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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I gave it my body and mind, but I have kept my soul."
Phil Jackson
FACT OF THE DAY
Maverick's guard J.J. Barea came off the bench and scored 12 points in game two against the Lakers, which was the total of the Lakers' entire bench that game.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
— espn.com
Q: How many times has a Phil Jackson team been down 2-0 in the playoffs and how many of those times has it won the series?
A: Seven times, winning two
SOFTBALL
Lawrence storms stop softball games
The softball team's scheduled double header against Drake has been canceled because of thunderstorms throughout the Lawrence area. The team's final game of the season against UMKC takes place Tuesday in Arrocha Ballpark.
- Hannah Wise
When the glamorous life goes wrong
MORNING BREW
Mike Tyson, Joe Louis and Evander Holyfield have two things in common. One, they are successful boxers and two, they have all filed for bankruptcy.
Sports Illustrated's Pablo Torre reported in March 2009 that 78 percent of NFL players and 60 percent of former NBA players are either broke or financially stressed after retirement.
I would imagine the statistics are similar for retirement or even during an active career.
He attributes his need for plain necessities instead of luxurious items to his midwestern roots and his troubled upbringing.
I had the pleasure to speak with newly crowned WBC Welterweight Champion Victor Ortiz last week about this pressing issue. Luckily for him, he has surrounded himself with financial advisors, accountants and Pepperdine University professor Lee Katz to keep track of his earnings.
Ortiz said that while it might be nice to own a Bentley or Maserati, which could set him back a good $300,000 to $400,000, it made more sense to own a practical car. He doesn't want to live a flashy lifestyle just because he can. He has seen what has happened to his peers. A lot of boxers go from having nothing to having the world at their fingertips. They don't know what to do with all the money, so they spend it.
BY MIKE LAVIERI
mlavieri@kansan.com
twitter.com/kansanball
The 24-year-old from Garden City didn't live the easiest life. His childhood is as scripted as many boxers' difficult with little to no parental supervision. His mother walked out on him, his brother Temo and sister Carmen when Ortiz was just 7 years old. After his mother left, his father wasn't around for months at a time. Ortiz called him and his siblings stray dogs, just roaming, trying to survive. He used boxing as a way to stay out of trouble, even though his father forced him into the sport.
Ortiz was picked on at young age because he was called "chubby." Ortiz now stands at a modest 5-foot-9, but his body is 150 pounds of pure muscle.
He used boxing as motivation because his parents said he would never to amount to anything. They said he wouldn't
graduate high school or go to college. They even said he would be a parent as a teenager. Yet, he graduated from high school with a 3.7 GPA and went to college for a year and a half.
This all made Ortiz grow up faster than he wanted to, but he is more mature because of it. He doesn't want to end his career like Tyson: broke. He wants to be able to have stability when he retires. But once his career is over, he wants to return to college, preferably the University of Kansas and walk down the hill. I admire what boxers go through, especially the difficulties they have to overcome, but what really makes Ortiz stick out is his desire to be financially savvy.
Edited by Tali David
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY
Baseball
vs. Oklahoma
6:30 p.m.
Norman, Okla.
Women's golf NCAA Regionals All day TBA
Track and field Arkansas Twilight All day Fayetteville, Ark.
SATURDAY
Baseball
vs. Oklahoma
2 p.m.
Norman, Okla.
Women's golf
NCAA Regionals
All day
TBA
MLB
SUNDAY
Baseball
vs. Oklahoma
1 p.m.
Norman, Okla.
Royals score fourth win against Baltimore Orioles
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Melky Cabrera homered, doubled and singled while driving in four runs, Bruce Chen allowed one run in seven innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-1 on Thursday.
Cabrera, who also scored three times, hit a solo homer in the eighth off Clay Rapada.
Chen (4-1) gave up his only run in the first and then pitched shutout ball for the next six innings. The left-hander, who was KC's biggest winner last year, allowed five hits and one run, walking two and striking out five. He has not lost a start in Kauffman Stadium
since Aug. 12, 2010, against the Yankees. Since then, he's 6-0 in nine starts at home.
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Chris Tillman (1-3) took the loss, typically getting almost no offensive support. In his last six starts, the Orioles have scored only five runs while he was in the game.
The Royals kept their streak intact of not losing a home series. They're 4-0 so far this year with two splits. The Orioles are 2-8 when the opponent starts a left-handed pitcher.
Associated Press
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