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SPORTS THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2010 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN KANSAN.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course — the distance between your ears."
Bobby Jones, golfing legend
FACT OF THE DAY
Senior Meghan Goeckel was one of three Big 12 women's golfers to post a 4.0 for the 2009-2010 school year. She also posted a 4.0 last season.
— Kansas Athletics
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Who posted the best scoring average this season?
A: Senior Emily Powers with 75.57 strokes per round.
Kansas Athletics
SCORES
NHL PLAYOFFS:
Boston 4, Philadelphia 1
Boston leads 3-0
Chicago, Vancouver, late
MLB BASEBALL:
Kansas City 2, Chicago Sox 9
Toronto 5, Cleveland 4
Baltimore 5, NY Yankees 7
Atlanta 7, Washington 6
St. Louis 0, Philadelphia 4
Chicago Cubs 2, Pittsburgh 4
LA Angels 1, Boston 3
NY Mets 4, Cincinnati 5
San Francisco 3, Florida 2
Arizona 2, Houston 4
Detroit 4, Minnesota 5
Texas 1, Oakland 4
Colorado, San Diego, late
Tampa Bay, Seattle, late
Milwaukee, LA Dodgers, late
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Forward transfers to USC from Iowa
Forward Aaron Fuller, an honorable-mention All-Big Ten performer for Iowa last season, has transferred to USC, the school announced.
The 6-foot-6, 230-pound sophomore will sit out next season and have two years of eligibility remaining. He led Iowa in scoring (12.3 ppg) and rebounding (7.6 rpg) in conference games in 2009-10.
Fuller was the Class 4A-5A Player of the Year in Arizona as a senior at Mesa High in 2007-08.
McClatchy-Tribune
Two Jayhawks fly the coop
MORNING BREW
Xavier Henry, former guard, and I don't have a whole lot in common. Height difference and athletic ability aside, I doubt our experiences here at the University have much overlap.
But I was struck by something he said to me during an interview earlier in the semester. "That's what college is about," he said. "It's where you work your hardest to see what you're gonna become. This is what makes you"
Rereading it now, I realize that maybe Xavier and I do have something in common after all: After finals end, we won't be coming back to the University. At least not for now. He, of course, will make a run at a professional career in the NBA while I make my walk through the campanile and down the hill.
Our career goals are as different as our time spent at the University,but what we have in common is a shared experience — the experience of pushing ourselves, just like the other 6,000 students who will graduate next weekend, to see what we're going to become. To see what we can make
BY BRIANNE PFANNENSTIEL
bptannenstiel.kapsan.com
of ourselves.
As graduation approaches, I know I'm not alone in occasionally succumbing to sentimentality. My time at the University has not always been great. In fact, some of it has been hell. But I would be lying if I said I'm the same person leaving that I was coming in. I would be lying if I said I haven't been shaped for the better by the four years I've spent on this campus. My college experience has helped me who I am today
I have been made by the steam whistle at 9:50 a.m. and the bell tower at noon. I have been made by late night homework, early walks through campus and endless coffee. I have been made by national
championships won and lost, deadlines met and missed, friends come and gone. I have been made by professors-turned-mentors and roommates-turned-family. I have been made by hard work, perseverance and a constant helping hand.
Xavier and I, we're going different places.
But we've had a good run here.
— Edited by Allyson Shaw
As a senior, this will be my first and last edition of the Morning Brew, but it's been real. See you on the Hill.
Joy ride
Spencer Walsh/KANSAN
Gallagher Ring, a senior from Overland Park, bikes down the hill behind Memorial Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. "I was probably going 20 miles per hour," he said. "My top speed is 45 though." Ring uses a cycle computer on his handle bars to track his speed.
NFL
Linebacker continues football career as coach
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
CHICAGO — As Marcus Freeman drove out of Indianapolis after a failed physical with the Colts only four days after they lost the Super Bowl, he couldn't help but think about Gaines Adams, who had died less than a month
But the linebacker from Ohio State, the Bears' fifth-round pick a year ago, also couldn't imagine an enlarged heart valve in his left ventricle ending his football career. His playing days had ended abruptly, but not a career in the game he loves.
Freeman's first call was to his Buckeyes position coach, Luke Fickell, explaining that after a battery of stress tests and an MRI on his heart the Colts determined it wasn't safe for him to continue playing. He wanted to coach. Then he called his father and wife and explained the stunning news.
"The two-hour drive home from Indianapolis helped me realize, 'Hey, this is the end of it,' said Freeman, who has a 3-year-old daughter, Bria, and a 2-year-old son, Vincent. "I was really disappointed, but I wasn't in the
dumps. Right away, I was excited and ready to begin the next chapter. Coaching is definitely something I have a passion for."
Now, he has a position as a quality control assistant for the Buckeyes while he finishes up three classes for a degree in sports management. His goal is to continue in the coaching profession after a truncated playing career. The Bears released Freeman at the end of the preseason, and he had stints on practice squads for the Bills and Texans.
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY No events scheduled
FRIDAY
Baseball vs. Missouri, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
SATURDAY Softball vs. Iowa State, 2 p.m.
Baseball vs. Missouri, 6 p.m.
SUNDAY
Softball vs. Iowa State, 12 p.m.
Baseball
vs. Missouri, 1 p.m.
MONDAY No events scheduled
TUESDAY
No events scheduled
WEDNESDAY No events scheduled
BASKETBALL STARS
CELEBRATE WITH KJHK
Cole Aldrich and Thomas Robinson will help KJHK
Robinson w Sports celebrate its move to the Kansas Union by joining
JKHk's Phog Nation from 6 to 7 tonight. Listen live on 90.7 FM or www.kjhk.org.
MLB
Yankees relievers just hold off Orioles
NEW YORK—Nick Johnson and Nick Swisher homered, Mark Teixeira hit a two-run double and New York's depleted bullpen barely held on as the Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-5 on Wednesday to finish a three-game sweep.
Missing closer Mariano Rivera, the New York relief corps nearly coughed up a comfortable lead after Andy Pettitte held down the Orioles — as usual.
The Yankees led 6-1 after seven innings. But with Rivera resting a stuff left side muscle and Joba Chamberlain unavailable after closing out the previous two games, Baltimore scored four times against five relievers.
Associated Press
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