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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
INSIDE SPORTS
MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2004
Kansas athletics calendar
WEDNESDAY
Women's basketball vs. Western Illinois at home, 7
p.m.
THURSDAY
Men's basketball vs. TCU at home, 8 p.m.
SATURDAY
Men's basketball vs. UL-Lafayette at home, 7 p.m.
Track vs. Kansas State, Manhattan, all day
intramural scoreboard
Balling in the rain
Pre-holiday basketball
Thursday's Scores
Men's
Fiji 1 def. Delta Chi 4 (54-32)
Jayhawk West def. Booty Poppers (57-41)
NSCS def. Glideators (45-43)
One-N-Done def. Ho-Rams (57-48)
Johnny kilroys def. Pi Kappa Phi 2 (60-44)
Burn def. STI's (65-54)
Handful of Crackers def. The Tornadoes (54-45)
Pocket Aces def. Off the Hizzle (86-50)
Ghetto Fab All-Stars def. The Walk-Ons (49-46)
Zags def. Fiji 2 (85-36)
Vic Romano def. Strikers (49-43)
White Girls def. And Twins (50-48)
Women's:
Hawks def. Keep Shooting (40-36)
Chopper City def. AD Pi (88-21)
CoRec:
stobbernackers def. Pink Ball Baby (50-44)
Hawks def. Smokey and the Bandits (50-44)
MLB
Steroid abusers of present, notpast, pursued by Selig
NEW YORK — For all the fuss over reported admissions of steroid use by Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield, major league baseball probably won't discipline them.
Instead of addressing the past, baseball commissioner Bud Selig is more concerned with pressuring players to agree to more frequent testing before the current labor contract expires in December 2006.
Already convicted in the court of public opinion, the players who testified before a federal grand jury are protected from discipline because steroids weren't banned by major league baseball until Sept. 30, 2002, previously undetectable THG wasn't prohibited until last March, and Human Growth Hormone still isn't blacklisted.
And while baseball's labor contract calls for penalties for positive tests and criminal convictions, there's no discipline specified for fessing up to past use.
"These articles say baseball is reeling from these allegations." Mets pitcher Tom Glavine, a players' association leader, said yesterday. "To me, there is nothing new. People have been talking about the steroid issue for several years now. What's coming out of the grand jury testimony, I don't think there's anything surprising. Yes, it's a big story. It absolutely needs to be addressed. But it shouldn't be surprising or earth-shattering to anybody."
Dozens of major leaguers gather this week for the union's annual executive board meeting, which starts Monday in Phoenix.
The Associated Press
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Sager Sarsani, Hyderabad, India, graduate student, drives through the lane past J.P. Pakalapati, Kakinada, India, graduate student. Sarsani and Pakalapati played basketball with two other friends last night outside the Student Recreation Fitness Center despite the cold and the rain. “We came out and played for the love of the game,” Pakalapati said.
Emotional Chiefs get victory, inspiration
OAKLAND, Calif. — A smiling Dick Vermell scurried through the tight quarters of the visiting locker room hugging and high-fiving his players.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
It took a near perfect half by Trent Green, tender ribs and all, to get the Chiefs an important comeback win.
Kansas City's disappointing season took a positive turn yesterday, and the emotional coach felt some sense of relief to finally be on the winning end again.
Green completed 14-of-15 passes after halftime for 229 of his 340 yards and hit Eddie Kennison for a tiebreaking 70-yard touchdown with 2:04 left in Kansas City's 34-27 victory over the Oakland Raiders yesterday.
"Trent did a beautiful job." Vermill said. "Sometimes you take him for granted because you see him do so many wonderful things. I don't know if any quarterback has had a better second half of football than he played today. ... We've been struggling. It was big for us. We needed it badly."
Kennison's winning catch came at the 35-yard line, then he ran out of the grasp of rookie safety Stuart Schweigert.
The Chiefs (4-8) scored on all four of their second-half possessions to end a four-game losing streak.
"From the overall game management standpoint, it was my best game," said Green, who didn't know for sure until Friday that he would play. "All four of our receivers were going deep. I noticed Eddie was behind his coverage."
Kennison finished with eight catches for 149 vards.
Larry Johnson scored two secondhalf touchdowns, on a five-yard run and a 10-vard reception from Green.
Johnson was given the game ball afterward, and praised by general manager Carl Peterson.
"A lot of people in the media said I couldn't do what I did today," said Johnson, the team's top draft pick in 2003. "I knew if I got the opportunity, I could do something."
Kansas football grabs three recruits
BY JONATHAN KEALING
jkealing@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWINTER
It was the University's housing that sold defensive lineman Bobby Johnson on the University of Kansas.
This weekend Johnson joined two other recruits as the newest additions to a growing football team.
In an interview with *Rivals.com* the 6-foot-3, 270 pound, defensive lineman said that he loved everything about the visit. One thing really stuck with him, though.
"One thing I really liked were the dorms. They were huge. They are bigger than the apartments." Johnson told
Rivals.com. Many players live in Jayhawker Towers.
Johnson comes out of Kansas City, Mo., and goes to Westport High School. A two-star recruit, Johnson is listed as the 19th best recruit in the state of Missouri.
Johnson also reported that another recruit committed just before he did, after visiting this weekend. According to Johnson, 6-foot-3, 295 pound, defensive lineman Wayne Wilder also will be attending Kansas next year.
Wilder will come in as a transfer from Garden City Community College. He has also received offers from Iowa State and Kansas State, and interest from Florida
and Arkansas, Wilder is originally from Macon, Ga., and plans to graduate from Community College in December.
He could join the Kansas team at semester.
Russel Brorsen, 6-foot-4, 235 pounds, also visited this weekend, and reported to *Rivals.com* that he left impressed. Out of Stillwater, Okla., Brorsen also wrestles and had a hard time finding time to visit. When he did manage to make it to Lawrence Saturday, he left impressed.
Brorsen reported to Rivals.com that he informed coach Bill Young that he wanted to be a Javhawk.
"It feels nice to make a commitment."
he said. "Now it takes the pressure off me. Now I don't have to worry whether Kansas will fill up their scholarships."
Brorsen had 59 tackles this season, and received interest from Oklahoma State, Tulsa and Navy according to Rinals.com.
Johnson was also being recruited by Tula and Wyoming and was receiving intr. est from Missouri. Wilder received offers from South Carolina and Florida, according to Rivals.com.
These three join a list of five who have already given verbal commitments to the lavhawks, according to Rivals.com.
— Edited by Johanna M. Maska
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