THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2007
SPORTS
3B
sports trivia of the day
Q: How many times has a KU football player been selected as a First-Team Associated Press All-American?
A; 13 times, with the most recent being a place kicker, Bruce Kallmeyer, in 1983.
sports fact of the day
"One thing I've learned over the years is sometimes if you make kicks early in the game, you don't have to make them late."
Place kicker Bruce Kallmeyer continues to hold the KU record for best career field-goal percentage, making 77.9 percent of his kicks.
sports quote of the dav
Gary Anderson,
former NFL place kicker
Hockey
**Who:** Kansas vs. Denver Metro State University **When:** Tonight at 8 **Where:** Ice Midwest Family Fun Center, located at the intersection of 135th and Quivira in Overland Park
club sports
Admission: Students wishing to attend the home opener can board buses at 6:30 p.m. in front of the Crimson and Brew Bar at 9th and Iowa streets. Bus fare costs $5 and admission to the game at ice Midwest is an additional $5.
Men's Soccer
**Who:** Kansas vs. Wichita
**State**
**When:** 1 p.m. Saturday
**Where:** Shenk Sports Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets
**Admission:** Free
Sand trapped
PGA
Tiger Woods hits from a green-side bunker on the ninth hole during the first round of The Tour Championship golf tournament at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta on Thursday. After the first day Woods remains in prime position for a potential seventh title of the year.
Tiger stays on course in opening day
ATLANTA—Given his choice, Tiger Woods likes to see a golf course as difficult as possible.
It didn't take long to figure out that wouldn't be the case Thursday at the Tour Championship, the final playoff event for the FedEx Cup that felt more like preseason considering the marshmallow conditions at East Lake Golf Club.
Clark was among only 10 players who finished the first round because of a three-hour storm delay that made the slow greens even softer, closing with three straight pars.
His wedge to the first green left more of a crater than a pitch mark. And after nearly making an ace on the sixth hole for his fourth birdie of the rain-softened round, a scoreboard showed
Associated Press
NBA
Top pick could miss first season
Greg Oden's NBA career halted because of cartilage damage
BY ANNE M. PETERSON ASSOCIATED PRESS
PORTLAND, Ore. — Greg Oden, the top pick in this year's NBA draft, likely will miss his first season with the Portland Trail Blazers after surgery on his right knee Thursday. Doctors found cartilage damage during an exploratory procedure. Team physician Dr. Don Roberts performed microfracture surgery to repair the damage.
"There are things about this that are positive for Greg. First of all, he is young. The area where the damage was is small and the rest of his knee looked normal." Roberts said
in a statement. "All those are good signs for a complete recovery from microfracture surgery"
The 7-foot center is expected to be on crutches for up to eight months. Full recovery likely will take six to 12 months, the team said.
Oden was the No.1 pick in the June draft out of Ohio State, where he averaged 15.7 points and 9.6 rebounds.
"Certainly this is a setback, but our future is still incredibly bright." Trail Blazers general manager Kevin Pritchard said.
Oden had a tonsillectomy in July after struggling in two Las Vegas summer league games.
working out in the Portland area. The MRI was taken Thursday and Oden refrained from working out
"Certainly this is a setback, but our future is still incredibly bright".
month ago when he was on vacation.
Oden talked about the injury earlier this week in his blog. He said he had a sharp pain about a
rebounds in the loss to Florida.
"I didn't tell anyone because I
KEVIN PRITCHARD Trail Blazers General Manager
anyone because I didn't want to seem like I was complaining or making excuses for anything. Plus I wasn't doing anything at the time I realized it hurt, so I figured it couldn't be anything big," he said.
The Blazers open training camp Oct. 2. The regular season opener is Oct 30.
MLB standings
AL EAST
Boston 89-58
NY Yankees 83-63 (5.5 GB)
Toronto 73-73 (15.5 GB)
Baltimore 62-83 (26 GB)
Tampa Bay 61-85 (27.5 GB)
ALCENTRAL
ALWEST
Cleveland 85-61
Detroit 80-67 (5.5 GB)
Minnesota 72-74 (13 GB)
Kansas City 63-82 (21.5 GB)
Chicago 62-84 (23 GB)
NLEAST
Los Angeles 86-50
Seattle 76-68 (9 GB)
Oakland 71-76 (15.5 GB)
Texas 69-76 (16.5 GB)
NY Mets 83-62
Philadelphia 77-69 (6.5 GB)
Atlanta 74-72 (9.5 GB)
Washington 65-81 (18.5 GB)
Florida 63-83 (20.5 GB)
NLCENTRAL
NECENTRAL
Chicago Cubs 75-71
Milwaukee 74-71 (5 GB)
St. Louis 69-75 (5 GB)
Cincinnati 67-79 (8 GB)
Pittsburgh 65-81 (10 GB)
Houston 63-83 (12 GB)
NLWEST
Arizona 83-64
San Diego 78-66 (3.5 GB)
LA Dodgers 76-69 (6 GB)
Colorado 76-70 (6.5 GB)
San Francisco 66-80 (16.5 GB)
GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NY Yankees at Toronto
LA Angels at Baltimore
Tampa Bay at Seattle
Texas at Oakland
GAMES
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Colorado at Philadelphia
Chi Cubs at Houston
St. Louis at Cincinnati
San Diego at LA Dodgers
* Games and standings current as of 11 p.m. Thursday
Kansas Union Ballroom
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12 pm to 5 pm
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