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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2009
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control."
- Tom Landry
FACT OF THE DAY
The volleyball team's Nov. 4 victory against Oklahoma gave Kansas its longest Big 12 roadwinning streak at three.
-Kansas Athletics
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: When was the last time Kansas had three conference road victories?
A:2005
Kansas Athletics
COLLEGE FOOTBALL Iowa quarterback may be out for rest of season
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says junior quarterback Ricky Stanzi has had surgery to repair a severely sprained ankle and is "very doubtful" for Iowa's final two regular season games.
Stanzi injured his right ankle in the second quarter of No. 15 Iowa's 17-10 loss to Northwestern last weekend and did not return.
Ferentz says redshirt freshman James Vandenberg is now the No. 1 quarterback for the Hawkeyes (9-1, 5-1 Big Ten). He will make his first career start Saturday at No. 10 Ohio State (8-2, 5-1).
Vandenberg was 9 of 27 passing for 82 yards and an interception against Northwestern.
Stanzi started all 10 games this season, throwing for 2,186 yards with 15 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. Ferentz says that he believes Stanzi has a good chance to play in a bowl game.
NBA
Associated Press
NBA Nuggets guard returns, but with different name
CHICAGO — Suspended for the season's first seven games, Denver Nuggets guard J.R. Smith returned Tuesday with a new outlook and a different name.
He wants to go by his given name, Earl Smith III.
Smith said there are "a lot of personal reasons" that "I can't really explain at this time" for the switch. He went with JR. because he was often called "Junior"; but now he's going back to his given name as part of an effort to fix an image that's taken some hits over the years because of a poor driving record that resulted in the suspension.
Smith says he plans to phase in his new or given — name over the next few weeks.
MORNING BREW
Current champs extra sickening
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let's get the hard part over with first. The Yankees are world champions (quietly muttered at a Usain Bolt pace)
So are the Lakers. And the North Carolina Tar Heels. All at the same time.
For as many die hard fans as there are for each of these teams, there are just as many (if not more) people that hate 'em. They hate everything about them.
They hate that the Yankees opened up their wallet and found a World Series championship inside.
They hate Kobe's "more full of himself than you can believe" look that is painted across his face after every swished jump shot.
They hate the fact that Tyler Hansbrough is an unathletic schlub with no true position, yet is still drafted early in the first round of the NBA Draft and is even mentioned among Tar Heel legends like James Worthy, Rasheed Wallace, Vince Carter and that guy they called Mike.
You thought our current financial situation, the closest reenactment to the Great Depression was hard enough on morale, didn't you? Dealing with these three champions is like
sitting down to a Thanksgiving dinner, but the table is circled by the spawns of Satan and all they are munching on is the souls of the weak and impoverished. So much for an appetite.
Times are hard, no doubt about that. In the meantime, the responsibility to make this situation right lies in the hands of the good-hearted fans out there. If Ed Davis is ever shooting two within your proximity, wave your arms with extra effort. When the Yankees visit Kaufmann Stadium next year, get that extra jersey for Jeter out, even if you thought it was a bit too offensive. (A personal Beantown-bred favorite: "Jeter drinks coolers!")
Normalcy, in the form of a Kansas title or any other warmsoiled champion, will return soon enough. Until that happens, target these three repeat-hungry teams like a bull attacks red.
Xavier Henry is not the only X-factor in preventing another North Carolina title. The fans are the key to making this trilogy of doom never happen again.
MUSIC FROM THE VAULTS
Is it a convoluted 31-part mess or an eloquent sketch of soul and passion from a Motown revivalist? The late J Dilla's "Donuts" is probably both, founding perhaps the finest hip-hop sampling that the instrumental wave has ever landed.
"The Diff'rence" is a two minute showcase of Dilla's Stevie Wonder-like skills on the keys, banging before booming horns and loops from Kool & the Gang's "The Fruitman."
"Mash" is the real banger on the record, introduced as: "Now you are going to dance like you've never danced before," then abruptly morphing into the hardest hip-hop beat you'll hear on the album. In traditional Donuts fashion, the concluding noggin bouncer is only about 12 seconds long.
