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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I don't play like this because I want to look pretty ... I think people can see I really love the game."
- Manu Ginobili
FACT OF THE DAY
When San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili is not on the floor against the Memphis Grizzlies this season, the Spurs average 88.3 points per 48 minutes. They average 106 points per 48 minutes when Ginobili is on the floor.
ESPN
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: What was the point differential from Game 2 of the Spurs and Grizzlies series when Ginobili was in the game.
A: Spurs were plus-16 with him, minus-10 without.
- ESPN
Forget football, stars suit different jobs
MORNING BREW
A while ago, we ran a column about what some NFL players would do if they had to pursue new career paths. With the NFL labor talks halted for a period of time, I thought it was a good time to explore some other new jobs for the stars.
Ben Roethlisberger has many employment opportunities pending the NFL lockout. He would be well-suited as a motorcycle safety instructor. If that doesn't work out he could always be a restroom attendant.
Tom Brady could use his good looks to become a male model. He would manage to do the catwalk while suffering through a chronic stress fracture. The Boston media would then laud him as a God.
Brett Favre — I still don't think he's actually staying retired this time—could use his creative nature to become a professional photographer. He has been working on his portfolio for some time.
Peyton Manning would run a daycare. If you haven't searched for "Peyton Manning United Way Commercial" on hulu, you definitely should. Then he would run for president and win, his platform being "I'm Peyton Manning, don't you love my commercials."
Eli Manning would follow in his brother's footsteps, have one successful year opening a daycare in New York and then be a disappointment to parents all
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over the city with his slightly above average services.
Tim Tebow would be priest. One very annoying priest. His television sermons would pop up at inappropriate times during the largest remaining sports broadcasts of the year.
Santonio Holmes would specialize in "herbal remedies" with Ricky Williams.
Randy Moss would just show up in your house and you couldn't get rid of him because he's Randy Moss.
Ray Lewis would be a bouncer at his own night club and no one would be allowed in.
Chris Johnson would be the fastest pizza deliverer in town and he wouldn't drive a car.
Troy Polamolau would open a wig shop.
All the wigs would be made from his own hair. Clay Matthews would be the co-
Rex Ryan would take his passion for feet
to the spa where he would specialize in pedicures and foot massages. It wouldn't last long, however. Customers complained it was hard to relax with Ryan so ... excited.
Todd Haley would probably be the angry bum on the corner that just mumbled to himself. And then he would allow one of the best begging coordinators to move to Florida.
Bill Belichick would take his spy tactics to the CIA. His methods would be deemed too unethical and he would become the head of Blackwater the military company.
The whole Cowboys team and their expertise on choking would make them well-suited to teach a CPR class. They've been mastering the Heimlich Maneuver since 1996.
And Michael Vick? Well, that's too easy.
Edited by Samantha Collins
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY
Track
Kansas Relays
All day
Lawrence
Baseball
vs. Texas
6 p.m.
Lawrence
Softball vs. Iowa State 4 p.m. Ames, Iowa
Women's Golf
Big 12 Conference
Championship
All day
Columbia, Mo.
SATURDAY
Women's Golf Big 12 Conference Championship All day Columbia, Mo.
Track Kansas Relays 9:30 a.m. Lawrence
LACROSSE
Team faces a strong Missouri opponent
BY BLAKE SCHUSTER bschuster@kansan.com
In a battle of first place teams, the Kansas Men's Club Lacrosse team (7-4) will take on the University of Missouri tonight in Columbia, Mo., at 7 p.m.
The Jayhawks come into tonight's game riding a fourgame winning streak. During the past four games the Jayhawks have outscored their opponents 73-21.
Missouri enters the game on the opposite end of the spectrum.
["Missou.i] has built quite a program down there." Shults said.
The Tigers have lost their past two games and were outscored 41-23 in that span; however, in the eyes of Kansas coach Dennis Shults, Missouri still represents a threat. The Tigers are 23rd in the nation and Kansas is ranked in the 60s.
answer to Nisson, the Tigers' offensive juggernaut. Attack Francis Enright, a senior from Winnetka, Ill., has a team-leading and best personal season with 36 goals and 21 assists.
