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Thomas regretful; Simmons stays silent
Chiefs' behavior rebuked
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY — Pro Bowl defensive end Derrick Thomas was suspended yesterday for one game and linebacker Wayne Simmons was waived, one day after Kansas City Chiefs' owner Lamar Hunt said their actions disgraced the organization as well as the community.
Thomas, Simmons and defensive end Chester McGlockton drew a total of five personal-foul penalties in a shocking breakdown of self-control Monday night during the final minutes of Denver's 30-7 victory.
Thomas, who has been to the Pro Bowl each of his nine seasons, was flagged once for hitting quarterback Bubby Brister in the head when he was on the ground and twice for pulling and twisting Denver tight end Shannon Sharpe's face mask.
The fouts all came in Denver's final touchdown drive and left fans and coaches alike fuming.
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Coach Marty Schottenheimer met with reporters earlier yesterday and promised it will not be tolerated.
Simmons refused to speak with reporters when he left Schottenheimer's office yesterday. But Thomas held a news conference in which he accepted his punishment and apologized to practically everyone, including his mother, grandmother, teammates, coaches, Sharpe and the youth of America.
Although he signed a five-year, $27 million contract extension before last season, Thomas' role this year has been reduced to pass-rushing duties because he is so ineffective against the run.
"I jeopardized our ability to win a football game," Thomas said. "I sincerely apologize and say to them my actions of last evening will never occur again."
"I have to take this week and evaluate Derrick Thomas and come back and be the best that I can be for my team and for my teammates."
Many wondered why Thomas was not ejected after his second face mask infraction in a matter of minutes against Sharpe. Schottenheimer admitted he should have pulled Thomas off the field.
"To Shannon, whom I've known for a long, long time, and we've had our ins and outs and run-ins, I apologize to him because those type of actions shouldn't occur in a football game," Thomas said. "To the youth of America that look up to Derrick Thomas, I apologize to you because that is not sportsmanlike conduct, and you should not conduct yourself that way on the field."
Thomas: Suspended for one game by Schattenheimer.
rebuked CHIEFS
Thomas said several things led up to the breakdown in discipline, including some that go back several years in the twice-a-year battles between the two AFC West rivals.
The bizarre incident was just the latest in a series of backsets for the Chiefs (4-6), who have lost five in a row for the first time since 1988 and fallen out of playoff contention in a season where they were expected to contend for the Super Bowl.
"I've looked at the video and I say once again, I'm embarrassed, humiliated. I'm angry," Schottenheimer said. "I'm really disappointed that at the end of the football game some individuals decided what's best for this football team isn't important to them — that their own personal agenda is what they're interested in."
Thomas' suspension means he cannot take part in practices or meetings and will miss the Chiefs' game Sunday in San Diego. Simmons, who signed a three-year contract last year, had not been playing well and probably would have been waived at the end of the year anyway.
The league could still hand out punishment of its own on Thomas, who said the Chiefs' decision was fair.
Missouri hopes to knock off K-State
Tigers hungry for upset to avenge last year's loss
Associated Press
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Once a giant killer,
Larry Smith believes, always a giant
killer.
Five years ago, Smith came to Missouri with a reputation as a program builder also capable of the occasional huge upset. Entering the regular.
Entering the regular-season finale Saturday against No. 2 Kansas State, he has 12 career victories against Top 10 opponents.
In 1981, his Arizona team beat No.1 USC 13-
10. Arizona also beat No. 2 UCLA in 1980 and No. 3 SMU in 1985. At Southern California, he beat a pair of No. 3 teams, Oklahoma in 1988 and Michigan in 1989.
Ancient history? Maybe. With Missouri, Smith is 0-12 against Top 10 teams with an average score of 36-12. The Tigers carry a 34-game losing streak that dates to 1981
against the Top 10.
None of which scares anybody.
