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THE UNIVERSITY OF BARRY KANSAN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2006
NFL will begin playing outside the U.S. in 2007
NEW ORLEANS — The NFL will play as many as two regular-season games per year outside the United States starting
in 2007, with Mexico, Canada England and Germany as possible sites for starters.
The plan, first announced last month, was approved at the recommendation of new commissioner Roger Goodell, who said the benefits of reaching an international audience outweighed the loss of some teams' home games.
Mark Waller, senior vice president of NFL International, said the league expected to schedule only one overseas game in 2007.
Injury unlikely to stop Roethlisberger on Sunday
2 PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger's second concussion in slightly more than four months may not keep him out
of the Pittsburgh Steelers' lineup Sunday or prevent him from practicing this week.
The Super Bowl-winning quarterback is questionable for Sunday's game in Oakland, but Bill Cowher sounded very much like a coach who expects to have his starting quarterback ready to go this week.
Roethlisberger was briefly knocked unconscious during a helmet-to-helmet hit with the Falcons' Chauncey Davis.
BRISTOL, Conn.
— ESPN's telecast of the New York Giants' 36-22 win over the Dallas Cowboys on
Football game on ESPN attracts most viewers
Monday night was viewed by the largest audience in cable history
The network announced that the game, featuring two of the NFL's biggest rivals, was seen in an average of 11,807,000 homes, based on a 12.8 rating. That translates to 16,028,000 viewers.
The previous record for cable television was the debate about NAFTA in November 1993, between then-vice president Al Gore and Ross Perot.
Offensive coordinator resigns from Cleveland
4 BEREA, Ohio — Maurice Caronthan said Cleveland's offensive coordinator, two days after the Browns' NFL-
worst offense scored seven points in a loss to Denver.
First game time switched by new TV contract
5 NEW YORK — The Chicago Bears' game against the New York Giants at the Meadowlands on Nov. 12 was switched by the NFL
from an afternoon to a night game, the first under the flexible scheduling format implemented in the new television contract.
Group led by Oklahoma approved to buy 'Sonics
6 OKLAHOMA CITY -- NBA owners unanimously approved the sale of the SuperSonics to a group headed by Oklahoma City
businessman Clay Bennett, who says he wants to keep the team in Seattle.
Bennett's group purchased the SuperSonics and WNBA's Storm from the Basketball Club of Seattle on July 18 for $350 million.
The Associated Press
Cross Country, Big 12
Championships, 10 a.m., Rim
Rock Farm
Calendar
Soccer vs. Colorado, 3 p.m.
Jayhawk Soccer Complex
FRIDAY
Player to watch:
Sophomore goalkeeper
Julie Hanley was named
Co-Defensive
of the
Hanley
second consecutive week. Han
ley held both Baylor and Texas Tech scoreless in last weekend's games.
Co-Defensive Player of the Week for the
Swimming & Diving at Missouri, 6 p.m., Columbia, Mo.
Men's golf, 2006 Landfall Tradition, TBA, Wilmington, N.C.
Women's golf, The Derby Invitational, all day, Auburn, Ala.
SATURDAY
Football vs. Colorado, 1 p.m., Memorial Stadium
Volleyball vs. Texas Tech, 7
p. m., Horejsi Family Athletics Center
Men's go golf, 2006 Landfall Tradition, TBA, Wilmington, N.C.
Women's golf, The Derby Invitational, all day, Auburn, Ala.
SUNDAY
Men's golf, BWA Landfall Tradition, TBA, Wilmington, N.C.
Women's golf, The Derby Invitational, all day, Auburn, Ala.
- Women's Rowing, Head of the Iowa, TBA, Iowa City, Iowa
》THE RANT
Loss of Giles not fatal to Jayhawks
BY RYAN COLAIANNI
KANSAN SPORTS COLUMNIST
RCOLAIANNI@KANSAN.COM
Let's just say that this entire C.J. Giles fiasco could have been a lot worse.
It could have been Julian Wright. It could have been Brandon Rush. Instead it was a player who likely would not have started this season.
Yes, the loss of Giles is going to have an effect on the Kansas basketball team, but it won't be detrimental to the Jayhawks' title hopes. Kansas has too much depth and too much talent this season to allow that to happen.
Giles started 13 games last season, but only two of those were conference games. Giles eventually lost his starting position to Sasha Kaun, who was the likely choice to start this season at center. Now the job is definitely Kaun's.
Except for his performance during last year's spectacular come-from-behind victory against Oklahoma where he played his best game defensively, Giles never did anything exceptional on the floor.
Throughout his first two seasons, Giles was inconsistent. One game he was blocking five shots, the next he was picking up two fouls in the first five minutes of the game. He struggled from the free-throw line and fell in love with his jump shot at the wrong times.
Giles skipped practice, apparently has academic issues and has legal troubles for allegedly failing to pay child support. All of this has led to his indefinite suspension.
"I think I said last week he would have the opportunity to possibly straighten some personal issues out," Self told reporters. "There hasn't been enough time elapsed to know if that has been done. But there are so many things, it would be very difficult for him to do that ever at Kansas."
The decision could come as early as this week for Giles and then the distractions will end for the other Kansas basketball players. They will no longer have to wonder whether Giles will be back and can focus strictly on the season ahead.
Giles' loss could force sophomore forward Julian Wright to continue his play at the power forward position this year. Coach Bill Self said before the season that Bill would
play more at his natural position, the small forward. Wright, at least early on, will be expected to continue guarding bigger players underneath the basket, a role he played so well last year. Wright will probably be able to play more of the small forward position this year but will have to wait until freshman forward Darrell Arthur develops and understands the complexities of the college game.
Giles' situation is all-too-familiar in college athletics. Collegiate players who believe they have the ability to play in the NBA sometimes also have the idea that they can do anything they want. I don't know whether this was the way Giles was thinking, but obviously something didn't register. Last season he played limited minutes after failing to attend class for the first day of the spring semester.
For now, we will wait to see whether Giles will get it all together before the season starts. Even if he doesn't, the lajayhills will still be the deepest team in the country.
Kansan sports columnist Ryan Colaianni can be contacted at rcolaiani@kansan.com.
Edited by Derek Korte
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KU SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WELFARE The University of
October 27, 2006
Kansas Union, Ballroom
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Career Carnival
Photo by: Earl Richardson, University Relations
- See what social workers do!
- Meet with BSW, MSW & Ph.D. admissions staff.
• Find out about career options in social work.
For more information go to:
http://www.socwelku.edu/careercarnival/
*****
Take Advantage of Pre-Social Work Group Advising Sessions:
The dates/times are:
Tues., October 24th, 12-2 pm, 208 Twente Hall
Wed., November 1st, 9-11 am, 208 Twente Hall and
Fri., November 10th, 1-3pm, 208 Twente Hall
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