2B SPORTS
QUOTE OF THE DAY
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
"Angling — I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other."
— Samuel Johnson
FACT OF THE DAY
Ray Evans holds the school record for interceptions in a career (17, 1941-42) and in a season (10, 1942).
Kansas Athletics
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: How many defensive backs from the Mangino Era are in the top 10 all time on the career interceptions list?
A: One. Aqib Talib had 13 interceptions between 2005-07, good for second all time. Six current and former players are on the top 10 list for interceptions in a season.
McNabb to miss game in KC over broken rib
PHILADELPHIA -- Donovan McNabb is still not able to practice and it appears unlikely he will play this week.
NFL
McNabb, who suffered a broken rib in a season-opening win over the Carolina Panthers, is expected to miss his second straight game as the Philadelphia Eagles (1-1) meet the Kansas City Chiefs (0-2) at Lincoln Financial Field.
With the Eagles on a bye next week, resting McNabb gives him more time to heal before the Eagles host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Oct. 11. McNabb was at Thursday's practice, but only watched.
Third-year QB Kevin Kolb started last week in a loss to the New Orleans Saints and is expected to start again.
Veterans Jeff Garcia and Michael Vick, back from his league suspension, will be the backups.
OLYMPICS Chicago hopes to be next Olympics location
WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Arne Duncan will travel to Denmark next week to support his hometown of Chicago's Olympic bid.
Associated Press
MORNING BREW
Fighting isn't always a problem
Everyone is in the mood for a fight these days.
It happens all the time in sports. But does the entertainment value outweigh the damage it does to the integrity of the sport?
Looking at a couple of the major sports, there are very few brawls we remember fondly in relation to how many there actually are.
Probably the most significant of these was "Malice at the Palace" between the Indiana Pacers, Detroit Pistons and the fans. It was bad then, but anyone who is boycotting the NBA because of that incident needs to ease up. Ron Artest isn't going around punching fans today or even before or after the incident. Guys can have hot tempers, especially Artest, who is one of the most physical players in the league. Close physical proximity between men is a good way to start an altercation. But I'm not making excuses.
At the time, it hurt the game
severely, but a big part of that was the fan involvement.
When kept within the confines of the arena, some fights live in infamy. Some of these fights can lead to respect for an individual rather than a blemish on the sport
ESPN had a top 10 list or the best baseball fights, and Nolan Ryan's head bashing of Robin Ventura was ranked No. 1. The fans' general reaction was positive toward Ryan because he handled Ventura, who was 20 years younger, with ease, continued the game and pitched a gem.
Hockey basically lives off these skirmishes.
The NHL had to basically integrate fighting into the sport since that is what most people go to
see. Part of a bockey team's roster makeup deals with a player's ability to fight. A team will hire a brute to protect their star players from injury. Imagine what would happen if every league did that.
Let's not let these Jayhawk conflicts completely ruin the legacy of the teams and the college. The football team is having a great start to the year and there are enormous expectations for the basketball team. These players are also students and hopefully learn from these mistakes.
Yes, a player was injured, but the overall damage was minimal. Hindsight may lead us to believe this could have benefited the growth of the players.
A tight in your own backyard is a lot safer than one in someone else's house.
On the lighter side of fistcuffs we all watch and laugh when the mascots get into it because they
may or may not be serious. With those suits, they hardly hurt each other anyway.
YOUTUBE SESH
Search "mascot fight!" and watch the Oregon Duck and the University of Houston Cougar in a battle fiercer than the one on the field.
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A baseball student stretches during an inaugural ceremony of Major League Baseball's first professional development center at Dongbeng High School Wednesday in Wuxi, China. The center, part of a program in this eastern Chinese manufacturing center aimed at finding and nurturing future talent, promotes the name in China.
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY
Soccer
Oklahoma State,
7 p.m.
Stillwater, Okla.
Tennis
KU Tournament,
All Day
Lawrence
SATURDAY
Football
Southern Miss.,,
11 a.m.
Lawrence
Volleyball
Baylor, 1 p.m.
Waco, Texas
Tennis
KU Tournament,
All Day
Lawrence
SUNDAY
Soccer
vs. Oral Roberts,
1 p.m., Tulsa,
Okla.
Tennis
KU Tournament,
All Day
Lawrence
FISHING REPORT
CLINTON RESERVOIR:
CENTRAL SENIOR.
The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks reported Sept. 17:
White Bass: Fair, 0.5-1.5 pounds. Anglers are catching fish trolling crankbaits in main lake. Or casting jigs and crankbaits into surfacing fish chasing shad.
Crappie: Fair, 0.5-1 pound. Some are being caught over brush piles on minnows or jigs in about 12 feet below surface.
CHANNEL CATFISH:
Good. 1-4 pounds. Some are being caught using worms, liver, stinkbait and spoons over baited areas.
Stephen Montemayor
Veteran talent helps Broncos
NFI
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Josh McDaniels' decision to blow up the Denver Broncos' porous secondary and rebuild it through an influx of free agents has benefited the team through tighter coverage and a tightening bond among its defensive backs.
The first-year Broncos coach brought in safeties Brian Dawkins and Renaldo Hill, along with cornerback Andre Goodman, leaving eight-time Pro Bowl cornerback Champ Bailey, who was injured much of last season, as the lone holdover.
The foursome has a combined 42 years of NFL experience playing for 11 different teams but the group has come together to be at the center of Denver's defensive turnaround in the opening weeks
Going into Sunday's game against the Oakland Raiders, the Broncos, who allowed 448 points last season and ranked at or near the bottom of virtually every major defensive category, lead the league in scoring defense (6.5 points per game). They also have the AFC's best turnover ratio, generating five takeaways (three interceptions and two fumbles) to one giveaway (fumbled kickoff).
of the season.
Dawkins, who became one of the league's premier safeties during his first 13 seasons, all in Philadelphia, said the communication among the secondary, from practice to adjustments made in the heat of a game have been central to the unit's budding chemistry and solidified play.
"The communication back there is some of the best that I have been a part of," Dawkins said. "The way that we talk in the back end makes
"That is one of the things that people don't realize. They say that we are a veteran group, but we are a veteran group with talent. All of us can play ball. It is exciting to be able to line up and look to the left and right of me and see the playmaking potential we have back there."
the game that much easier. Each one of us, we each study film and we may pick up different things throughout the course of a week. If one of us sees something, we let everybody else know and correct things on the sideline.
McDaniels said the foursome's level of experience and the players' willingness to engage one another and embrace the challenge of coming together to forge a viable secondary convinced him early on that the radical makeover carried low risks and the potential for major rewards.
The more forceful, together play by the secondary is grounded in a common thread, according to Bailey.
"We have the attitude that we want to win and we're going to do whatever it takes," Bailey said.
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