2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
INSIDE SPORTS
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 8,2004
TODAY
Kansas athletics calendar
Women's basketball vs. Western Illinois at home at 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
Men's basketball vs. TCU at home at 8 p.m.
Nike's basketball vs. UL-Lafayette at home at 7 p.m.
Treck at Kansas State, all day, Manhattan
Monday's intramural scores
BASKETBALL
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Leavenworth Roughriders def. Delta Chi 2 66-47
More Cowbell def. Notebrowners 57-28
Salt Dawgs def. The Real McCoys 65-58
Liberty Lancers def. Dano 49-34
Your Mom def. SAE 1 65-45
Fiji def. Beta 1 55-41
Seminoles def. Philamutating evil 77-57
Delta Chi 1 def. KUEA Shootallers 41-26
Zags def. One-N-Done 62-59
Johnny Kilroy's def. A5 70-44
Vic Ramano def. NSCS 66-19
Theta Chi 1 def. All Stars 55-51
Pocket Aces def. Kappa Sig 1 58-35
E-Town def. LCA 1 47-32
Jayhawk West def. Ghetto Fab All-Stars 63-37
CoRec
High Scars def. There ain't no we either 76-49
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HARTFORD, Conn. — Barbara Turner had 17 points, 11 rebounds and two blocked shots to lead eighth-ranked Connecticut to a 55-32 victory Tuesday night over Hartford.
Connecticut defeats Hartford in sluggish intrastate game
Turner was the only player in double figures for UConn (4-1), which had a previous low this season of 65 points in a 71-65 loss last month to North Carolina.
But UConn was in no danger this time, because Hartford (4-1) fared even worse. The Hawks missed 10 straight shots and had nine turnovers in an 11-minute stretch of the first half. Erika Messam led Hartford with 13 points.
It was the first time Auriemma, who has five NCAA titles, has gone head-to-head against one of his former players.
The game featured the matchup of UConn coach Geno Auriemma and Hartford's Jennifer Rizzotti, his former player from the Huskies' first national championship team.
ATHENS, Ga. — Kylan Loney had five 3s among her 23 points, and Arizona State took advantage of 24 turnovers by Georgia.
Arizona St. 67, No. 11 Georgia 57
The Sun Devils (7-1) scored 30 points off the turnovers. That negated 59-percent shooting by the Lady Dogs (5-3), who got 16 points from Tasha Humphrey.
No. 19 Maryland 91, St. Bonaventure 42
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Shay Doron scored 25 points to lead five Maryland players in double figures.
Doron went 10-for-15, including 3-of-5 from 3-point range, for the Terrapins (6-1), who shot 60 percent in the second half.
St. Bonaventure (2-4) made 27 turnovers, leading to 34 Maryland points. Crystal Langhorne scored 12 points, Ashleigh Newman 11, Kalika France 11 and Laura Harper 10 for the Terrapins.
Joshua Kendall / KANSAN
The Associated Press
Forward Jamie Boyd passes around Steve Wallace during KU women's basketball practice yesterday. The squad often plays against the male practice team, 'The Dream Teamers.'
Manning near Marino's record
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
There are traces of Johnny Unitas, Dan Marino, Joe Montana and Steve Young in Peyton Manning, not to mention the DNA of dear old dad, Archie.
They're all there in his arm, his accuracy. his eyes, his brains.
He commands the field as they did, scanning targets, clicking them off side to side, throwing short or long. The way he passes, the way he's protected by his line, and the way Edgerrin James runs, this Manning need not often risk his limbs or skull scampering around.
Peyton Manning is in the lineage of those quarterback icons and he's snatching pieces of their records one by one, sometimes in one fell swoop.
On Sunday, when Indianapolis is at Houston, Manning needs five touchdown passes to break Marino's NFL single-season record of 48 in 1984. Playing in the Colts' 13th game with three to go, Manning is on pace for 58 TD passes this year. When the Colts hosted the Texans last month, Manning threw for five TDs.
If that is football's equivalent of the home run record, Manning could shatter Marino's mark by a greater percentage than Barry Bonds' 73 home runs or Mark McGwire's 70 eclipsed Roger Marsi' 61.
At the same time, Manning is on
Numbers like that, plus film of him picking apart secondaries, drive defenses crazy. They look for flaws and see few.
course to take down Young's quarterback record, 112.4, with an astounding 126.3 mark so far.
