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"I guarantee you that we're going to stay in this race to the end. We aren't going to go away." Kansas City manager Tony Pena following the Royals loss Wednesday to the Yankees.The Twins beat the Royals 4-3 last night.
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friday,august22,2003
the university daily kansan
'Kansan contest kicks off
sports commentary
Ryan Greene rgreene@kansan.com
Come one, come all. It's the fall which means it's time for the greatest campus challenge of all. It's "Kick the Kansan" time!
Kansan time
I will be your host for the next few months, as you have the opportunity to outsmart me each weekend by picking the winners of the featured college football matchups. My goal this fall is to top the pitiful effort columnist Doyle Murphy made last year, when his student counterparts routinely got the best of him.
parts routinely get the
The process and the prizes are the same
as last year. On Monday, cut out the "Kick the Kansan" section in The University Daily Kansan. Pick the winners of the 12
selected games and in turn the picks by noon Thursday. Turn the picks in at the Kansan newsroom, 111 Stuaffer-Flint Hall.
fer-Flint Hall,
west of Watson Library. My picks will
appear in Friday's *Kansan*. Pick more vic-
tories than me and win a "Kick the
*Kansan" T-shirt and all kinds of cool gift
certificates for food and other items. The
12 weekly games will break down as follows:
2) Michigan vs. the team it plays that Saturday. (I love the maize and blue and show it whenever I get the opportunity.)
1) Kansas vs. the team it plays that Saturday.
show it when we leave.
3) Notre Dame vs. the team it plays (just to pick against Notre Dame).
4-11) Intriguing Top 25 matchups or Big 12 Conference matchups.
12) A random game on the Division I schedule (usually involving Slippery Rock University or Sacred Heart University).
If you can top me, we'll sit down, chat and get a couple of your quotes for Monday's "Kick the Kansan" column with the results.
Check this spot in Monday's Kansan for the first week's games, and look here again for the picks every Friday.
Greene is a Vernon Hills, Ill., senior in jour nalism.
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James signs for six years of Sprite
The Associated Press
ATLANTA  LeBron James has signed a six-year deal with the Coca-Cola Co. to be a key endorser of Sprite.
The company stopped running Sprite ads featuring Kobe Bryant in early July, around the same time he was accused of raping a woman in Colorado. Company spokesman Scott Williamson said yesterday the deal with James — this year's No. 1 draft pick — was "unrelated to Kobe Bryant's situation."
Financial terms of James' deal, which
James already has more than $100 million in endorsement deals, including a $90 million contract with Nike in May and a $6 million contract with Upper Deck trading cards.
also calls for him to endorse Powerade, weren't disclosed.
The Coke deal comes a week after sports-drink company Gatorade pulled out of negotiations with the Cleveland Cavaliers rookie.
He twice was named Gatorade's player of the year, and it had been assumed he would become one of its
pitchmen, following in the footsteps of his idol. Michael Jordan.
"I have been drinking Sprite and Powerade for a long time," James said in a statement. "I have always admired the way Sprite and Powerade spoke to young people."
and athletes, and I can't wait to be a part of it."
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The 18-year-old Akron, Ohio, basket.
James
ball star entered the NBA draft out of high school. He has a $13 million contract with the Cavaliers.
"What's important to Coca-Cola is taking the immediate attention away from Kobe Bryant and Sprite and attaching it to a new player like LeBron James," said Todd Stender, an analyst with Crowell, Weedon and Co. in Los Angeles. "He's going to be the biggest name this season in the NBA."
Coke has said it planned to stop running Bryant ads temporarily even before the accusations.
Judge keeps sexual assault case sealed
The Associated Press
EAGLE, Colo. — A judge yesterday rejected the media's request to see detailed court records in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case, agreeing to unseal only the arrest warrant.
Eagle County Judge Frederick Gannett said the search warrant, the affidavit and other material will remain sealed until the case is decided. He put his order on hold and gave attorneys 10 days to appeal.
Media organizations reacted angrily and said the decision shortchanges the public.
public:
Without the documents, the public has no way of knowing whether the sheriff's office and other agencies acted properly in arresting Bryant, said Chris Beall, an attorney for the media organizations.
"What the judge is saying is that in those documents were statements that have little relevance and are unnecessarily prejudicial and inflammatory," Beall said. "I think the voters in Eagle County would like to know whether Sheriff (Joseph) Hoy's office engaged in improper conduct."
Krista Flannigan, spokeswoman for District Attorney Mark Hurlibert, said she could not comment on the specifics of the ruling. A spokeswoman for Hoy did not immediately return a message.
Court documents in the high-profile case have been sealed since the Los Angeles Lakers star was arrested last month. Media organizations sought their release over the objections of prosecutors and defense attorneys.
tors and defense attorneys.
The arrest warrant and related materials contain nothing that would endanger Bryant's right to a fair trial and should be released, Gannett said. But other documents — including the search warrant and its affidavit — will remain sealed.
Gannett said those records contain "factual statements describing graphic details of the alleged sexual encounter," medical test results, evidence that can be challenged in court and the statements of potential witnesses.
"The court concludes that there is a substantial probability that the defendant's right to a fair trial would be prejudiced by disclosure of the affidavit and search warrant materials and that such prejudice could be prevented by non-disclosure," Gannett wrote.
