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SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY'S DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2007
baseball tryouts
**Who:** The Kansas baseball team
**What:** An informational meeting about open tryouts
When: 4 p.m. on Thursday
Where: West Conference Room in Anderson Strength Center How: Those who attend the meeting should bring proof of medical insurance and a physical completed within the past six months. Those interested in trying out also should pick up and complete a packet of forms from 220 Allen Fieldhouse before the meeting.
E-mail baseball@ jayhawks.org for more information.
sports quote of the day
"The key is not the 'will to win' — everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important."
Practice makes perfect
College basketball coach Bobby Knight
sports fact of the day
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kate Goff, Scottsdale, Ariz., freshman, works hard during her individual practice with assistant tennis coach German Dalmagro. Players have individual practices with one other teammate and Dalmagro to prepare for their season, which begins 6ept. 10.
In 1960 Kansas played three teams ranked No. 1 in the country: Syracuse, a 14-7 loss, Iowa, a 21-7 loss, and Missouri, a 23-7 victory.
Q: Who did Kansas defeat for its 500th victory?
sports trivia of the day
A. Oklahoma, 20-17, in 1997 under coach Terry Allen.
FOOTBALL
'Kick The Kansan'makes a comeback See if you can beat staff picks for college games and get published
Remember the days, way back in the fall of 2005,' when students had the chance to 'Kick The Kansan?'
This semester The Kansan is reviving that proud tradition.
The concept is simple: pick the outcomes of college football games. If you can beat the best at The Kansan for the week, you'll get your name in the paper. If you are the best among your peers, we'll put your name, picture and picks for
BY TRAVIS ROBINETT
BY TRAVIS ROBINETT
KANSAN SPORTS COLUMNIST
TROBINETT@KANSAN.COM
the following weekend's games side-by-side with Kansan staff members.
At the end of the semester, we'll publish the best of the best. In other words, those of you who submitted picks every week and were more accurate than the rest.
In the event of a tie, everyone's a winner.
Starting on Tuesday, The Kansan will publish the games you can pick. You can submit your picks in person at The Kansan business office on the west side of the first floor of Stauffer-Flint Hall, which is between Wescoe Hall and Watson Library. You can also visit Kansan.com to submit your picks online.
Make sure to include your name,
year in school, hometown and
e-mail, or your picks won't be valid.
Tomorrow you'll get a peak at your competition when the Kansan staff's picks are published.
Good luck trying to "Kick The Kansan." But, you're probably smarter than us. So it'll be a piece of cake, right?
-Edited by Elizabeth Cattell
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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (CLAS)
Student representatives who want to become part of the College's decision-making process.
College Assembly is the governing policy-making body for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and has over 100 vacant seats for College student representatives.
Your voice is needed in College Assembly.
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MLB Standings
ALEAST
AL EAST
Boston 80-53
NY Yankees 74-59 (6 GB)
Toronto 67-66 (13 GB)
Baltimore 58-73 (21 GB)
Tampa Bay 53-80 (27 GB)
AL CENTRAL
Cleveland 75-57
Detroit 71-62 (4.5 GB)
Minnesota 67-66 (8.5 GB)
Kansas City 59-72 (15.5 GB)
Chicago 57-75 (18 GB)
AL WEST
NLEAST
AL WILDCARD
Seattle 73-58
NY Yankees 74-59
Detroit 71-62 (3 GB)
AL WEST
Los Angeles 79-54
Seattle 73-58 (5 GB)
Oakland 66-69 (14 GB)
Texas 79-52 (19 GB)
NL CENTRAL
Chicago Cubs 67-64
Wilmaweauk 66-66 (1.5 GB)
St. Louis 64-65 (2 GB)
Cincinnati 61-72 (7 GB)
Pittsburgh 59-73 (8.5 GB)
Houston 59-74 (9 GB)
NL WEST
NEL WEST
Arizona 74-59
San Diego 72-59 (1 GB)
LA Dodgers 70-63 (4 GB)
Colorado 68-65 (6 GB)
San Francisco 61-73 (13.5 GB)
NL WILDCARD
San Diego 72-59
Philadelphia 70-62 (2.5 GB)
LA Dodgers 70-63 (3 GB)
CA 69-65 (4.5 GB)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Toronto 4, Oakland 5
LA Angels 8, Seattle 2
Boston 3, NY Yankees 4
Minnesota 3, Cleveland 4
Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 4
Detroit 0, Kansas City 5
Chicago White Sox at Texas
NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES
Washington 9, LA Dodgers 10
Colorado 8, San Francisco 0
Atlanta 7, Florida 4
Cincinnati 8, Pittsburgh 0
NY Mets 2, Philadelphia 3
Milwaukee 6, Chicago Cubs 1
St. Louis 0, Houston 7
Arizona at San Diego
MLB.com
- Games and standings current as of 11 p.m. Wednesday
NASCAR
NASCAR Bowyer hopes to win Nextel Cup
KANSAS CITY — Clint Bowyer is off the bubble. Now he would like to get that big zero out of his Nextel Cup victories column. He sits ninth in the points standings, with two races to go before the 12-driver Chase field is set. The 13th-place driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr., trains him by 223 points.
Earning his first Cup victory, though, would make Bowyer feel better about his chances of contending for a title.
"Getting that first win — not being able to do that, that's the most frustrating thing" said Bowyer, who matched a career best with a third-place finish on Sunday at Bristol.
But with the Chase nearing — and once it starts — Bowyer won't take any extra risks to win a race.
"It's affected our whole weekend, and not just how I drive in the car," he said at Kansas Speedway, site of the Kansas 400 on Sept. 30. "You've got to drive 100 percent, but you don't drive 110 percent. There's a lot of conservative measures that you go to: pit strategy, setup on the car, things like that."
For a driver who's is hungry for a win, that approach can be hard to take, especially because he's the only one among the top 12 without a victory this season. This is the first year in which 12 drivers can contend for the Nextel Cup Before this season, only the top 10 drivers qualified for the 10-race Chase.
Associated Press