"I think they're the best team in the country, and I've seen them all," defensive coordinator Moe Ankney said. "But we are the best team they've played. We're better than Nebraska and Texas and all the other teams they've played."
Saddled with one of the toughest schedules in the nation. Missouri (7-3, 5-2 Big 12) has distinguished itself in losing causes. The Tigers led then-No. 1 Ohio State at halftime on the road before falling 35-14, and also led at the break at No. 7 Nebraska before faltering.
With more effective special teams, Missouri could be in the top 10. On Saturday, a missed 26-yard field goal and two poor plays by punt returner Randy Potter, who allowed one ball to roll past him to the 2-yard-line and then fumbled to set up the winning score for Texas A&M, were the difference in a 17-14 loss to the No. 6-ranked Aggies.
Smith has no specific formula for knocking off the big boys, except not to get too excited.
"When you play the really, really big games, the No. 1 thing you focus on is not
the hype," Smith said. "The hype is there, and I don't have to build it up and do all these special things."
A 41-11 loss last year to then-No. 22 Kansas State (10-0, 7-0 Big 12) is almost as big a motivating factor as the Wildcats lofty ranking this year. Tailback Devin
West accused the Wildcats of running up the score.
"Both teams have developed a hatred for each other," West said. "They would have gone for more touchdowns if they could, that's the type of team they are."
Quarterback Corby Jones gets additional motivation from seeing what has hap-
Smith: Says team needs to focus to knock off K-State.
peneted to the Kansas State program, once one of the nation's bottom feeders.
"I want to go out and win that game because of who they are and because of where we need to be," Jones said.
Braves pitcher wins Cy Young after close ballot
The Associated Press
NEW YORK - Tom Glavine edged reliever Trevor Hoffman to win his second NL Cy Young Award yesterday, the sixth time in eight years an Atlanta Braves pitcher has earned the honor
The 32-year-old left-hander became the first Cy Young winner not to receive the most firstplace votes.
In the closest balloting for the award in 11 years. Hoffman received the most first-place votes but fell 11 points short of Glavine, who appeared on three more ballots.
Glavine received 11 first-place votes, 13 seconds, five thirds and was left off three ballots
Glavine, who also won the award in 1991, led the league with 20 wins and was tied for third with a 2.47 ERA. Hoffman had perhaps the most dominating season ever out of the bullpen, saving 53 games in 54 chances.
The 32 voters from the Baseball Writers' Association of America list the top three pitchers on their ballots.
The last time the NL Cy Young vote was this close was 1987, when Steve Bedrosian beat Rick Sutcliffe by two votes and Rick Reuschel by three.
The last time any BBWAA award winner failed to receive the most first-place votes was in 1995 when Seattle Lou Piniella beat Boston's Kevin Kennedy for AL Manager of the Year. It has happened three times in MVP voting.
Another Padres pitcher, Kevin Brown, was third with eight firsts, eight seconds, 12 thirds for 76 points. Glavine's teammates, John Smoltz and Greg Maddux, tied for fourth with 10 points each.
For much of the season Glavine wasn't even the best pitcher on his staff.
best player had all but wrapped up the award at the All-Star break with a 12-2 record and 1.54 atra. But he struggled down the stretch, going 6-7 with an un-Madduxlike 3.18 ERA. He finished 18-9 with a league-leading 2.22 ERA, but couldn't join Roger Clemens as the only five-time Cy Young winners. Clemens won his fifth Monday.
Glavine's win returns the award to Atlanta. Montreal's Pedro Martinez won last year, and Maddux won in 1992 for the Cubs, the year before he signed with the Braves.
Smoltz, the 1996 winner, finished 17-3 with a 2.90 ERA in a season in which he was twice on the disabled list with an inflamed elbow.
Hoffman allowed less than a baserunner per inning and struck out more than one batter per inning. He went 4-2 with a 1.48 ERA. Only four NL relievers have won the award, none since Mark Davis with San Diego in 1989.
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