THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2006
SPORTS
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who participated in the event last year improved their times significantly. Redwine credited their off-season workouts and their maturity.
The Jayhawks will have this week to continue training before they head to Minnesota to compete in the Roy Griak Invitational. The team is considering this the first regular-season meet of the year.
"We are looking forward to Minnesota and continuing our training and practice, with the hope that it will pay off in the
future," Redwine said.
They ran a 5K in Manhattan, but the Minnesota event will be a full 6K.
Senior Benson Chesang will also make his debut. Redwine said he held Chesang out of the first events of the year to keep his legs fresh.
Kansan sportswriters Evan Kafarakis and Michael Phillips can be contacted at editor@kansan.com.
Edited by Dianne Smith
Part of that lack of rhythm can be contributed to ULM's defensive switches at the line of scrimmage and in the secondary to confuse Kansas' young quarterback. Meier said the switches were expected and the team planned for it in its practices last week.
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"They just came out and were more aggressive," Meter said. "But luckily we played well enough to get the victory."
For the third-straight game, senior running back Jon Cornish rushed for at least 100 yards. Cornish has fared well so far this season, totaling nearly 250 yards in two games. He
averaged nearly five yards per carry against ULM.
Between Cornish and Meter, Kansas was able to find a balance between the pass and run, which is something Mangino hoped to establish with the offense.
After looking at tape of Saturday's game, Mangino said that the key for the offense's improvement was being able to eliminate some mistakes and breakdowns, but that the offense was on the right track.
"We're playing well," he said. "I can see our team improving as we go and we need to continue that progress and play well."
Football Notes:
》 USF Kick off Time Announced: Kansas' game against South Florida will kick off at 6 p.m. Sept. 23 and be televised by Fox Sports Net. It will be Kansas' second national television game this season. Also, the Nov. 25 game at Missouri will be televised on ABC at 11 a.m.
>> Toledo game scheduling:
>> Kansas plays its first Friday night game of the Mangino era when it takes on Toledo this Friday at 7 p.m. While
Mangino said hed prefer for Friday night to remain exclusively for high school football, he had no choice but to schedule the game on a Friday.
》 "The options were Thursday night or Friday night," Mangino said.
"I just didn't think it would be fair to our program and players to travel on Wednesday and play a Thursday game."
Kansan senior sportswriter Ryan Schneider can be contacted at rschneider@kansan.com.
Edited by Nicole Kelley
TOUR DE FRANCE
Review board to investigate winner's drug test results
BY EDDIE PELLS ASSOCIATED PRESS
The attorney for Floyd Landis asked Monday that doping charges be dismissed, hinting for the first time at the Tour de France winner's official defense — that his positive testosterone tests were flawed and did not meet World Anti-Doping Agency standards.
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in a letter sent to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, attorney Howard Jacobs disputed the accuracy of the carbon isotope ratio tests performed on Landis' urine sample at a lab in
France.
Jacobs also argued the analysis of a different test, the testosterone-epitestosterone analysis, "Is replete with fundamental, gross errors." including mismatched sample code numbers. Jacobs said the positive finding on the backup 'B' sample came from a sample number not assigned to Landis.
"It's incredibly sloppy" work, Jacobs said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "It has to make you wonder about the accuracy of the work."
Both Landis and USADA had
representatives at the testing of the 'B' sample.
USADA general counsel Travis Tygart said the doping agency couldn't comment on specific cases but noted it is not unusual for athletes and their attorneys to seek dismissal of cases.
"Our standard process allows all athletes to make a submission to the USADA review board, and those submissions are seriously considered prior to any case going forward," Tygart said.
A review board is expected to
issue a recommendation on Landis' case sometime in the next week. That process could be delayed if USADA responds directly to Jacobs' letter.
If the review board recommends sanctions against Landis, he is expected to appeal and ask for an arbitration hearing. Jacobs has said he would seek a public hearing, and USADA has said it would agree to that.
Landis issued a statement reasserting his innocence.
