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THE UNIVERSITY OF DARY KANSAN
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009
SPORTS
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7A
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve, Find another way."
Satchel Paige
Kerry Meier's 73 receptions thus far this season are already good for third on the team's all-time receptions in a season list.
FACT OF THE DAY
Kansas Athletics
Q: Who are the top two single-season reception leaders in school history?
A: Kerry Meier and Dezmon Briscoe, who had 97 and 92 receptions respectively last season.
Kansas Athletics
TAMPA, Fla. — No longer winless, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are feeling pretty good about themselves.
NFL
Josh Freeman led the team to its first victory, a 38-28 upset of Green Bay that heightened expectations for the remainder of the season.
Buccaneers are positive after 38-28 upset victory
Freeman, the third quarterback selected in this year's draft, was far from perfect in his first NFL start.
Nevertheless, the 6-foot-6,
248-pound first-round pick
did enough well to not only
beat the Packers but raise
questions about why the Bucs
waited until they were 0-7
before giving him a chance
First-year coach Raheem Morris said it was simple: The Bucs are determined to not rush the 21-year-old's development.
"We still have to be patient. We still have to let him grow," said Morris, who has known Freeman since the quarterback was a freshman at Kansas State and Morris was the defensive coordinator there.
LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant scored 28 points, Shannon Brown added 15 and the Los Angeles Lakers thrived again without their top two big men, beating the New Orleans Hornets 104-88 Sunday night.
NBA
Lakers defeat Hornets, win fifth game in a row
DJ Mbenga had 10 points and 12 rebounds for the defending NBA champions, who easily won their fifth straight game and their second in a row without injured center Andrew Bynum and forward Pau Gasol.
Bryant scored all but two of his points before halftime, repeatedly capitalizing down low with ease against Devin Brown's defense.
Blog discusses fashion in sports
MORNING BREW
Associated Press
Tonight, Mt. Oread is home to events from seemingly disparate worlds. In the
Impeach world in the Kansas Union Ballroom, at 7 p.m., SUA will host its fourth-annual Project Runway show. Just down the hill, and also beginning at 7 p.m., the Kansas men's basketball team will play in its second exhibition game.
Such a convergence of sports and fashion is rare to be sure, but not unique. In fact, one of the Internet's best sports blogs, uniwatchblog.com, is devoted entirely to the intersection of these two worlds. Spun off from a 1999 column in The Village Voice, Uni Watch made its name in the blogoshpere when, in 2004, it debuted on ESPN.com's Page 2, where it still runs. Through the years, the blog and column have reported on the intricacies of what author Paul Lukas calls the "aesthetic of athletics," which can often mean obsessing over apparently trivial details.
But not this week. This week, Uni Watch is devoted to fulfilling its promise, and realizing a seemingly impossible goal: naming the worst uniform in the history of (North American) sports.
Last week, readers narrowed
The Seattle Seahawks' current neon green alternates were selected as the NFLs worst. Which, in my mind, is an instance of top-of-mind awareness trumping historical awfulness. The Buccaneers of the 1970's were right there, people.
down the field, choosing one uniform to represent each of the nine categories in the finals.
From MLB, the 1978 San Diego Padres lead things off. A tragic marriage of yellow, brown and hideous font, the Padres' unis are a strong contender.
The NHL and Minor League selections are not so easy to contest. Both featured a Padres-esque joining of yellow and brown, but boldly added red to the mix. The
The NBA is represented by the expansion Toronto Raptors' unis, which featured an anthropomorphic Raptor dribbling a basketball. Jurassic Park, it was not.
Vancouver Camucks and Tucson Toros are the two luminaries responsible.
Oregon football takes the college crown, by virtue of repeatedly placing fake steel-plate-looking things on its shoulder pads. For shame, Phil Knight.
The Orlando Thunder, of the blink-and-you'll-miss-it World League of American Football. emerged as the worst of the "miscellaneous football leagues" category. The Thunder, of course, sported a lightning bolt on its helmet. But it also mixed that lightning bolt up with another (blue for whatever reason) bolt and then placed the entire thing on the sleeves of its lime-green jerseys.
It gets worse.
In 1976, the Chicago White Sox decided to take a page from slow pitch softball leagues. Instead of wearing baseball pants, the White Sox players sported shorts. And this was the '70s, so these shorts were really short and really tight. Thankfully, the Sox only wore these abominations for a few games, thus its representing the "short lived" category. Not short lived enough, sadly. Some things cannot be unseen.
Soccer's struggles to gain a foothold in America have been well documented and thoroughly debated. But let me posit another theory: that the Colorado Caribous' kits are largely to blame. Although the shirts commit a litany of offenses, the horror they inspire can best be accredited to their having tassels. Tassels. Seriously.
Of course, these are all examples of when sports and fashion fail to gel. Tonight, no such tragedies should occur. The game and Project Runway event, though occurring at the same time, are indeed separate. Still, to honor this occasion, I'd like to suggest a Tim Gunn-inspired speech for Bill Self to use before the game: Make it work.
Edited by Abby Olcese
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THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY
Men's Basketball
vs. Pittsburg
State,
7p.m.
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY No events scheduled
Volleyball vs. Kansas State, 6:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Men's Basketball vs. Hofstra, 7 p.m.
Football vs. Nebraska, 2:30 p.m.
Volleyball vs. Baylor, 11 a.m.
Cross Country
NCAA Midwest
Regional
Championships,
Springfield, MO
SUNDAY
Women's Basketball vs. Oral Roberts, 2 p.m.
without starters for game
NFL
Both Steelers and Broncos
DENVER — The Pittsburgh Steelers are missing three defensive starters for their game against Denver.
Defensive end Travis Kirschke, safety Ryan Clark and linebacker Lawrence Timmons all were inactive.
Clark is being held out as a precaution. The eight-year veteran nearly died after a game in the Mile High City two years ago because of a rare blood disorder that is aggravated by playing in high altitude.
The Broncos were without starti ng right tackle Ryan Harris and defensive lineman Ryan McBean. Running back Peyton Hillis was also inactive.
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