THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2007
SPORTS
3B
offensive line
Right tackle
Cesar Rodriguez — senior — 6-foot-7, 290 pounds — started 12 games
lan Wolfe — redshirt freshman
— 6-foot-5, 280 pounds — redshirted
Right guard
Chet Hartley — junior — 6-foot-
4, 310 pounds — second-team
All-Jayhawk League at Butler
County CC
Rarneses Arceo — junior — 6-foot-
3, 300 pounds — redshirted
Center
Ryan Cantrell — junior — 6-foot-3, 290 pounds — played three games
John Marshall — redshirt freshman — 6-foot-3, 275 pounds — redshirted
Left guard
Adrian Mayes — junior — 6-fot-3,
305 pounds — played one game
Matt Darton — junior — 6-foot-6
305 pounds — did not play
Anthony Collins — junior — 6-foot-6,310 pounds — started all 12 games, All-Big 12 Honorable Mention Carl Wilson — redshirt freshman — 6-foot-4,285 pounds — redshirted
SPECIALTEAMS
Kicker
Scott Webb — senior — 5-foot-11, 210 pounds — 13-of-18, 72.7 percent accuracy
Punter
Kyle Tucker — senior — 6-foot-2,
230 pounds — 39.2 yards per
punt, 23 punts inside 20-yd line
Kick returner
Marcus Herford — junior — 6-foot-3, 205 pounds — 26.1 yards per return
Jake Sharp — sophomore — 5-foot-10, 190 pounds — 15.2 yards per return
Punt returner
Raimond Pendleton — sophomore — 5-foot-11, 190 pounds — Did not play
Dezman Briscoe — freshman — 6-foot-3, 200 pounds — Played at Cedar Hill High School
Long snapper
Kayl Anderson — sophomore — 6-foot-2, 250 pounds — played 12 games
FOOTBALL (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
looked shoddy in the spring game and has not impressed in preseason drills, meaning an injury along the offensive line would be devastating to Kansas' postseason hopes.
SPECIAL TEAMS
The unit most heavily stocked
The unit film with veterans is undoubtedly special teams.
Kicker
Scott Webb
and punter
Kyle Tucker are both seniors who have spent the majority of their careers in the spotlight.
Webb and
Tucker have
taken home numerous awards and are both well above average.
"We can give some leadership because people can look at our faces and realize we're not scared about anything."
"Tucker and I have been through everything," Webb said, "We've been through highs and lows and we've seen it all. We can give some leadership because people can look at our faces and realize we're not scared about anything."
Semifinalist and averaged 43 yards per punt.
Webb converted 73 percent of his field goals last season and converted a career-long 49 yard kick against Kansas State. Tucker had a down-year in 2006 after an outstanding 2005 season in which he was named a Ray Guy Award
The kick return unit was one of Kansas' strengths in 2006 thanks to junior Marcus Herford. The ultraathletic Herford earned an All-Big 12 Second Team nomination for his 26 yards per return average. He
SCOTT WEBB Kansas kicker
could improve his overall numbers this year because of a rule change that will increase the number of kick return opportunities.
Punt return duty has been shared between several players
in preseason practices. Sophomore Raimond Pendleton and freshman Dezmon Briscoe are the most likely candidates to win the job. The two wide receivers could split time at the position and bring two different styles to the return game. Pendleton is a compact 5-11 and 190 pounds who utilizes quickness. Briscoe, taller and leaner at 6-3 and 200 pounds, relies on his speed.
Sophomore Kayl Anderson will be the long-snapper for the second consecutive season.
Edited by Kyle Carter
MLB
Jenks falls short of record
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bobby Jenks fell short of a major league record before finishing off the Royals. Ryan Budde ended the New York Yankees' night with a game-winning hit for the Angels.
"I messed that one up myself," Jenks said. "I shook off slider to go back to curveball. But he's hot, tip my hat."
Jenks, who tied Jim Barr's mark of 41 for San Francisco in 1972 last Sunday, gave up a single to Gathright to lead off the ninth.
Jenks settled for a share of the record when Joey Gathright broke the Chicago closer's string of 41 straight outs, and then stopped the White Sox's worst skid in 16 years by saving a 4-3 victory over Kansas City on Monday night.
Budde doubled in the winning run in the 10th inning to lift Los Angeles to a 7-6 win. It was his first RBI and extra-base hit in the majors.
"It feels great, a dream come true. Wow!" his said a grinning Budde, who made his big league debut July 31. "To do it against the Yankees is awesome."
Budde hit a 2-0 pitch from Sean Henn (2-1) into right-center to score Howie Kendrick, who had
doubled to right with one out.
In other AL games, it was: Seattle 9, Minnesota 4; Boston 6, Tampa Bay 0; and Oakland 6, Toronto 4. Texas' game at Baltimore was postponed by rain and will be made up Wednesday as the opener of a doubleheader
At Chicago, Jenks retired the next three batters after Gathright's hit for his 34th save in 39 chances. Danny Richar and Scott Podsednik homered for the White Sox, who avoided losing nine in a row for the first time since Aug. 19-28, 1991.
