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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2005
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lot quicker than me," Geha said, who recalled playing her older sister in the back yard on numerous occasions. "They were pretty intense battles, and with our differences it evened out every once in a while."
Francis has been pleased with Geha's performance in practice this season and attributes some of her success to her ability to catch on to new skills.
"She has started out really well," Francis said. "She is playing a position she is used to playing, but not in a formation that has three midfield players. So she is still adjusting to that a little bit. She is a very quick learner."
Despite her recent high school success, Missy Geha remains humble. When asked about her greatest strength, she was speechless.
A rough and rugged rugby ruck drill
"I don't have one." Geha said. "I'll do anything they need me to do. I am just going to work as hard as I can to help the team win."
Though only a freshman, Geha is ready to fill her sister's shoes.
KU rugby club from left to right, Jack Vogt, Appleton, Wis., sophomore, Tim Williams, Omaha, Neb. sophomore, Matt Mahoney, Prairie Village freshman, and Jesse Marks, Parsons senior, or the bottom, participate in a ruck drill during practice. The Jayhawks held their practice yesterday night at Westwick Field. Also pictured are Dan Brown, Chicago, sophomore and Jordan Brown, Whitefish Bay, Wis., senior, are seen from the backside.
— Edited by Becca Evanhoe
Longtime broadcaster will hang up head phones
Max Falkenstien, long-time radio broadcaster for Kansas Athletics, will retire at the end of the 2005-2006 men's basketball season, athletics department officials announced yesterday.
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"Although I still am in good health, I realize there finally comes a time when one must call an end to something, no matter how much he enjoys it," Falkenstien said.
Falkenstien is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Naismith Basketball of Fame. In 2001, The Sporting News magazine named him "the best college radio personality in the country."
He began broadcasting at Kansas on March 18, 1946. It was an NCAA tournament game between Kansas and Oklahoma A&M.
Falkenstien will enter his 60th season covering Kansas athletics and his 21st serving as color commentator.
"No one can replace Max," Kansas Athletics Director Lew Perkins said. "We will always be indebted to him for what he has done and what he means to Jayhawk athletics."
— Ryan Schneider
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Chiefs quarterback's condition uncertain
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Safeties Shaunard Harts and Willie Pile were among seven players waived yesterday by the Kansas City Chiefs, who were also putting quarterback Trent Green through an exhaustive battery of tests.
Coach Dick Vermeil said he was not sure Green would be able to play in the final exhibition game Friday night at St. Louis. At the same time, backup Todd Collins still
is hobbled by a hand injury and might not be ready for the season opener on Sept. 11 against the New York Jets.
Green has been bothered by numbness in his right foot and lower right leg. He played in only two series last week against Seattle before giving way to Jonathan Quinn, who was out of football when the Chiefs gave him an emergency call last week.
Vermeil said he would have a better idea of Green's condition today.
"He's going through a battery of tests. Some of these tests aren't just five-minute deals," Vermil
said. "They take sophisticated equipment and sophisticated people to administer"
Vermeil said he remained confident Green would be ready for the season opener.
"If he couldn't play, it's a big hurt. But we don't anticipate that kind of evaluation, or findings when it's all said and done," he said. "I'm always concerned when you look out on the field and your starting quarterback's not on the field."
In the meantime, the Chiefs made nine player transactions to get down to 75 players.
Linebacker Shawn Barber, as expected, was placed on the physically unable-to-perform list and fullback Robert Holcombe was put on injured reserved. Barber underwent major knee surgery after a season-ending injury last year.
Walved were punter Nick Murphy, wide receivers Nathanial Curry, Darrell Hill and Richard Smith, tackle Thomas Barnett and Pile and Harts.
Harts has seen considerable action the past four years, and his release was somewhat of a surprise.
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