DALY DIVORCE
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Paulette Daly filed for divorce from JOHN DALY less than two weeks after a drinking spree at the Players Championship that ended with the former British Open and PGA champion committing himself to an alcohol rehabilitation program.
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Papers filed Tuesday in the Circuit Court of Sheibly County in Memphis, Tenn., alleged Daly was guilty of inappropriate marital conduct and said that to continue living together would be unsafe and improper.
The couple married on Jan. 28, 1995. Daly entered the Betty Ford Center for alcohol treatment.
KANSAS RECRUIT NAMED TO NATIONAL TEAM
High schoolers RYAN HUMPREY of Tulsa and RON ARTEST of New York have been named to the U.S. A.J. Junior National Team, which plays April 19 in Orlando, Fla. They replace Tracy
McGraacy and Lamar Odom, with whowithdrew for personal reasons. Humphrey, a 6-foot 7, 220-pound forward, is being recruited by Kansas and is expected to choose a college next week.
REACHING OUT
FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1997
The National Football League provided the financially strapped CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE with a $3 million advance in a deal to pave the way for the NFL to stage regular-season games in Vancouver and Toronto.
The five-year deal includes an annual game between the World League champion and the
CFL's grey Cup winner, and the CFL said it would try to ease the way its players are signed by the NFL. The NFL would assist the CFL and its teams with marketing.
The agreement will, in effect, allow the NUL to use the CFL to develop players, much as it has used the World League.
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Studious swimmer earns spot on All-America team
Kansas sophomore swimmer Adrienne Turner, from Goshen, Ind., was named to the GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-America Team. She was chosen for the fall-winter at-large second
Adrienne Turner
team for her efforts in both the classroom and the pool.
Turner has maintained a 4.0 grade point average in pre- allied health curriculum in her three semesters at Kansas. At the 1996 NCAA
Championships, she earned All-American status for her top-16 finishes in the 200 butterfly and the 400 and 800 freestyle relays. She also holds the second-best time at Kansas in the 200 butterfly.
During her two seasons at Kansas, Turner has won the 200 butterfly race 16 times.
The All-America teams are made up of the most outstanding Division I student athletes who participate in fall and winter at-large sports. Sports considered at-large are soccer, swimming, field hockey, cross country and gymnastics.
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Former Oregon player returns as head coach
PORTLAND, ORE. — Ernie Kent, who played at Oregon, will return to his alma mater as head basketball coach
Chris Frey, assistant Cuyahoga County prosecutor, said the search was meant to inventory valuables in Mesa's vehicle.
Kent, head coach at St. Mary's the past five seasons, will be the first African-American head coach in any sport at Oregon.
Mesa, 30, had faced up to 13 and a half years in prison if convicted on all charges. A citizen of the Dominican Republic, he could have been deported if convicted of any of them.
Kent, 42, had a 90-80 record at St. Mary's. His 1996-97 team was 23-8, tying Santa Clara for the regular-season championship in the West Coast Conference and winning the WCC tournament. The Gaels lost to Wake Forest in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
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Mesa shed tears of joy and relief after his acquittal Wednesday on charges of rape, theft and two counts of gross sexual imposition.
Jury selection is to begin Monday, and Mesa could receive six to 18 months in prison if convicted.
CLEVELAND — A day after being cleared in a rape trial, Jose Mesa began a second legal battle yesterday, fighting a charge that he was carrying a concealed weapon in his vehicle.
Kent replaces Jerry Green, who resigned to become head coach at Tennessee.
Police illegally searched the vehicle when they found the gun, a lawyer for the Cleveland Indians' star pitcher told a judge. The search took place on Dec. 27, when Mesa was arrested and charged with rape.
new trial awaits pitcher following rape acquittal
Mark Turgeon, top assistant at Oregon under Green, was a candidate. Turgeon, a former point guard at Kansas, had been recommended for the job by Green and several prominent coaches, including Roy Williams of Kansas, Larry Brown of the Indiana Pacers and John Calipari of the New Jersey Nets.
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Legend back 'Downtown'
Former Kansas basketball player Terry Brown displays his painting of Jacque Vaughn, Scot Pollard, Joel Haase and B.J. Williams. An exhibit of works by Brown, who returned to Lawrence to launch an art career, starts tomorrow at the Phoenix Gallery, 91.9 Massachusetts St.
Terry Brown trades hoops for canvas in 'Hawk town
By Spencer Duncan
Kansan sports editor
Kansan sports editor
When people in Lawrence see Terry Brown and realize he is *the* Terry Brown, they just have to ask him about Kansas basketball.
"People like him," Brown said, pointing to his friend, "are always asking me questions about when I played."
The man known as "Downtown" Terry Brown to Kansas basketball fans when he played guard for the Jayhawks from 1990-91, doesn't mind the questions about his college playing days.
But the "Downtown" who returned to Lawrence after a brief career in the Continental Basketball Association has more in his life than basketball.
No longer making money playing in the CBA, Brown returned to Lawrence a few years ago and is trying to jump start a career as an artist.
A few months ago, Brown contacted the Phoenix Gallery, an art store at 919 Massachusetts St. He told him he was an artist and was interested in displaying and selling his work.
Kelly Hendry, Phoenix Gallery employee, said she didn't know Brown was a local legend. She justliked his work.