"It feels weird. I forgot the last time we shook hands. I forgot what to do, I was confused," Chicago manager Ozzie Guillen said.
Yankees dropped five games behind Boston in the AL East and had their three-game winning streak snapped.
"I messed that one up myself. I shook off slider to go back to curveball. But he's hot, tip my hat."
The AL West-leading Angels' second straight victory kept them two games ahead of Seattle, which beat Minnesota 9-4. The visiting
Matt Thornton pitched 1 1-3 scoreless innings to earn the win. David Riske (1-3) was charged with the loss.
Darren Oliver (0-1) pitched a perfect 10th to get the victory.
“It's tough to take, but both teams can't win.” Yankees manager
BOBBY JENKS Chicago White Sox pitcher
Joe Torre said.
"It's tough to lose games like that, but you understand it's going to happen. We didn't beat ourselves, they beat us."
Richie Sessex and Kenji Johjima also went deep for the visiting Mariners, who also have won seven of nine to improve to a season-high 18 games over .500.
A l e x Rodriguez hit his major league-leading 40th homer
Raul ibanez homered twice and drove in three runs to lead Seattle to its fourth straight win.
Seattle's Horacio Ramirez (8-4)
allowed nine hits and four earned
and Jorge Posada also connected for New York.
Mariners 9, Twins 4
runs in 7 1-3 innings, his longest outing of the season.
The Mariners chased Minnesota starter Matt Garza (2-4) in the third inning. He was charged with seven runs and nine hits, recording just seven outs.
Ibanez is hitting .431 (28-for-65) in August. He leads the league with nine home runs this month, all in his last 13 games. He hit six in his first 97 games.
Red Sox 6, Devil Rays 0
Tim Wakefield allowed four hits over seven innings to improve to 19-2 against Tampa Bay.
Wakefield (15-10) struck out five and walked one, and moved into a tie for the major league lead in wins this season. The knuckleballer, who is 9-0 at Tropicana Field, has the most wins by any Tampa Bay opponent.
Mike Lowell homered for the AL East-leading Red Sox, who are 11-8 in August.
Scott Kazmir (9-8) gave up six runs and seven hits in 5 2-3 innings for Tampa Bay.
Athletics 6, Blue Jays 4
Jack Hannahan hit his first major league home run and Joe Blanton remained unbeaten in August for Oakland.
GAMBLING (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
However they are in the media as well and the NCAA is always investigating schools and their athletes to make sure the rules are being followed.
In 2005 Dick Vitale and several Division I men's basketball coaches, including Bill Self, made a short video called "Don't Bet on It-Men's Basketball." It stated what should be done to help prevent gambling by college athletes.
I think it is okay for these athletes to go to the casinos and play the slot machines, but there is no reason whatsoever to be betting on sports, especially ones that they participate in.
These athletes are already being paid to play a sport and have plenty of money in their pockets, so why do they need to put their careers in jeopardy by taking the risk of fixing a game just to earn those few extra dollars?
Maybe next time they even think about earning the extra dollars from the bookie, they will ask themselves whether it's really worth the price of the making the Hall of Fame or winning a championship.
-Edited by Luke Morris
gambling athletes
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson, Chicago White Sox — Helped fix 1919 World Series
Michael Vick, Atlanta Falcons
— Involved in bets on dogfighting
Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds
— Admitted to betting on his own team as a player and a coach
MLB
Historic baseball for sale
BY JANIE MCCAULEY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — No. 756 is going to auction.
Barry Bonds' record-breaking home run ball will be sold online, and fortunate fan Matt Murphy figures to be a half-million dollars richer.
The 21-year-old New York man said Tuesday he had no choice but to sell the ball — several people told him he would be taxed on the valuable souvenir if he holds onto it.
"It wasn't hard. It was simple math. I'm upset by the decision I had to make," Murphy said. "I wanted to keep it. I'm young. I don't have the bank account. ... It would have cost me a lot more to keep it."
Bonds broke Hank Aaron's record of 755 with a shot into the rightfield seats on Aug. 7 against the
Washington Nationals.
Sotheby's/SCP Auctions will handle the sale at www.scpauctions. com beginning Aug. 28 and going through Sept. 15. The starting bid has not been determined, and auction officials estimated the ball would bring at least $500,000.
"This is the most historic baseball ever to be sold," said David Kohler, president of SCP Auctions.
The ball from Bonds' 755th home run hit Aug.4 in San Diego also will be for sale on the site. The same company sold the balls from Bonds' 700th homer and No. 715 that passed Babe Ruth for second place last season.
Everyone involved hopes the buyer of the historic balls is willing to at least share them for a period of time — if not donate them altogether — with the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.
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