"I did not take testosterone or
any other performance-enhancing substance, and I'm very happy that the science is confirming my innocence," he said. "I was relieved, but not surprised, when I learned that scientific experts found problems with the test."
Dr. Gary Wadler, a member of WADA and a spokesman for the American College of Sports Medicine, said Landis' attempt to have the charges dismissed by questioning the science behind the tests wasn't unusual.
"It's not useful to speculate about
NFL
Rams' season debut reversal of last season
BY R.B. FALLSTROM ASSOCIATED PRESS
"It's nothing major, no setback," Kennedy said. "Just keep going."
ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Rams defensive tackle Jimmy Kennedy broke his right hand on his second play, had a cast put on and got back on the field as soon as he could.
The performance made new defensive coordinator Jim Haslett, head coach of the Saints the previous six seasons, an instant hero. Haslett's aggressive schemes and ability to rapidly blend five new starters bailed out an offense designed by first-year head coach Scott Linehan.
Nobody wanted to niss a snap of the team's surprisingly dominant debut. The Rams defense, ranked 30th overall in the NFL a year ago, pushed around the Denver Broncos in an opening 18-10 victory on Sunday.
"You know what, players made plays," Haslett said Monday. "They want to be one of the better defenses in the league, and they work at it."
Defensive end Leonard Little.
the best of the holdovers, had been reading all summer about how that side of the ball was again going to be the Rams' liability. The Broncos, annually one of the league's best offensive teams, found out how much the defense has progressed.
"Nobody on this planet gave us a chance to win this game," Little said. "It really got me going, and it's going to keep me going the rest of the year just to try to prove people wrong and try to prove critics wrong."
The Rams' first-team offense, which did not score a touchdown in 11 preseason possessions, again came up empty in the opener, leaning on Jeff Wilkins' franchise-record six field goals. St. Louis won without scoring a touchdown, and was 0-for-5 inside the 20 — not counting kneel-downs at the finish.
St. Louis forced five turnovers, setting the tone with takeaways on three straight possessions in the first half.
"That's not surprising," Little said. "This defense is based on getting turnovers. That's what Coach Haslett said from the get-go."
MLB
Cardinals pitcher out for hip injury Practice helps player recover from shot; return date still unknown
ST.LOUIS - Cardinals closer Jason Isringhausen received a cortisone shot for his ailing hip on Monday, and St. Louis said he won't be used until the weekend.
Isringhausen has not pitched since: Wednesday, when he blew his career-high 10th save in 43 chances.
After giving up two runs in the ninth inning of a 7-6 loss at Washington, he said the hip had been bothering him.
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"I'm really not doing anything until later this week," Isringhausen said. "I don't know what's going to happen."
Isrringhausen had hip surgery in October 2004 after saving a career-high 47 games for a team that made
"I was having headaches come and go a couple of times a day" Edmonds said. "Now it's down to one or two the last couple of days"
future holds. Hopefully everything will get better, I'll go about my business and hopefully there's not too many setbacks."
the science, until the science has had its day in the hearing process." Wadler said. "Only then do I think we can come to come conclusions. Until then, any assertion is only an assertion."
Edmonds did not accompany the team on a 2-5 trip. He worked out Sunday and said he felt "a little funny" when he stepped up the intensity of the workout, but took batting practice for the first time in more than a week.
Eckstein took ground balls for about 15 minutes Monday and said he was close to returning, although he didn't know if it would be during this homestand. He took batting practice indoors off a machine.
"I have a lot of anxiety right now in trying to fix it," Edmonds said. "I don't really know what the
The Cardinals also began a six-game homestand without center fielder Jim Edmonds and shortstop David Eckstein. Edmonds has made one start in the last 22 games due to post-concussion syndrome, and Eckstein missed his 22nd game with a strained left side muscle.
Edmonds said he had been experiencing fewer headaches.
"I'd hate to put a date out there and then not make it," Eckstein said. "We're very encouraged by what's going on. The thing about it is you have to be able to repeat stuff day after day."
its first World Series appearance in 17 years. He has a team-record 173 saves in five seasons with St. Louis and 249 for his career, with seven straight 20-save seasons.
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