"Time: Donuts of the Heart" is the baby-maker of the epic. After a minute of sweet serenading, Dilla slows it down and rattles
vibrations through the hearts of women (and crate diggers) worldwide.
"One Eleven" is a sugar sweet symphonic cry of lightly brushing soul samples cooing "awww yeahhh" and "ooohh ooohh" that will turn your hips into a gyroscope.
"Don't Cry" best exemplifies Dilla's ability to take a raw sample, cut it up to perfection and throw in his own gorgeous melodies to optimize the sound
Detroit's greatest beat-junkie crafted Donuts in a hospital bed and released it on his 32nd birthday. He died in that same bed three days later, suffering from a rare blood disease called thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
Edited by Tim Burgess
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY
Volleyball vs. Kansas State 6:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
THURSDAY No events scheduled
Men's Basketball vs. Hofstra, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
Football vs. Nebraska, 2:30 p.m.
Volleyball vs. Baylor, 11 a.m.
Cross Country NCAA Midwest Regional Championships, Springfield, MO
NFL
SUNDAY
Women's Basketball vs. oral Roberts, 2 p.m.
Steelers show no interest in Johnson
BY ALAN ROBINSON
Associated Press
PITTSBURGH — Steelers coach Mike Tomlin isn't saying if the team has any interest in Larry Johnson, the former Penn State running back who was released by the Kansas City Chiefs.
Still, the Steelers' answer appears to be the same as it was in 2003: Johnson isn't in their plans.
Johnson, who has long wanted to play in Pittsburgh, was cut Monday after being suspended by Kansas City for the second time in a year. The Steelers have long stayed away from signing troubled players, and they appear to be set at running back with starter Rashard Mendenhall and backup Willie Parker.
"I don't discuss free agents," Tomlin said Tuesday, only a few hours after the Steelers returned from their 28-10 victory in Denver on Monday night. "That opens Pandora's box. I tend to focus on the guys that are in our locker room."
Former Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson carries the ball during a game against the Washington Redskins on Oct. 18. The Chiefs released Johnson on Monday at the end of his two-week suspension, which was his second this year. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Tomlin made similar comments when quarterback Michael Vick was on the market last summer. The Steelers had no interest in Vick.
The Chiefs cut Johnson — who was 75 yards short of breaking the team rushing record — two weeks after he posted a gay slur on Twitter, insulted fans and questioned the competence of coach Todd Haley. Haley's father, Dick, once was a Steelers executive.
Johnson was benched for three
consecutive games last season for violating team rules and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell suspended him a fourth game for violating the league's player-conduct policy.
Johnson believed he was going to be drafted by Pittsburgh in
2003, but the Steelers traded with Kansas City to move up in the first round and take safety Trory Polamalu. Kansas City chose Johnson with the pick that was to have been Pittsburgh's, with the running back clearly upset he didn't go to the Steelers.
Johnson was an all-state running back at State College (Pa). High, which is located 135 miles from Pittsburgh. He stayed at home to play for Penn State, where he gained 2,087 yards in 2002.
MLB Hall of Fame committee releases next ballot
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog, Gene Mauch and Danny Murtaugh are among the former managers who will be on the ballot when the Hall of Fame Veterans Committee votes next month.
Tom Kelly, Davey Johnson, Steve O'Neill and Charlie Grimm also are on the 10-man ballot for managers and umpires. The Hall released the names Tuesday.
Doug Harvey and Hank O'Day are the umpires up for consideration.
A separate ballot for executives and pioneers includes former owners Gene Autry (Angels), Ewing Kauffman (Royals), John Fetzer (Tigers), Jacob Ruppert (Yankees) and Sam Breadon (Cardinals) along with former players' association head Marvin Miller.
Retired National League president Bill White and former general managers Bob Howsam, John McHale and Gabe Paul also will be considered.
Separate committees will gather at the baseball winter meetings in Indianapolis on Dec. 6, and vote totals will be announced the following day. Candidates must be on 75 percent on the ballots, and anyone elected will be inducted July 25 along with players elected in January by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
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