L.A. HIRES RUSSELL
BILL RUSSELL, who succeeded Tom Lasorda as the Los Angeles Dodgers manager at midseason, will hold the job for at least two more years.
Russell, who played for the Dodgers from 1970-86, becomes only the third manager of the team in 43 years.
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"It's a great day," a choked-up
Russell said yesterday at a packed Dodger Stadium news conference, "I feel very fortunate to follow Walter Alston, Tommy Lasorda. I just hope I can do my share to carry on the tradition."
TIGER KEEPS RAKING IT IN
BONDS WANTS OUT
The second dump of money in the TIGER WOODS sweepstakes became official Thursday when the Acushnet Co. completed an equipment
deal with Woods, Sources said it was worth $20 million for five years.
BARRY BONDS wants to be traded in the wake of his father's demotion by San Francisco.
Bonds, who has two years left on a sixyear, $43.7 million contract, is "very upset about it." Barry Bonds is just right now, OK? ) Bonds's agent Dennis Gilbert said.
Ken Gumick, a spokesman for the Beverly Hills Sports Council, which represents Bonds,
confirmed Bonds's
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nobs Bonds's unhappiness.
"He doesn't feel like the team appreciates or wants him," he said.
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California coach has past in the sport of football
BERKELEY, Calif. — The resume of University of California's Steve Mariucci, who in his first season as head coach has led the Golden Bears to a 5-0 record:
Led Northern Michigan to the Division II national championship as a sophomore quarterback in 1975. Elected into the Northern Michigan University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988.
Quarterbacks and running backs coach at Northern Michigan 1978-79.
Quarterbacks coach and special teams coordinator, California State, Fullerton, 1980-82.
Assistant head coach and offensive coordinator, Louisville. 1983-84.
Receivers and special teams coach, University of Southern California, 1986.
Receivers coach, Orlando Renegades of the USFL, and quality control coach, Los Angeles Rams, 1985.
Receivers, special teams coach and offensive coordinator, California, 1987-91.
Quarterbacks coach, Green Bay Packers, 1992-95.
California head coach, 1996 present.
Quotable: "I want to see (Cal) grow to a first-class program where we're in the Top 10 year-in, year-out. I want to see the stadium full. I want Strawberry Canyon on Saturday afternoons to be the thing to do in the Bay area, an event, a happening. I want to see it like a lot of those teams in the South and in the Midwest, where that's what matters on Saturdays. Back there, it's Friday night high school football, Saturday college football and Sunday church and pro football. That's it. Shovel the snow and rake the leaves. There it is."
Personal: Born Nov. 4, 1955, in Iron Mountain, Mich. Married with four children ranging in age from 1 to 11.
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Jayhawks ready to run
By Dan Geiston Kansan sportswriter
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It's a good guess that the offensive game plan for both Kansas (3-1) and Texas Tech (3-2) tomorrow will include heavy reliance on the running game.
After all, the Jayhawks have the nation's third leading rusher in senior June Henley, and the Red Raiders counter with junior Byron Hanspard, who is rated No. 2.
The two teams play at 1 p.m tomorrow at Memorial Stadium. It is the Jayhawks first home game in 43 days, and Kansas senior wide receiver Isaac Byrd said it would be a chance for Kansas fans to get a good look at Henley and Hanspard, two of the leading candidates for the Heisman Trophy.
"Those two are about as good as it gets," he said. "I'm really looking forward to seeing them run. Hopefully Hanspard won't get too much of a chance to run though."
Hanspard averages 222.40 yards a game, including 287 last week in a victory against Baylor.
Jason Thoren, left cornerback, moves in to take down James Allen in last Saturday's game against Oklahoma. Kansas will have to rely heavily on its defense to stop Texas Tech's running game.
Texas Tech coach Spike Dykes said Hanspard had shown great improvement since last season.
"I think probably the difference in him this year and last year is the fact that he really is harder to bring down," he said. "He breaks a lot of tackles. He does stay on his feet well and has great balance."
Henley last week had a seasonlow 63 yards and 27 carries in the Jayhawks 52-24 victory against Oklahoma. He still has 667 yards this season for a 166.75 yards-agame average.
When asked what he knew about Hanspard, Henley said, "They got him up for the Heisman, they got me up for the Heisman."
In last week's victory against the Sooners, the Jayhawks got 24 points from special teams play. That didn't go unnoticed by Dykes.
at Kansas," he said. "It was real obvious watching that ballgame and watching that tape, that was the difference in the ballgame. It
"They've got great special teams
will scare you to death. We will have a lot of special teams work to do this week."
While Dykes is worried about his
The Jayhawks have allowed 812 total passing yards in the past two weeks and a 100-yard rusher in each game as well. Kansas is No. 86 in the nation defensively.
But changes in the lineup last week, including moving junior Tony Blevins from free safety to cornerback and putting sophomore Michael Allen in Blevins spot did not pay off.
Mason said he wasn't happy with his defense, didn't see any improvement in it and might make changes.
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"Just because you make changes doesn't mean it will fix it," Mason said. "You have to rethink things, and that's exactly what we're doing now. We're going to have to play better all the way around."
