2B SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2007
quote of the day
"Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable."
-Tom Landry, former NFL quarterback
fact of the day
Kansas football's last winning streak against Colorado came when Kansas won in 1980 and 1981.
-Kansas football media guide.
trivia of the day
Q: Has Kansas football ever defeated Texas A&M?
A: Yes. In 1974 Kansas won 28-10 at home in its first game and only win against Texas A&M. Kansas is 1-7 overall against Texas A&M.
— Kansas football media guide
Friday, Oct. 12
Boston 10. Cleveland 3
Saturday, Oct. 13
Cleveland 13, Boston 6
Monday, Oct. 15
Cleveland 4, Boston 2
Tuesday, Oct. 16
Boston at Cleveland
Thursday, Oct. 18
Boston 7. Cleveland 1
Saturday, Oct. 20
Boston 12, Cleveland 2
Sunday, Oct. 21
Boston 11, Cleveland 2
Boston wins series 4-3
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
sports calendar
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Thursday, Oct. 11
Colorado 5, Arizona 1
Friday, Oct. 12
Colorado 3, Arizona 2
Sunday, Oct. 14
Colorado 4, Arizona 1
Monday, Oct. 15
Colorado 6, Arizona 4
Colorado wins series 4-0
WEDNESDAY
Volleyball at Texas A&M; 6:30 p.m., College Station, Texas
FRIDAY
Women's Swimming vs. Missouri, 6 p.m., Lawrence
Soccer vs. Nebraska, 3 p.m., Lawrence
Men's Golf, Landfall Tradition, all day, Wilmington, N.C.
Women's Golf, UA-Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate, all day, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Cross Country, Big 12 Championships, all day, Lubbock, Texas
SATURDAY
Football at Texas A&M, 6 p.m., College Station, Texas Volleyball vs, Missouri, 7 p.m., Lawrence Women's Golf UA, Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate, all day Turs
Women's Golf, UA-Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate, all day, Tuscaloosa. Ala.
Soccer vs. Iowa State. 1 p.m., Lawrence
SUNDAY
Soccer vs. V. Wade, p.m. 10thFloor Women's Golf, UA-Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate, all day, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Rockies use speed to beat opponents, spark streak
DENVER — The Blake Street Bombers are a distant memory. Now, the Colorado Rockies use speed to torment opponents.
"With their speed and their ability to get on base, it completely transformed their lineup," former Houston Astros manager Phil Garner said. "The team doesn't have to depend on the long ball to score runs. They allow a manager to do so much and they set the table for the bigger hitters in their lineup."
MLB
So disruptive is this dynamite duo that the Rockies didn't hesitate to tinker with a lineup that had powered them into the playoffs once Taveras recovered from an injury that kept him out of the final three weeks of the regular season.
Willy Taveras and Kaz Matsui atop the batting order are enough to mess with the mind of any pitcher or catcher.
The Rockies reinserted their center fielder into the leadoff spot for the NL championship series, bumping Matsui to second in the batting order. That relegated Rookie of the Year contender Troy Tulowitzki to seventh and sent streaking Ryan Spillborghs to the bench.
The move paid off when Taveras sparked the winning rally in Game 1, then made a diving catch to save a key run in Game 2, which the Rockies won on his bases-loaded walk in the 11th inning.
But the Rockies kept rolling right along, sweeping Arizona to stretch their streak to 21-1 heading into the World Series.
Taveras joined the Rockies from Houston last winter, and Matsui was rescued from the New York Mets last season after flopping on Broadway. A seven-time All-Star in Japan, he never found a comfort zone in the Big Apple.
Both of them missed significant stretches with injuries this season, but one or the other was usually leading off.
Together, they provide a top of the lineup that most managers can only dream about.
- Associated Press
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FC Dallas 'Abe Thompson, left, and Kansas City Wizards' Jimmy Conrad vie for a header during the first half of an MLS soccer game Saturday in Frisco, Texas. Kansas City won 2-0 and secured a spot in the playoffs.
Chicago burns LA by one
MLS
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Thorrington, once a reserve with Manchester United when David Beckham was a star with the same team, scored in extra time Sunday and the Chicago Fire beat the Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 to earn the MLS eighth and final playoff spot.
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — Blanco's going to the playoffs and Beckham's not. John Thorrington made sure of that.
