THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 14,2009
SPORTS
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up."
Red Auerbach
FACT OF THE DAY
— NBA.com
Former Kansas guard Mario Chalmers finished 22nd in the NBA last year with 403 assists.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: How many assists did Chalers record during his junior year with Kansas in 2007-08?
A: 151 to tie for 60th in the NCAA.
— ESPN.com
Monday's volleyball recap should have reported: "Kansas also helped Iowa State's good blocking with poor hitting, Kansas junior outside hitter Jenna Kaiser said."
CORRECTION:
Kansas and Kansas State fans should be pleased the NBA will make its way to Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m.
NBA Heat and Hornets to play in Kansas City
The Miami Heat and New Orleans Hornets have a preseason game at the Sprint Center where former Jayhawk and Wildcat players will be on display. Miami has former Kansas guard Mario Chalmer and former Kansas State forward Michael Beasley. Former Kansas forward Julian Wright plays for New Orleans. Wright won the starting small forward spot this offseason.
This is the second consecutive year the Sprint Center hosted an exhibition game for the NBA. Last year, the Portland Trailblazers played the Atlanta Hawks in front of 12,000 fans.
— Corey Thibodeaux
Red Sox fans singing the blues
MORNING BREW
This past Sunday, Red Sox nation was catapulted into a deep state of depression. It's the kind of trauma that decays with the days, but currently aches with excruciating pains. It burns from the lasting image freshly branded on our minds of stud Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon sabotaging the team's season in one inning.
Before Sunday, Papelbon had never surrendered a run in his entire postseason career. That's 26 flawless innings of high pressure baseball. Known for his cool as a winter morning demeanor, when it was playoff time you couldn't find a bead of sweat on Papelbon's forehead with a magnifying glass. His microscopic 0.615 WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inping Pitched) was no mirage of his omnipotence. Add high 90s heat with a ghastly glare for any hitter who foolishly dared to challenge him and you've got one thing — dominance.
So when Papelbon relinquished a Red Sox lead in the top of the ninth, allowing three runs on four hits and two walks, everyone was simply shocked. Perhaps worst of all, the loss emphasized a change of times. It was against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, a team that had been Boston's
first-round punching bag for years.
"Things happen quick," muttered the pale, stone faced closer in a postgame interview.
The anomaly struck an entire nation like a vicious hurricane showing no mercy.
No longer are the days of Papelbon playing air guitar with a broom, dancing with glee as the Dropkick Murphys play its anthem "Shipping Out to Boston" all on the same World Series parade duck boat. Instead, Red Sox fans are reminded of haunting memories from a terminated 86- $\textcircled{2}$year drought of a World Title title.
Right next to the branding of ex-Yankee Aaron Boone's homer in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS, adjacent to the stamp of Bucky "bleeping" Dent's shot over the Green Monster in 1978's one-game playoff, and parallel to the imprint of the ball gently rolling through the weak knees of Bill Buckner in
Papelbon's loss isn't going anywhere.
game 6 of the 1986 World Series is where Papelbon's blown save sits in our minds.
So yeah, we are used to misery in dramatic fashion. But it never seems to soften the blow.
MUSIC FROM THE VAULTS
To complement the sorrow of Red Sox nation, Music from the Vaults boldly travels down south to the crossroads to visit the king of the delta blues.
Legend has it that Robert Johnson went to a crossroads in Mississippi, fell down on his knees and sold his soul to the devil in exchange for the ability to play the greatest blues music man has ever heard. Folklore aside, Johnson did just that, founding a soullful soundscape of streaming abstract imagery and ear-stabbing strums. His slide guitar can be rapid and puncturing or measured' and dreamy. His singing is passionate and smooth, stemming from his care for the art of blues and his downright despair.
Perhaps because blues enthusiasts were teased by such a small selection to choose from, Johnson's work from November 1936 to June 1937 is still widely considered as the truest blues to date. It is also
the most obvious reason for the blues revived in the 1960s, resurrected by Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones among others.
If you are interested in discovering the blues, there is simply no better place to start than "The King of the Delta Blues Vol. 1 and 2," also referred to as "The Complete Recordings"
Submerge yourself in a bluesy world of deceit, betrayal and gloom. Then marvel at Johnson's blues, the truest our ears will ever hear.
- Edited by Tim Burgess
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CROSS COUNTRY
Team competes for better times on same course
The cross country team is traveling to Indiana to compete in the NCAA Pre-Nationals this weekend.
At the meet there will be 79 teams in the men's race and 80 in the women's. Teams from all over the country will be participating, including Stanford, the No.1 men's team in the nation, and Washington, the No.1 women's team.
"Not only is it a big meet, it is also going to be the most competition that we face, and the best competition that we face so far," sophomore Austin Bussing said.
BY SAMANTHA ANDERSON sanderson@kansan.com
The runners should be familiar with the course, as Pre-Nationals in the same place as last year.
"It's a course that a lot of us have set a lot of personal bests on last season and we're going to go out and try to do that this year too," sophomore Kaleb Humphreys said.
Last year the men finished 36th of 40, and the women finished 23rd out of 41.
The women's team is aiming to continue its success after finishing second at Oklahoma State's Cowboy Jamboree. It moved up in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association rankings seven places to No. 5, in front of No. 6-ranked Nebraska.
"The last couple of years have been rebuilding years for us," said junior Kara Windisch. "It's good
The men will continue to try to rely on their experience to move forward. The runners have been consistently improving on their times from last year.
that we were able to prove that we should be up there".
"We are trying to get five guys to get under 25 minutes," Humphreys said. "To do that we are going to have to get in a tight pack and run as a team."
Edited by Betsy Cutcliff
Women's Golf NMSU Prices Give 'Em Five Invitational, All Day, Las Cruces, N.M.
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY
Volleyball vs. Texas, 6:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
No Events Scheduled
FRIDAY
Men's and Women's Basketball:
Late Night in the Phog, 6:30 p.m.
Swimming Big 12 Relays, 9 a.m., Columbia, Mo.
Soccer vs.Oklahoma, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
Cross Country
NCAA Pre-
Nationals
Invitational,
11 a.m.,Terre
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Volleyball at Kansas State, 1 p.m.
Football at Colorado, 6 p.m.
SUNDAY
Soccer at Baylor, 1 p.m.
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