Missouri had a stranglehold on Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference division 1A south before falling to Michigan and rival
Shults will need a standout performance from Enright if the underdog Kansas squad is to prevail in Columbia.
Kansas has not lost a game in which Enright scored more than four points.
The last time these two teams faced each other was in the fall league at a neutral location in Kansas City, Mo., where the Jayhawks earned a 8-7 victory. In their last four regular season matchups, however, the Jayhawks went 1-3 and were outscored 36-22. Kansas' one victory was last season with a score of 7-4.
With only one regular season game remaining after tonight, the Tigers will give Shults a glimpse of what can be expected
"We just need to put four good quarters together and I think we'll come out victorious."
in the playoffs, but he said he had a plan to keep the Jayhawks in the game.
DENNIS SHULTS Kansas coach
Lindenwood, who is now tied for first with Missouri.
"I expect it to be a very hard fought game." Shults said. "We need to play
The strongest weapon in the Tigers' arsenal is junior attack Zach Nisson, who boasts a team-leading total of 40 goals and 29 assists.
Yet the Jayhawks have an
all four quarters and keep to the fundamentals: ground ball chasing, stick-handling. We just need to put four good quarters together and I think we'll come out victorious."
Edited by Helen Mubarak
Rose comes through in two-point game
The Chicago Bulls guard struggled all game long and even lost his cool at times, but he still found a way to be the difference-maker. He scored 23 points, including the go-ahead layup with 17.8 seconds left, to help the Bulls beat the Pacers 88-84 on Thursday night and take a 3-0 lead in their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series.
INDIANAPOLIS — Derrick Rose was beaten up and shaken up by Indiana's trapping defense, which was intent on shutting him down at all costs.
field goal in the second half. He made just 4 of 18 shots in the game as he was blanketed, and at times pummelled, by Indiana's Paul George and Dahnta Jones.
Rose, guarded by Jones, drove left for the layup that gave the Bulls an 86-84 lead and sparked "MVP!" chants from the thousands of Bulls fans who made the 3-hour drive.
Rose's late basket was his only
NBA
"We have had a lot of close games all year," Bulls guard Kyle Korver said. "He always wants the ball at the end, and usually, he comes through."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
"It was a little rough out there, but it's basketball," he said. "They had something to prove."
SOFTBALL
Series is a chance for Kansas to fight again
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Sophomore shortstop Mariah Montgomery throws the ball to first base for an out Wednesday against Tulsa. Kansas lost the first game of the double header 3-0.
BY HANNAH WISE hwise@Kansan.com
The Jayhawks are 1-13 in the Big 12 and 28-19 overall. The Cyclones hold a 1-7 conference record and are 19-20 on the season. The weekend series begins just two days after Kansas fell flat against Tulsa.
"We need people to step up and demand that their teammates fight with them," coach Megan Smith said.
The layhawks have been playing off the team's will to fight as an underdog all season long. Against Tulsa however, Kansas lost all intensity.
The Jayhawks will play their biggest series of the season in Ames, Iowa, today and tomorrow. They are facing the Iowa State Cyclones.
Iowa State is the only other Big 12 softball team other than Kansas that is not ranked in the Top 25. This weekend series is a good opportunity for the team to regain confidence.
"We all want to win but there is a difference between thinking it and actually acting it out every single pitch," said Rosie Hull, a sophomore outfielder.
"It's really important that we go down there and fight from the very first pitch both games," said Mariah Montgomery, a sophomore infielder. "I can't tell you how big this series is for us and we just have to go down there and go back to play how we did play at the beginning of the season and I think we'll do well."
Edited by Marla Daniels
KANSAS 0, TEXAS 9
BASEBALL REWIND
Innings: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Hits Errors Final
Kansas vs Texas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 12 0 9
Senior outfielder Jimmy Waters attempts to make a diving catch Thursday against No. 6 Texas. The Jayhawks will play the Longhorns tomorrow at 6 p.m.
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Junior catcher James Standfield collides with Jacob Felts of Texas Thursday at Hoglund Ballpark. Kansas lost the game 9-0.
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MUNICIPAL STATE/UNION
Senior shortstop Brandon Macias fields a chopping ground ball Thursday against 6. Texas.
Kansas lost to the Longhones 9-0.