In a meeting of the league's two marquee designated players, Cuauhtemoc Blanco of the Fire and Beckham of the Galaxy, it was a goal by Thorrington — a late substitution — that sent a Toyota Park-record crowd of 7,234.
Thorrington, who was waived by the Fire in March, worked out with
the Galaxy in the preseason and re-signed with Chicago last month, got open in the middle against goalkeeper Joe Cannon. When Cannon came out to try and stop him, he just popped the ball over his head and into the net.
His teammates then chased him around the field to celebrate.
"The ball just set up nicely for me and thankfully it went in. It took quite a long time for it to clear his hand and then cross the line," Thorrington said.
"Just a big relief to get in the playoffs."
Sidelined by injuries most of his first season with the Galaxy, Beckham came off the bench for a second straight game, entering in the 58th minute to a loud and mixed reception of cheers and boos.
The Galaxy, which entered the game on a seven-game unbeaten streak — as did the Fire — was in no mood for levity after the excruciating loss, one that likely ended the career of veteran midfielder Cobi Jones, who plans to retire after spending
his entire career with the Galaxy.
He also had a free kick in the 90th minute but the ball was headed away.
"We had a good run but obviously early season is what affected us more than anything," Beckham said.
Beckham had a shot from the top of the box in 77th minute, but it sailed over the goal to a chorus of boos.
All the Fire needed was a tie to make the playoffs. The Galaxy needed a victory because it was three points behind the Fire and owned the tiebreaker by winning an earlier meeting.
AP Top 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 20, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
Record W-L Pts Pvs
1. Ohio St. (57) 8-0 1,612 1
2. Boston College (2) 7-0 1,494 3
3. LSU (5) 7-1 1,479 5
4. Oklahoma 7-1 1,421 4
5. Oregon 6-1 1,355 7
6. West Virginia 6-1 1,228 9
7. Arizona St. (1) 7-0 1,156 12
8. Virginia Tech 6-1 1,111 11
9. Florida 5-2 1,107 14
9. Southern Cal 6-1 1,107 13
11. South Florida 6-1 980 2
12. Kansas 7-0 960 15
13. Missouri 6-1 925 15
14. Kentucky 6-2 719 8
15. South Carolina 6-2 649 6
16. Hawaii 7-0 573 17
17. Texas 6-2 497 19
18. California 5-2 444 10
19. Michigan 6-2 401 24
20. Georgia 5-2 394 21
21. Virginia 7-1 315 —
22. Alabama 6-2 263 —
23. Auburn 5-3 248 18
24. Penn St. 6-2 209 —
25. Rutgers 5-2 174 —
Others receiving votes: UCLA 77, Boise St. 72, Wake Forest 50, Connecticut 26, Clemson 21, Wisconsin 17, Air Force 11, BYU 6, Texas Tech 6, Troy 4, Fresno St. 3, Oklahoma St. 3, Tennessee 3, Kansas St. 2, Cincinnati 1, Purdue 1, Texas A&M 1.
Kick the Kansan Last Total Week
Thor Nystrom 6-4 51-19
Mark Dent 6-4 48-22
Eric Jorgensen 4-6 47-23
Erica Johnson 5-5 45-25
Pat Tefft 6-4 44-26
Case Keefer 3-7 44-26
Bryan Wheeler 6-4 43-27
Britt Beasley 6-4 43-27
Rustin Dodd 5-5 43-27
Kelly Breckunitch 5-5 43-27
Erick R. Schmidt 7-3 42-28
Travis Robinett 4-6 42-28
Tyler Passmore 4-6 42-28
Taylor Bern 6-4 41-29
Matt Erickson 5-5 41-29
Asher Fusco 6-4 40-30
Scott Toland 8-2 39-31
Ashlee Kieler 5-5 39-31
Emily Muskin 6-4 38-32
Shawn Shroyer 5-5 37-33
Mark Stevens 5-5 36-24*
Bill Walberg 6-4 35-25*
Drew Bergman 9-1 35-25*
*Did not pick for week 1
Kicked the Kansan: No one could top Drew Bergman's 9-1 record, and yet again, the Kansan was not kicked.
Best of the rest: Cole Roe (Salina senior), Cody Ayers (Garden City senior) and David Rumsey (Wichita Senior) each tied with an 8-2 record, but Roe's tie-breaking score prediction was closer than the rest.
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