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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY MAY 10. 2007
MOORE SPORTS
Rules to live by as KU alumni
My fellow 2007 graduates:
Don't move to hell.
If I could give
IF I could give you one piece of advice for the rest of your life, it would be not to move to Columbia, Mo. Because that's pretty obvious, here are a few other tips to keep in mind for life after the University of Kansas.
When you pray — if you're the praying type — always face the Mecca, Allen Fieldhouse.
Keep your ticket stubs.
Some day you're going to get old and you can look at a ticket stub and remember when the Kansas football team finally beat Nebraska or when we sunk the goalposts and the Tigers and Wildcats at Memorial Stadium two straight times. Or when Keith Langford willed the Wayne Simienless Jayhawks to victory on New Year's day against Georgia Tech or the comeback against Kevin Durant and the Longhorns in your final game as a student at the Fieldhouse (oh wait, they quit giving us ticket stubs for basketball games).
Root for your hometown teams.
If you move to another city, don't adopt that city's teams as your teams. It's sports bigamy, especially if you start rooting for another college other than Kansas. The only exception would be if you're from Kansas City, for example, and you move to a city with an NBA team. You can adopt that NBA team as your favorite.
When you have kids, make them layhawk fans.
Don't give them any other choice. Take them to a game at the Fieldhouse and a game at Memorial Stadium. Teach them the Rock Chalk
Chant and tell them why our mascot is the lav Hawk.
If your kid wants a Duke hat or a UNC hat, ground him.
Don't name your son Phog. Because I already called it — hopefully the future Mrs. Moore will understand.
If you come back for a game, you have only a two-year window where it's OK to sit in the student section and this is if — and only if — you have no other choice. And if your parents are with you, then under no circumstance is it OK to sit in the student section.
Don't tear down goalposts. It wasn't even a good idea when you were still in college.
Wherever you move, find fellow Kansas graduates and get together to watch the KU games. Because it gets weird when you are the only one doing the Rock Chalk Chant at a bar and no one has any idea what you're doing.
Always pick Kansas to win it all in your office pool. It's the right thing to do. Be really annoying and vocal during March Madness in your office if the 'Hawks are still alive, especially if you have Mizzou and K-State grads as co-workers.
Don't ask for autographs.
You lost that right when you hit puberty. Get a handshake or share a conversation instead. It makes for a better story and the athletes will appreciate it.
Don't marry a K-State fan or graduate. Those "this is a split household" signs are not cute.
Never ever marry a Missouri fan or graduate. No need to expound on this one. Just don't do it; your offspring will appreciate it.
And of course, remember to never move to hell.
It wouldn't suit you. You're a Jayhawk.
Moore is a Shawnee senior in journalism.
Edited by Lisa Tilson
athletics calendar
Softball vs. Iowa State at Big 12 Championships, 5 p.m.
Oklahoma City
onships, TBA, Oklahoma City Track at Big 12 Outdoor Championships, All day, Lincoln, Neb.
TODAY
FRIDAY
Baseball vs. Chicago State,
n.p. Holland, Ballyk
Softball at Big 12 Champi-
Baseball vs. Chicago State, 4
SATURDAY
Baseball vs Chicago State, 1,
p.m. Hoglund Ballpark
p. m..Hoolund Ballpark
p.m., Hoglund Ballpark
- Softball at Big 12 Championships, All day, Oklahoma City
- Rowing at South-Central Regionals, TBA, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
- Track at Big 12 Outdoor Championships, all day, Lincoln, Neb.
SUNDAY
- Baseball vs. Chicago State, 1 p.m., Hoglund Ballpark
- Rowing at South-Central Regionals, TBA, Oak Ridge, Teen.
- Track at Big 12 Outdoor Championships, All day, Lincoln, Neb.
>> WAITING TO GRADUATE
Year missing seminal moment: Senior Night
At a basketball school like the University of Kansas, it's easy to form a symbolic attachment to the basketball players who came the University as freshmen when you did.
On Senior Night in Allen Fieldhouse next year, the class of 2008 will be able to connect with Robinson and Kaun and the rest of their classmates. But, as a graduating senior, the class of 2007 missed out on its Senior Night.
This year's freshmen have herron Collins and Darrell Arthur. The sophomores have Mario Chamers, and maybe even Brandon Rush. For the juniors, there's Sasha Kauan and Russell Robinson.
Sure, the fee in the Fieldhouse is formally to honor the Jayhawks in jerseys, but KU's academic seniors are as much a part of Senior Night as the basketball players.
As I prepare for my only final,
I'm left wondering what it would have been like to witness a Senior Night, when I was senior. I'm left without a seminal moment in KU sports, which have been a major part of my educational career.
When I came to the University of Kansas, I was the guy in your dorm organizing camping groups. I was the one who woke you up for the lottery early in the morning. I was the one sitting in the tsunami of a football game against Northwestern in 2003.
By my second semester, I was
covering women's basketball for The Kansan, and then football shortly thereafter. Sports was my entry into journalism, which has been the focal point of college. I've skipped classes, missed classes, slept through classes and otherwise had poor academic moments because of my dedication to journalism.