The Red Raiders lead the series 4-0, though the teams haven't played since 1970. It will be the first time they have played as Big 12 Conference rivals.
Swimmers, divers to make waves tonight
Members of the KU Swimming Team practice Wednesday in Robinson for the upcoming annual Crimson and Blue swim meet at 7:00 p.m. today at Robinson Natatorium.
By Matt Woodruff Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas swimming and diving team will participate in the annual Crimson and Blue Meet at 7:00 p.m. tonight in the Robinson Natatorium.
The intrasqued meet will give most of the team its first chance of the season to compete and a chance to see how far members have come in practice.
"This is very important for us we can see where we stand and so the kids can see where they're at," Kansas swimming coach Gary Kempf said. "It's a chance for them to see what they need to do to make the travel team and what they need to do for the relay teams."
Diving coach Don Fearon said that this would be an opportunity for the divers to see where their work had paid off and where they still needed to improve.
"We'll be looking at this meet as a way of getting a good estimation of where people are and how they need to improve," Fearon said.
Senior Freestyler Erik Jorgensen said he looked forward to the competition.
"It's more or less a way for us to get into a race situation again, and along with that will come some knowledge of where we're at," Jorgensen said. "There's probably a little bit less pressure on the upperclassmen because even though this will be our first meet of the year, we've been through it before." Jorgensen said. "For the freshmen, this is a whole new deal because they've never been through any of it before."
Jorgensen said that starting the season at home helped to relieve some of the pressure.
"We'll be using this as a barometer to see where we're at with our dives and see what we need to keep working on," Fearon said.
'Hawks to take on two tough rivals
Volleyball to play Texas Tech today Baylor tomorrow
By Adam Herschman
Kansan sportswriter
Schonewish was a player on the Nebraska volleyball team when Nelson was a graduate assistant for the Cornhuskers in the early 1980s.
Although the two teams have only met once, Kansas volleyball coach Karen Schonewise and Texas Tech coach Jeff Nelson share a longer history than their teams.
"Karen is certainly a very good coach," Nelson said. "She's a hard worker, a perfectionist. I think it's only a matter of time before they break out."
ence play at 7 tonight in Lubbock, Texas. The Red Raiders won the only other match between the two teams in 1982. Kansas also face Baylor (13-5) at 7 p.m. tomorrow in Waco, Texas.
Kansas (1-3 in the conference) won its last conference match against Oklahoma Saturday night in Allen Field House.
The Jayhawks (7-11) play the No. 25 Red Raiders (15-2) for the first time in Big 12 Confer-
"I think Kansas has improved a lot since the season started," Nelson said. "I just think they're gaining confidence as they go."
Burness, 6-foot,2, is ranked fourth in the nation in blocking. The junior transfer from Kentucky Wesleyan had 100 total blocks last season.
Two players the Jayhawks will have to contain tonight will be senior middle blocker Jill Burness and sophomore setter Lisa Hilgers.
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Of baseball and Budig Hall
Still looking for my "Terrible Towel."
I'm sorry, but this just won't go away.
New York News Daily columnist Mike Lupica was right when he said that Roberto Alomar is just one of the worst villains now, not for all time. But what Lupica didn't say is that Alomar may go down in history as the most under-punished villain in history.
Remember when Pete Rose shoved an umpire. A real classless act. Rose served an immediate 30-day suspension for his actions. But that was back in the days when we had a commissioner with a backbone, A Bartlett Giamatti.
Today, we have a feeble stand-in figure-head named Bud Selig and an American League President (Gene "Buckle-Under" Budig) who I'm embarrassed to claim has Kansas ties.
When all is said and done, I feel that Budig has done baseball a tremendous service. He has shown the public that baseball must have a full-time commissioner, so that when the hammer drops on the next villain, a spineless, cowardly, inept boss like Budig isn't there to lighten the blow.
Since I'm on the subject, I'm heading a committee to rename Budig Hall. I'm looking for an alumnus who hasn't shamed KU since leaving our noble institution. I've already received nominations for Kirstie Alley, Don Johnson and Gale Sayers.
Everyone in America should be rooting against the Baltimore Orioles.
It's Friday again, you know the routine — reader mail.
Last week I received a letter from Sony Electronics, who promised to send me a Sony PlayStation if I gave them a plug in my biweekly column.
I don't know what kind of character these techo bigwigs think they're dealing with. I would never prostitute myself and my column for a 32-bit entertainment system with astonishing graphics that completely blows away the rest of the competition.
Dear Bill — I don't know a whole lot about Texas Tech, but I do know that they have the second leading rusher (Byron Hanspard) in the country. With this guy in the backfield, how many times do you think they'll pass the ball?
About as many times as the word polyester appears in The Bible.
Let me take that back. Texas Tech coach Spike Dykes must be drooling about the prospects of throwing against the Kansas secondary, which was last seen in Fort Worth, Texas, against Texas Christian.
The way the secondary has been playing, if Tech's QB, Zebbie Lethridge, has enough arm strength to pass the potatoes at Thanksgiving dinner he should be able pass against KU's silky-soft secondary on Saturday.
Very promising. Maybe this year your Tigers will cross midfield against Nebraska.
You can e-mail Bill Petulla at:
sports@kansan.com
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