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Missouri athletic director suspends basketball player
The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Athletic director Dick Tamburo overruled Missouri basketball coach Norm Stewart yesterday and barred suspended player Jamal Coleman while his criminal case is pending.
Coleman, a senior, was suspended from the team in April pending the outcome of felony charges that stemmed from an alleged scam involving the university bookstore. Its preliminary hearing is set for Oct. 24.
Stewart allowed Coleman to practice Tuesday in the team's first workout of the season.
But on Tuesday, Tamburo said, "the term 'suspension' is that a player under suspension cannot practice or compete with the team until whatever he is charged with is handled by the legal system."
Stewart expressed frustration with Tamburo's action.
Tamburo did not return repeated phone calls yesterday.
"I took (Coleman) off of probation and felt that I could do so because that is consistent (with) ... the code they have created for the athletic department," Stewart said.
aIwas referring to that code, and
that says the head coach will determine appropriate discipline, if any.
"But I simply am the basketball coach, and I work in the athletic department for the University of Missouri, so if someone else wants to suspend him, then that's their prerogative."
Tamburo said Stewart was sent a memo last week about it, but Stewart said he never saw it.
Joe Castiglione, assistant athletic director, interrupted practice at the Hearnes Center on Tuesday that he would not work out, the coach said.
Missouri athletics have been the subject of controversy in recent years, including a lengthy NCAA investigation into the basketball team's scholarship reductions and a ban from the 1991 NCA tournament.
Stewartsaidhehadplannedtolet Coleman practice until after the preliminary hearing and then decide what his status would be. Coleman's grades and performance have been monitored, and "he's done very well with that," he said.
Braves win 1-0, force tie breaker
Some football and basketball players also have been arrested or investigated on a variety of criminal charges.
Atlanta breaks 26-inning drought on Olson's double in ninth
The Associated Press
PITTSBURGH — The Atlanta Braves finally scored, and even though it was only one run it was enough for Steve Avery.
John Smoltz, baseball's winningest pitcher since the All-Star break, will try to extend Atlanta's season when he faces 20-game winner John Smiley on Thursday night in a rematch of Game Three starters.
The Pirates have played five deciding Game Sevens in their postseason history and have won every time, all in the World Series.
Avery pitched like a 21-year veteran rather than a 21-year-old, and the Braves broke their scoreless streak at 28 innings on Greg Olson's 'two-out double in the ninth off Doug Drabek to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 last night, forcing the NL playoffs to a seventh game.
As Ron Gant scored the winning run, Avery stared at home plate as a Brave crossed it, without missing third base and time since the first inning of Game 4.
It was the third 1-0 game in this series after four 1-0 games in the 22-year history of the NL playoffs.
But Pena his got his sixth sort of series when, as in Game Two, he stranded the tying run at third base in the second inning to look at a change for strike three.
was sacrificed to second and took third on a two-out wild pitch to Andy Van Slyke.
Avery has allowed nine kits and struck out 17 in his two postseason outings. He is 2-0 in the playoffs, 4-0 against the Pirates this season and 20-8 overall.
"I was so nervous sitting on the bench. I couldn't take it," Avery said. "I don't know if I was shaking because of freezing or because I was so nervous."
Avery was overpowered Pittsburgh with fastballs, and Drakebk battled the Braves with breaking balls.
Drakeb showed no ill effects of the hamstring he strained running out a hit in Game One and shut down Atlanta on six hits in eight innings.
"In the seventh inning, I had a guy on third with one out and he beat me inside with a fastball," Olson said. "I went up to the plate, and I told myself that he wasn't going to beat me with a fastball again. He threw me a fastball, and I got it by Buecheel."
The Braves were 1-for-26 with runners in scoring position during their NL-record shutout streak, breaking the mark of 22 shutout innings by St. Louis pitches against San Francisco in 1987.
The ALrecord is 30scorelessinnings by Oakland pitchers against Baltimore in 1974.
The Braves, who stranded a runner on third base with one out in the third, blew two chances later.
In the seventh, Gant led off with a single, stole second and took third on a groundout. But Gant was easily thrown out at the plate by shortstop Jay Bell on Olson's two-hopper with the infield in.
Don Slaight led off the third with a single to left field, making him one of the few Pirates to pull an Avery pitch, when he tried to burn it into a double.
Lonnie Smith doubled with one out in the eighth but was stranded when Jeff Treadway grounded out, and NL batting champion Terry Pendleton fled out, leaving a runner in scoring position for the fourth time in the game.