He also said releasing the information would subject the accuser to "further intimidation, harassment and abuse." The ruling did not detail what the woman has gone through, though an Iowa man was
Bryant
an Iowa man was charged with making a death threat against her.
Bryant has said his 19-year-old accuser had consensual sex with him June 30 at the Lodge & Spa at Cordillera, where she worked and he was a guest. Free on $25,000 bond, Bryant is scheduled to return to Eagle for an Oct. 9 preliminary hearing to determine whether there is enough evidence for a trial on a charge of felony sexual assault.
charge of refugee sexual abuse. The media organizations that sought the release of the documents included NBC, CNN, The Denver Post, the Los Angeles Times and the Vail Daily newspaper.
In his decision, Gannett said releasing
court documents with details blacked out, or redacted, wasn't an option because the prejudicial material was too intertwined with other information.
Gannett has threatened to bar from his courtroom news organizations that identify Bryant's accuser. He did allow cameras in the courtroom for Bryant's initial court appearance Aug. 6, over the objections of defense attorneys.
Meanwhile, a 22-year-old Iowa man was arrested yesterday and charged with threatening to kill Bryant's accuser.
John Roche of Iowa City left a profanity-laced message on the answering machine of the accuser in Eagle on July 27, according to a federal grand jury indictment. The caller threatened to assault the woman with a coat hanger and repeatedly said he would kill her.
Jeff Dorschner, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Denver, confirmed Bryant's accuser was the target but declined further comment.
but declined rather to make a Roche is charged with making a threatening telephone call across state lines. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Twins wipe Royals out of first; loss was fourth in a row for club
The Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS — Shannon Stewart hit a tying, three-run homer in the sixth inning and the go-ahead RBI single in the seventh to help the Minnesota Twins knock the Kansas City Royals out of first place with a 4-3 victory Thursday night.
The Royals, Chicago White Sox and Twins all began the day within a halfgame of each other in the AL Central. The last time Minnesota was ahead of Kansas City was June 30.
The Royals, who have lost four straight and seven of nine, play the Twins three more times this weekend.
Kansas City starter Paul Abbott took a no-hit bid and a 3-0 lead into the sixth but faded fast and gave up the tying home run to Stewart.
Stewart then knocked in A.J. Pierzynski with a single in the seventh off Al Levine (3-6) to give the Twins the lead.
Kenny Rogers (11-6), the winner in Minnesota's 9-2 victory over the Royals last Friday, entered having given up just four earned runs in his last 22 innings. This time, he found a way to overcome a shakey start.
The left-hander gave up three runs.
three walks and nine hits in seven innings, striking out three and winning his third straight starts.
LaTroy Hawkins pitched a perfect eighth, and Eddie Guardado worked the ninth for his 29th save in 32 tries.
Joe Randa doubled in Aaron Guiel to put Kansas city up 1-0 after just two batters, and Brent
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just two batters, and Brett Mayne led off the third with a homer to right that landed about a foot inside the foul pole and a foot over the wall.
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With the bases loaded and one out, Mayne hit a hard grounder to first baseman Matthew LeCroy, who threw home to get the force. Pierzynski fired back to first and the throw hit Mayne and skipped away, but Rivas backed up the bag and threw home to get Harvey at the plate and complete a 3-2-4-2 double play.
foul pole and a foot over the Roys Taught a three-run lead in the fourth on an RBI single by Ken Harvey and missed a chance for more after an alert play by Twins second baseman Luis Rivas.
For a while, it didn't appear Abbott
would need any extra help.
The Twins drove only one ball out of the infield and were held hitless through five innings by Abbott, who pitched in parts of three seasons for Minnesota in the early 1990s. He was acquired by the Royals in an Aug. 8 trade with Arizona and called up from Triple-A three days later.
But Abbott, in a matter of 11 pitches to start the sixth, lost his no-hitter, his shutout and his lead.
Dustan Mohr led off with an infield single that shortstop Angel Berroa backhanded, bobbled and barely missed getting Mohr with a long, off-balance throw from the hole.
Cristian Guzman walked, and Stewart — in a 5-for-30 slump — sent an 0-1 breaking ball into the left-field seats to tie it at 3.
Abbott, who gave up 13 runs in his first 92-3 innings with the Royals, put two more runners on and was replaced with two outs by Levine _ who retired Torii Hunter.
Abbott, whose last win in the majors came with Seattle on April 13,2002,gave up three hits and four walks, striking out four.
Mavericks secure star of Warriors
The Associated Press
DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks finally made a major off-season move, acquiring Antwawn Jamison in a nine-player trade with the Golden State Warriors.
trace with the Mavericks also got Danny Forson, Jiri Welsch and Chris Mills from the Warriors for Nick Van Exel, Avery Johnson, Evan Eschmeyer, Popeye Jones and Antoine Rigadeau.
Anthony Ragonea.
The 6-foot-9 Jamison has averaged 20.2 points a game in his five NBA seasons,
and has been the Warriors' top scorer the past four seasons.
scooter Van Exel was the Mavericks' leading scorer on the bench last season. During the playoff, when Dallas advanced to the Western Conference finals before losing to San Antonio, Van Exel averaged 19.5 points.
After getting to the Western Conference finals last season, the Mavericks weren't able to land any big-name free agents. San Antonio, Sacramento and the Los Angeles Lakers, the other top teams in the conference, had all already moves to upgrade their rosters.
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