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Charge may change for K-State back
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MANHATTAN — Kansas State coach Bill Snyder would not say Monday whether he would bench Thomas Clayton after the junior running back's arrest.
"There will be some consequences for Thomas," Snyder said during the Big 12 coaches' weekly conference' call. "We have to let things settle down a little bit. It's not what it appears to be. And I'm not in position to tell you, to elaborate on that."
Clayton was arrested Friday after a university parking services employee said the running back nearly ran over him while trying to avoid having his vehicle immobilized for several unpaid parking tickets.
Clayton was arrested and posted bond on a probable cause statement of aggravated battery but is unlikely to face that charge, Riley County Atto-
ney Barry Wilkerson said.
While Wilkerson said he had not reviewed the official police report, he said he would not prosecute someone for aggravated battery if no weapons were used or if a suspect did not use his hands or feet to cause severe injuries.
"There has to be some sort of physical contact for it to be aggravated battery," Wilkerson said.
Clayton, who leads the nation with an average of 164.5 yards rushing, was later released on $1,000 bond. No court date has vet been set.
Kansas State (2-0) was off Saturday and is host to North Texas this weekend.
Riley County Police Sgt. Tim Schuck told The Kansas City Star. that the parking services employee had phoned for a wheel lock when Clayton drove away. He was arrested shortly afterward.
All Cardinals tickets gone in two hours
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ST. LOUIS — It took only about two hours yesterday for the NL Central champion St. Louis Cardinals to sell out all playoff games leading up to the World Series.
World Series tickets will be sold later.
Tickets for the Division Series and National League Championship Series went on sale at 9 a.m. yesterday and were sold out by about 11 a.m.
For the first time, playoff tickets were not sold at the Busch Stadium ticket office or at other ticket outlets; they were sold online through the Cardinals' Web site and by phone. The team said problems with long lines and new stadium construction
prompted the change. The new Busch Stadium is being built next to the existing ballpark, which will be demolished at the end of the season.
It wasn't immediately clear how many tickets were sold. The team had expected to have about 14,000 tickets available for each Division Series game and about 13,000 for each NLCS game.
The Cardinals became the first team to clinch a playoff berth after beating the Chicago Cubs 6-1 Thursday. At 95-56, they have baseball's best record and will have home-field advantage in all NL playoff games. The American League team will have home-field advantage in the World Series because the AL won the All-Star game.
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New Houston Texans offensive coordinator Joe Pendry looks on at the press conference announcing his promotion. Pendry will replace Chris Palmer, who was fired on Monday following the team's second straight loss. Pendry had been the team's offensive line coach.
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Texans coordinator loses job
BY KRISTIE RIEKEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON — The Houston Texans fired offensive coordinator Chris Palmer on Monday following the team's second straight embarrassing loss.
Joe Pendry, the team's offensive line coach, was introduced as his replacement by coach Dom Capers Monday afternoon.
"We have not performed up to our expectations," Capers said. "We needed to make an adjustment to help us move forward in the direction we want to go."
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Capers and quarterback David Carr agreed that offense needs to be more consistent and hope this change will facilitate that.
Palmer, who had been the offensive coordinator since the team's inception, also called the plays.
to Buffalo 22-7 in the opener. Houston has averaged the fewest yards (170.5), fewest passing yards (66.5) and points (7) in the NFL through its first two games.
In Sunday's game, Carr appeared to be confused. He was sacked eight times — the most since the expansion year in 2002 and one shy of the most in the team's 50-game history.
The Texans lost to Pittsburgh 27-7 on Sunday after losing
Against Buffalo, Houston allowed five sacks and had five turnovers.
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Capers said he's been "evaluating the big picture" for a while and that this decision is a culmination of Houston's poor performance in a season-ending loss to Cleveland, in the preseason and the first two games.
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"I just want to get back to where we feel good about going out on Sundays," Carr said. "Feel like we have a chance to go out and compete against the teams that we feel like we're just as good as."
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coach of the Cleveland Browns.
He said over that period it became "apparent to me that things weren't working."
Houston has a bye this week before traveling to Cincinnati on Oct. 2. Capers said the extra week of preparation made it the "logical time" to make a change.
Palmer joined the Texans after being fired after one season as
Pendry was the offensive coordinator under Capers for three seasons at Carolina. He spent 1998-2000 in the same position with Buffalo.
"It's not fun to go into this situation, but it's my job," he said. "I've been asked to do it and I'll give everything in my power to give us the opportunity to win."
Carr said he didn't like the feeling he's had the last two weeks and that he's happy with any change that will improve the team.
In his first season with Buffalo, the Bills improved from 25th in the NFL in offense to sixth and reached the playoffs.
"We have to put him in a position to do his job and not have to go win the game for us every time," Pendry said. "We have ten other guys out there. They've got to go play."
do the job under the circumstances.
He said he'll work to improve the offense to help relieve the pressure on Carr.
Carr said he's excited about working with Pendry and that he thinks he will help the offense play to its strengths.
Pendry said that he hates to
"When we go out and execute and do what we're supposed to do we can be a good football team," he said. "When we don't we're a bad football team. It's no secret."
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