Avery worked around a leadoff walk to Bobby Bonilla in the fifth and did not allow another hit until Jose Lind began
Avery struck out the side in the first inning, as he did last week, and fanned five of the first six batters.
the sixth by slicing a single to right. Drabek was the next batter, and Pirates manager Jim Leyland put on the sacrifice to get a runner to second and prevent Drabek from swinging away and getting any ideas about running around the bases.
It was the Braves' shot at showing good defense, however, as catcher Olson made a diving catch on Drabek's popped up bint in front of the plate, and Sid Bream made the turn at first for a 3-6-3 double play on Gary Redus' ground.
Atlanta managed four hits through six innings off Drabek's off-speed pitches.
Kansas, Iowa State football teams on parallel paths
Tonight's game
National League
Game 7- 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Pittsburgh
Smoltz (14-13) Smiley (20-8)
Notes: The first game of the World Series will be Saturday at 7:29 p.m. in Minnesota.
By David Mitchell
Kansan Sportswriter
The Kansas football team will face a mirror image of itself Saturday when Iowa State comes to Memorial Stadium.
"In a lot of ways I think they kind of parallel us right now." Kansas coach Glen Mason said. "They're playing better defense than they have in the past, but they're not executing their offense as well."
Kansas, 3-2 overall and 1 in the Big Eight, also has struggled recently on offense The Jawahaws offense has hit more than 80 games, while the defense has excelled.
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Kansas' defense ranks a close second in the conference behind Oklahoma, while the Cyclones. 2-3 overall in the Big Eight, rank a distant third.
Kansas senior safety Paul Friday said the improved Jayhawk defense knew what the slumping offense was going through.
there were nine games last year in which the 'Hawks surrendered more than 28 points. The defense this year has had seven games to an average of 17 points a game.
"We went through a period when the defense was'treally performing, and the offense was scoring points," Friday said.
On offense, both the Cyclones and the Jayhawks are averaging more than 300 yards a game, but both have struggled with their passing games.
Iowa State ranks sixth in the conference in passing offense ahead of runnertieed Kansas and Oklahoma.
Both Iowa State and Kansas have switched quarterbacks this season in the second half.
Senior Chris Pedersen began the season as the Cyclones' starting quarterback and the Big Eight Conference in total offseason, totaling more than 2,000 yards.
But Pedersen was replaced by sophomore Bob Utter after Iowa State lost 7-6 to Wisconsin three games into the season.
Utter led Iowa State to a 28-27 upset against Rice, and started again against Oklahoma.
However, Utter was injured on a quarterback sink in the Cyclones' 29-8 loss to the Sooners and is questionable on a game. Pedersen is expected to start.
Kansas sophomore quarterback Nate Fletch will get his first start Saturday in place of junior Chip Hilleery, who has started all season.
"I don't think (Hillary) has executed ourefense on the degree I think he's capable of," Mason said. "Nate Florell
— when he's been given a chance — has performed pretty decently."
"It it not that I've lost confidence in Chi Hillelmer," Mason said. "I don't know how to bring the finger at Chi Hillelmer. If the finger goes anywhere, it goes to me."
Kansas coach Glen Mason said he thought that a stronger focus on defense during practice had hampered the execution of offense during games.
Kansas receiver awaits friend's starting chance
The Associated Press
Kansas wide receiver Matt Gay might never have become a Jayhawk if it weren't for the quarterback at a rival Chicago high school.
That quarterback was Nate Florel, a Kansas sophomore who Coach Glen Mason announced on Monday would Iowa State in place of Chip Hirsch.
Gay and rore尔 met at Chicago-halfstar game at the end of their senior seasons in high school. The two have been best friends since. Gay, a junior who walked on Atkans, said it was great that Parked his interest in the Jawhaws.
"When I found out that Nate had a scholarship to come here, I tried to set a visit," Gay said. "They told me I could walk on. I decided to do that because I knew that I would have the chance to get a scholarship and be able to get some playing time because, at time, the team wasn't the greatest."
Gay was awarded a scholarship after his freshman year and has started every game this season. He's Kansas' third leading receiver with 12 touchdown catches. He also Kansas' top penitent, averaging 12 7 yards a return.
"With the offense we have now, I expect to get the ball more than usual." Gay said. "The offense this week looks like it might open up a little bit more."
Gay said he was anxious to see Florell get the opportunity to command the Kansas offense. He said that he expected more passing Saturday.
"Nate makes good decisions. If I'm open, I hope the decision will be to throw the ball to me. We just have a great rapport. We're such good
friends and we both like to see each other do well."
Golden Pat Ruel, assistant head coach and offensive coordinator, said Gay was a player he hoped younger members of his team strived to be like
Matt Ga
"Matt's not very vocal, but I have heard him challenge guys to do better," Ruel said. "I know guys admire him, but I'm sure all will like Matt, we'd be in great shape."