But I must admit, it's been fun along the way. Covering away sporting events, major campus natural disasters as well as the President of the United States - those are the memories I will keep of my college experience.
As I go forward, I can only hope that my future experiences can top those I've had as a journalist at the University of Kansas.
And it all started when I walked into Allen Fieldhouse to cover Marian Washington's last season as women's basketball coach.
Journalism has given me an opportunity to meet all kinds of interesting people. I've interviewed Mack Brown, Gary Pinkel and Quin Snyder. I've spoken with senators, governors and leaders of business and industry. It all started with sports.
And yet, I still feel like it can't yet be time to go. I'm not sure why, but I can't help but think that if there had been some sort of seminal moment, some Senior Night, I would be as ready to leave as I am excited.
Kealing is a Chesterfield, Mo., senior in journalism and political science. He's worked for The Kansan for eight semesters, including two as its editor.
It's been a pleasure to write stories and columns for The Kansan.
It's an experience I'll never forget.
- Edited by Trevan McGee
NASCAR
Indy 500 champion adapts to newfound fame
INDIANAPOLIS — Sam Hornish Jr. is growing into his celebrity status.
His face is plastered on media guides, on television, around the historic Indianapolis ovaland, of course, etched into the Borg-Warner Trophy. As this year's star attraction, the low-key 27-year-old still is adapting to his new role as defending Indy 500 champion.
"A lot more people know who
you are'he said. I thought after winning two championships in the iRL, I was about as recognizable as I ever would be. I've definitely been surprised by how many more people know who I am now"
Hornish's profile has risen so much in the past year that his name is bandied about in NASCAR circles, and he's added a few Busch series races to his schedule.
Yes, winningIndy changes everything, and in Hornish's case it even meant reassessing goals.
This year, Horn is hope to join Penske teammate mello Castro-
nevies in the elite back-to-back winner's club. Although 63 drivers have steered into Victory Lane at Indy, only five have done it in consecutive years: Wilbur Shaw, Mauri Rose, Bill Vukovich, Al Unser and Castronevees. Unser and Castroneves are the only ones to do it in the last half-century.
But Hornish understands that while success can be defined on this 21/2-mile track, so can failure.
Until last year's win, Hornish's lifelong dream seemed more like the plot from "Groundhog Day" _ abadrerun. Each year, he'd come to Indy and agonizingly answer
questions about his string of bad luck. Then, as if on cue, something else went wrong.
There were crashes in 2000, 2004 and 2005. He finished four laps off the pace in 2001 and 14 laps down in 2002. In 2003, an engine malfunction with five laps to go cost him his best finish. He settled for 15th.
So when Hornish pulled out of the pits in last year's race with a fuel hose still attached to the car, most people figured the jinx had struck again.
- Associated Press
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St. Louis Cardinals' Adam Wainwright, left, just gets out of the way from a high-inside pitch caught my Colorado Rockies catcher Chris lannetta during the fifth inning Wednesday in St. Louis. The Cardinals won the game 9-2.
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Cardinals break low-scoring streak at home
ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Cardinals scored a couple of runs, then scored again, and again. For this team, it was practically uncharted waters.
Jeff Roberson/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Adam Wainwright had another strong outing and the Cardinals scored in multiple innings for the first time in seven games in a 9-2 victory against the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday.
"Today was a lot of the old-time Cardinals, turning over the batting order," said Aaron Miles, who had three hits and an RBI. "You look through the lineup, and we had a lot of hits."
Scott Spiezio added two hits and two RBIs in a 12-hit attack that led to two runs in the second, two in the fifth, four in the sixth and one in the seventh. St. Louis completed a 4-2 homestand with no home runs, getting by before the finale with a pair of three-run innings and a four-spot in the other three victories.
The Cardinals toaled 16 runs in the previous eight games and have scored two or fewer runs in half of their first 32 games. The last time they scored in multiple innings was May 1, when they had single runs in the second and third innings of a 1-2-2 loss to the Brewers.
Todd Helton and Brad Hawpe
"That's one of the brightest things that's happened since the season started," manager Tony La Russa said "If you're struggling like we're struggling and you end up shaking hands, that's a real good sign."
"Today was something I'm not used to," Hirsh said. "It's inexcusable. I just feel like I'm away out of sync."
each had an RBI double for the Rockies, who have lost three of four. Jason Hirsh (2-3) walked six and struck out five in four-plus innings, allowing three runs.
Despite their recent success, the Cardinals' 14-18 record is their worst since an identical start in 1990.
Wainwright (3-2) gave up two runs, one earned, and nine hits. He struck out four, didn't walk anyone, and stranded nine runners his first five innings. It's his second straight effective start while rebounding from arm fatigue related to his conversion from the bullpen along with mechanical issues.
the year manager Whitey Herzog resigned in frustration in July.
Still Best Cash for Books Jayhawk Bookstore ...at the top of Naismith Hill
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