"He's as close to a football god as there is right now," Chicago Bears defensive end Adewale Ogunleye said recently. "The way they're playing on offense, it's like Madden 2005."
Manning is at another level. His line keeps him out of sack trouble. James, the NFL's second-leading rusher with 1,291 yards and eight TDs, keeps defenses honest. The air force is deep: Marvin Harrison (67 catches for 870 yards and 12 TDs); Reggie Wayne (56-875, 10 TDs); Brandon Stokley (55-882, nine TDs); Marcus Pollard (23-233, six TDs); and Dallas Clark (18-357, five TDs).
It's as new as the latest video game and as old as the vintage teams quarterbacked by the players Manning is surpassing. They commanded offensive juggernauts in their time, playing catch with their favorite receivers.
His three-TD, 425-yard effort this past Sunday in a victory over Tennessee didn't tire out Manning enough to keep him from trying to
Manning's toughest job is to divide the yards and TDs evenly, keep everyone alert and happy.
keep some other people happy on Monday. Without a lot of fanfare, he hosted 1,100 disadvantaged kids for a holidays celebration at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, giving them hugs, shaking their hands and signing autographs.
This is the year of the surpassing passer in the NFL. Manning is the best by far, but others are enjoying some of the finest seasons in history.
Philadelphia's Donovan McNabb, having the best season of his six-year career, erased Montana's record for consecutive completions. He hit on his first 14 passes in the Eagles' 47-17 victory over Green Bay on Sunday, a week after completing his last 10 passes in a victory over Eli Manning and the New York Giants.
Pittsburgh rookie Ben Roethlisberger is flirting with perfection of a different sort, leading the Steelers on a 10-game winning streak.
Against the Packers, McNabb passed for a career-high five touchdowns and a club-record 464 yards to bring his quarterback rating to 110.4, second-best in the league.
Roethlisberger didn't get the respect and the money Eli Manning did in the NFL draft last spring, but he has a virtual lock on offensive Rookie of the Year. He is fourth among the six quarterbacks with ratings over 100, and he is the only rookie among them.
Dealing deadline nearing for teams
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Namar Garciaparra stayed with the Chicago Cubs, and the Boston Red Sox made arbitration offers to Pedro Martinez and several other World Series stars yesterday, the first big deadline of the offseason for teams and free agents.
Garciaparra agreed to an $8 million, one-year contract to remain with the Cubs, the team that acquired him from the Red Sox at the end of July. If he stays healthy, he could make up to $11 million with Chicago.
"I just felt Chicago is the best place for me," he said. "I'm looking forward to going out there and, hopefully, turning this into a long-term relationship."
Chicago also agreed to a $2.5 million, one-year contract with second baseman Todd Walker.
Philadelphia agreed to a $5.25 million, two-year deal with left-hander Rheal Cormier, and Seattle settled on a $1.75 million, one-year contract with catcher Dan Wilson.
Houston agreed to two deals, an $800,000, one-year contract with outfield Orlando Palmeiro and a minor league contract with right-hander Russ Springer.
Boston offered arbitration to Martinez, Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek along with shortstop Orlando Cabrera, pitches Pedro Astacio and Mike Myers, infielder Pokey Reese and first baseman David McCarty.
Also, right-hander Kevin Appier launched another comeback bid, agreeing to a minor league contract with the Kansas City Royals.
Players offered arbitration have until Dec. 19 to accept the offers and can re-sign through Jan. 8. If teams don't offer arbitration, they can't resign their former free agents until May 1.
Theo Epstein said some of the players were offered arbitration with the understanding they would not accept arbitration.
In addition, teams get amateur draft picks as compensation when they offer arbitration to top free agents who sign elsewhere.
Because of that, several deals that were close to completion will be finalized once the deadline passes.
The Florida Marlins were close to a contract with Al Leiter, and the New York Yankees were talking to Eric Milton, another left-hander.
Two baseball agents said Tuesday that the New York Mets were negotiating with outfielder Moises Alou.
Many teams planned to wait until the deadline passed to announce their decisions, including the Yankees, Mets and Atlanta Braves.
Arizona offered arbitration to first baseman Richie Sexson, who is expected to sign elsewhere. Anaheim did not offer arbitration to third baseman Troy Glaus, the 2002 World Series MVP.
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