"I haven't been in Lawrence very long and when he walked in here, I didn't even know who he was," Hendry said. "When he left, someone said to me 'that's" "Downtown" Terry Brown. He played basketball."
Brown is remembered as one of the most prolific three-point shooters in Jayhawk
history. In just two years with Kansas, Brown recorded a school-record 200 three-pointers in 485 attempts. He also was a team captain as a senior in 1991.
"Terry is a great shooter," said Kansas basketball coach Roy Williams. "He was always a hard worker, and he just stepped up to the line and could hit the shot."
Brown graduated from Kansas with an art degree. After college, with no real offers to play in the NBA. Brown went to Mexico.
After a brief stay. Brown returned to the
states and played in the CBA. But that only lasted for a while.
"I enjoyed playing, but I didn't like some of the stuff that was going on," he said. "Not everyone was happy, and some of the stuff was underhanded."
So three years ago, Brown returned to Lawrence. It was here that he decided to concentrate on art.
The majority of his work are paintings of African-American subjects. Brown takes photographs and recreates them on his canvas, giving them a different look and adding his own inspiration.
"I had just sort of put it to the side for a while," he said. "But it is what I like to do, and I saw the opportunity to do it."
Brown works in his Lawrence apartment. It is his home and his studio.
His paintings include such subjects as a face of a man and a woman with her child playing the cello.
Awards banquet honors men's basketball players
See BROWN, Page 4B
By Bill Petulla
By Bill Petulla Kansan sportswriter
Tyler Wirken / KANSAN
Awards, cheers and tears were exchanged at the Kansas basketball banquet last evening at Allen Field House. About 1,200 attended the feast and ceremony, which honored the 34-2 Jayhawk men's basketball team.
Kansas Athletic Director Bob Frederick welcomed the assemblage and set the tone for the evening.
"There has never been a Kansas team that has made us prouder," Frederick said.
Moving down a line of teammates, a teary-eyed Jacque Vaughn prepares to embrace Raef LaFrentz. Vaughn had just concluded his senior speech last night at Allen Field House.
Following Frederick's welcoming speech, accolades were awarded to the players. Chancellor Robert Hemenway was on hand to present B.J. Williams, Jacque Vaughn, Scot Pollard, Joel Branstrom, Steve Ransom and Jerod Haase with the senior awards.
Each assistant coach and Roy Williams handed out various awards throughout the evening. The presenter for the Dr. Forrest C. Phog Allen Award, which honors the most valuable player, was the son of the famed Phog Allen, Bob Allen.
Allen commented on the the award's recipient.
"Phog Allen saw a bunch of outstanding players in his time, but none as talented as Raef LaFrentz," he said.
After the awards, each senior gave a speech thanking those who had had an impact on his career. Each took a different approach. Branstrom, a walkon, gave a tearful address, while his counterpart Ransom was quick and to the point. Backcourt mates Vaughn and Haase and center B.J. Williams gave earnest praise to their team, family and coaches.
Pollard, however, told a story of an imaginary friend he had growing up named Roy. Whenever he did something to aggravate his parents, Pollard said, he would tell them Roy did it.
On senior night at Allen Field House, Pollard's mother told him how proud she was of what a man he had become.
"Roy did it, Mom," Pollard told his mother, "Rov did it."
Other awards were (presenters in parentheses): Ken Koenigs Academic Award (assistant coach Joe Holladay) — Jacque Vaughn, Jerod Haase, Ryan Robertson and T.J. Pugh, Dutch Lonborg Free Throw Percentage Award (Holladay) — Ryan Robertson, Cedric Hunter
Ted Owens Defensive Player Award (Doherty) — Jacque Vaughn. Bill Bridges Rebounding Award (Dougherty) — Raef LaFrentz. Dick Harp Field Goal Percentage Award (Kansas women's golf coach Jerry Waugh, who played for Harp) — Raef LaFrentz.
Assists Award (assistant coach Matt Doherty) — Jacque Vaughn. Clyde Lovellette Most Improved Player Award (assistant coach Neil Dougherty) — Paul Pierce.
Tournament places golf team on down slope
By Kelly Cannon
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas men's and women's golf teams competed earlier this week in Santa Cruz, Calif., and St. George, Utah.
The men took part in the 51st annual Western Intercollegiate Tournament on Monday and Tuesday in Santa Cruz but suffered greatly because of the golf course, men's head coach Ross Randall said.
"It is a great golf course, but the greens have a severe slope," Randall said. "We've done well there before, but three of the five players we took have never played there before."
The Jayhawks posted their worst team score of the season with a three-round total of 924. They placed 12th.
Sophomore Chris Thompson tied for 36th place with a score of 230. Junior Brad Barnett also tied for 36th place.
Freshman Brad Davis placed 63rd with 238, senior Kit Grove and freshman Ryan Vermeer placed 73rd with 242.
"We are going to use this experience and learn from our mistakes." Randall said.
The women played in the Utah-Dixie Classic on Monday and Tuesday, finishing eighth with a three-round total of 967.
Senior Anne Clark finished highest for the team - 29th with 238. Senior Missy Russell was 36th with 240, Junieth Beth Reuter was 42nd with 244, and sophomore Mandy Munsch was 43rd with 245.
The women will play in the Susie Maxwell Bering Classic in Norman, Okla., on Monday and Tuesday.
The men's next tournament is tomorrow and Sunday in Houston.