Gay leads by example, and his attitude in practice is a great asset to the team. Ruel said.
Ruel said Gay's biggest physical strengths were his good speed and ability to run great routes. He's also reliable catching the ball, Ruel said.
"He's a great competitor and he's tough," Ruel said. "There are some wide receivers that don't like contact, but Matt tought. I've seen him block a 230-pound linebacker as well as some of my guards."
"I don't have the speed to run past guys or anything," Gay said. "I'm better at short routes than long route. I can get under堤岸 people and defenses and catch the ball. I'm not really a deep threat at all."
Gay said he considered himself a leader for his younger teammates and hoped his attitude toward commitment would rub off on them.
Gay said he thought his speed wasn't what it could be, but that it was deceptive.
Match play scoring leaves Kansas eighth in 12-team Jack Nicklaus golf tournament
ByJeffKobs
Jack Nicklaus wants more of it.
Kansas sophomore Matt Gogel doesn't like it.
Took Nicklaus California invitational i.
At the Jack Nicklaus Collegiate Invitational in Dublin, Ohio, on Sunday and Monday, the Kansas golf team got plenty of it.
match play. Kansas played against only four teams in the 12 team field, but because of the match play system, the team finished in eighth place.
Match play in golf is much like tournament play in basketball, pitting one team against another in a seeded bracket. Points are awarded to each team on the front and back nine holes and for the second round, points are awarded to every other team, but the team that wins each of its matches is the tournament champion.
"I didn't particularly care for it," he said. "I wouldn't want to play with that format every
Gogel said that the team met Nicklaus during the tournament at a dinner.
Sophomore Matt Gogel said the scoring format was one that most college teams weren't used to.
"He talked about the format and reasoning behind it," Gogel said.
Nicklaus told the golfers that his tournament used match play because in the last few holes of any tournament the play between leaders is most like match play. He said he noticed in the last few like that U.S. golfers were not as competitive in the final holes as European golfers, who play more match play tournaments.
Kansas coach Ross Randall said that the Walker and Ryder cups both use match play. The Walker Cup for amateurs and the Ryder Cup for professionals pit U.S. golfers against Europeans.
Randall said that even with the unfamiliar format, the tournament was a good experience for him.
Kansas, seeded 11th, lost to second-seeded Nevada-Reno 11-5 in the first round.
Kansas was even with the Wolfpack up to the last few holes. Kansas coach Ross Randall said.
"The first round is crucial." Randall said. "If you lose, there is no way to come back to win the trophy."
A loss in the first round limits a team to seventh place as the best possible finish.
In the second round, Kansas beat East Tennessee State 10-6.
Gogel said the match play format added pressure to his game.
"I personally felt like I would let the team down more if I didn't win points each round," he said. "There aren't many points, but they determine the whole match."
On Monday, Kansas beat Furman University (0-6 to advance to the fourth round against Duke. The Blue Devils claimed seventh place by defeating the 'Hawks 9.5 to 6.5.
"We wanted to beat them because of the recent basketball stuff." Randall said.
Randall said he was pleased the team was invit-
"The golf course was great but very difficult," he said.
"We haven't yet played as good as we can. I'm looking forward to when we have three or four guys play really good."
The individual winner of the final round won a medal. Freshman Tom Sims finished 5th in the national tournament.
The Jayhawks have a three week break before they play in the Miami Sun and Fun Collegiate Tournament, which runs from Nov. 15 to 17.
SPORTS BRIEFS
NBA bans Tarpley for life
Roy Tarpley became the seventh player to be banned by the NBA for life under the league's anti-drug agreement, but he was the first permanently dismissed for refusing take a drug test.
Gary Bettman, counsel for the National Basketball Association, said yesterday that the Dallas Mavericks
norward refused repeated attempts by the league to get him to take the test after he missed practice Tuesday.
Tarpley was informed of the ban in Houston at the John Lucas Center but had no immediate comment.
Flutie plans to stay in Canada
Tarpley, who was to make $2 million this year, forfits his contract under the anti-drug agreement between the base and the NBA players Association.
Doug Flutie plans to remain in the Canadian Football League.
The quarterback from Boston College indicated Tuesday he planned to re-sign with the British Columbia team, having his record breaking 1991 season.
The Lions signed Flutie to a one-year contract, plus option year, before the 1990 season. He left the NFL offleft protected in the NFL by the New England Patriots.
Flutie, who also played for the Chicago Bears, was critical of the NFL and how certain teams stick with quarterbacks who are high draft choices.
-From the Associated Press