking comment on the charge. Former NFL star tailback Jim Brown, a family adviser, said he wasn't aware of the charge and declined comment on it or Tressel's statement.
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Tennis at MU Invitational, Columbia, Mo.
Volleyball vs. Arkansas, Horeisi Center,
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Cross Country at Kansas State Wildcat Invitational, Topeka
Football vs. University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo.
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borough, Tenn.
**Tennis** at MU Invitational, Columbia, Mo.
**Volleyball** vs. Creighton, Horejsi Center,
Lawrence, 1 p.m.
**Volleyball** vs. North Carolina, Horejsi Center,
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sunday
**Men's golf at the Ridges Intercollegiate, Jonesborough, Tenn.**
**Soccer vs. Central Florida, SuperTarget Field, Lawrence, noon**
**Tennis at MU Invitation, Columbia, Mo.**
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