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SPORTS / MONDAY, APRIL19, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I am very pleased with our recruits so far and certainly won't rule out the possibility of adding a third player to the class if things fall perfectly."
— Kansas coach Bill Self
FACT OF THE DAY
Xavier Henry was the eighthranked prospect last season, while Josh Selby is the No.4 rated player in the country.
Rivals.com
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q:Who is Kansas leading wide receiver from last season?
A: Johnathan Wilson Wilson caught 35 passes for 449 yards, but he did not record a touchdown.
— KansasAthletics
SCORES
NBA Playoffs:
Oklahoma City 79,LA Lakers 87
Lakers lead series,1-0
Charlotte 89,Orlando 98
Orlando leads series,1-0
San Antonio 94,Dallas 100
Dallas leads series,1-0
Portland at Phoenix, late
NHL Playoffs:
Phoenix 4, Detroit 2
Phoenix leads series, 2-1
New Jersey 2, Philadelphia 3 (OT)
Philadelphia leads series, 2-1
Pittsburgh 4,Ottawa 2
Pittsburgh leads series,2-1
Nashville 0, Chicago 2
Series tied, 1-1
San Jose at Colorado, late
MLB Baseball:
Kansas City 10, Minnesota 5
New York (AL) 5, Texas 2
Chicago (AL) 4, Cleveland 7
Tampa Bay 7, Boston 1
Colorado 3, Atlanta 4
Milwaukee 11, Washington 7
Florida 2, Philadelphia 0
Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 5
Houston 3, Chicago (NL) 2
Baltimore 8, Oakland 3
Arizona 3, San Diego 5
Detroit 4, Seattle 2
San Francisco 1, Los Angeles (NL)
2
New York (NL) 3, St. Louis 5
Los Angeles (AL) 3, Toronto 1
Offseason adds excitement
MORNING BREW
Raise your hand if you're tired of athletes in a certain professional league acting like a bunch of idiots? Or raise your hand if you are afraid that this is the last season of this certain professional league before the dollars-and-cents game takes control?
Such is the state of America's No.1 league, the NFL.
In Super Bowl XLIII, the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Arizona Cardinals with one of the greatest Super Bowl plays of all time. Ben Roethlisberger tossed a pass to Santonio Holmes for a touchdown with only seconds left on the clock. Now both players are seen in a totally different light, and the decisions of these two "role models" gives the NFL a bad name. Because of his actions, Holmes was even shipped off to a different team.
So far this NFL offseason there have been the usual off-field issues (Come on, it's the NFL). But it's the individual and the degree of their actions that is most interesting.
Well, for those who don't want to hear about Ben and his little Roethlisberger or any other player complain about his contract again, this coming week is for you. The NFL is giving the people what they want. No, not NFL sensitivity
BY ANDREW HAMMOND
training (as fascinating as that would be), but instead it's the NFL entering a new frontier in primetime. This week, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and his NFL Network are increasing coverage of the league even more.
For the first time, the NFL will devote two hours on the NFL Network and ESPN to a schedule release special. Instead of seeing the schedule posted on the Internet, the NL will give fans insight and showcase the important games on your favorite teams schedule. To some this may sound like another way the NL is trying to cram its product down our collective threats. It's not. The NFL recognizes that football is now a 24-7, 365-day event and giving fans new and innovative ways to stay connected to the game is very cutting edge
elected to the game is very cutting edge.
The coup de grace of the NFLs
Christmas in April is the NFL Draft being broadcast for the first time in primetime. Although I disagree with the possibility of a player like Sam Bradford getting $50 million contract from the St. Louis Rams, it will be cool to see some of the best players in the last decade get time in the spotlight in New York City. The draft gives us a chance to not focus on who's complaining about their contract or who's going to kick it in the courtroom instead of the weight room.
As football fans, we need to take in these few moments when the NFL focuses on competition and its players instead of suspensions and labor agreements.
Edited by Drew Anderson
Stick 'em up
Sophomore long stick middle Charlie Jones makes a pass while an Iowa State defender attempts to intercept it. The Jayhawks jumped out to an early lead during the first half and finished strong for a 22-2 victory Sunday.
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NBA
Lakers hold off Durant, Thunder
LOS ANGELES — Pau Gasol scored 19 points, Andrew Bynum added 13 and the Los Angeles Lakers used their twin 7-footers to dominate inside against the Oklahoma City Thunder, winning 87-79 Sunday in the opener of their playoff series.
Kobe Bryant added 21 points on 6 of 19 shooting after missing four of the final five regular season games to rest his swollen right knee and broken right index finger.
Kevin Durant led the Thunder with 24 points — under the 30.1 average of the NBA's youngest ever scoring champion. Former UCLA star Russell Westbrook added 23.
Bynum returned from a 13-game absence because of a strained right Achilles' tendon, teaming with Gasol to pull down a combined 25 rebounds and deny the Thunder key second-chance baskets.
Game 2 in the best-of-7 series is Tuesday at Staples Center.
Associated Press
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY
No events scheduled
TUESDAY No events scheduled
WEDNESDAY
Baseball vs. Missouri at Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City,
Mo., 7 p.m
THURSDAY
SOFTDAY Softball at Nebraska, 5 p.m.
Track & Field
at Drake Relays/Penn
Relays, TBA
FRIDAY
Tennis vs. Texas Tech, 2 p.m.
Baseball vs. Texas Tech, 7 p.m.
Women's golf
at Big 12
Championships,
n, Okla., all day
Track & Field
at Drake Relays/Penn
Relays, TBA
Men's Golf at Big 12 Championship, Trinity all day
Texas, all day
NBA
Magic's offense too much for Bobcats
Rashard Lewis added 19 points, and Dwight Howard had nine blocks but was limited offensively, and in foul trouble for most of the second half.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Jameer Nelson scored 24 of his 32 points in the first half, and the Orlando Magic nearly blew a 22-point lead before beating the Charlotte Bobcats 98-89 in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series Sunday.
Game 2 in the best-of-seven series is Wednesday night in Orlando.
Gerald Wallace had 25 points, and Stephen Jackson played through a hyperextended left knee to finish with 18 points in the Bobcats' first playoff game in franchise history.
NHL
Associated Press
Flyers squeeze by Devils in overtime
PHILADELPHIA — Dan Carcillo scored 3:35 into overtime to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 3-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday night and a 2-1 advantage in the Eastern Conference series.
Carcillo knocked in a rebound off Mike Richards' shot for his first goal of the postseason. The Flyers
pounded Devils goalie Martin Brodeur all game and outshot the Devils 6-1 in the brief overtime.
Carcillo, who scored only 12 goals all season, was instantly mobbed by his teammates.
Claude Giroux and Richards also scored for the Flyers. Brian Rolston had two power-play goals for the Devils.
Game 4 is Tuesday night in Philadelphia.
Associated Press
HUMANITIES LECTURE SERIES 2009-2010
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Revolution, History & the Power of Independent Film to Change the World
KEVIN WILLMOTT
April 20, 2010 | 7:30 p.m.
Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union
Supported by the Friends of the Hall Center
Two-time Sundance participant and KU Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies, Kevin Willmott is a screenwriter, filmmaker, playwright, actor and activist. His films include C.S.A.-The Confederate States of America, a 2004 feature that imagines the fate of America had the South won the Civil War His most recent release, The Only Good Indian starring Wes Studi, was selected for Sundance in 2009. Willmott grew up in Junction City, Kansas and attended Marquette College and NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
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