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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
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Senior guard Danielle McCray battles a Colorado forward for a loose ball on Jan. 27 at Allen Fieldhouse. McCray was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team in this year's sward selections.
Award selections decided, two Jayhawks nominated
BY MAX ROTHMAN
mrothman@kansan.com
Women's basketball award selections were decided Monday by the league's 12 head coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their own players.
Kansas senior guard Danielle McCray was named to the All Big 12 Second Team despite missing the season's final nine games. She averaged 19.8 points and 7.2 rebounds per game before suffering a season-ending ACL injury.
Freshman forward Carolyn Davis earned All-Big 12 Freshman Team after averaging 9.9 points and 7.2 rebounds this season.
Player of the Year:
**Player of the Year:**
Kelsey Griffin, Nebraska
**Co-Defensive Players of the Year:**
Brittney Griner, Baylor and Yvonne Turner, Nebraska
**Freshman of the Year:**
Brittney Griner, Baylor
**Newcomer of the Year:**
Danielle Adams, Texas A&M
**Sixth Man Award:**
Bianca Smith, Colorado
**Coach of the Year:**
Connie Yori, Nebraska
All-Big 12 First Team (alphabetical by school)
Brittany Griner, Baylor C
Alison Lacey, Iowa State G
Ashley Sweat, Kansas State F
Kelsey Griffin, Nebraska F
Cory Montgomery, Nebraska F
Yvonne Turner, Nebraska G
Danielle Robinson, Oklahoma G
Amanda Thompson, Oklahoma F
Andrea Riley, Oklahoma State G Tanisha Smith. Texas A&M G/F
All-Big 12 Second Team (alphabetical by school)
Danielle McCray, Kansas G/F
Nyeshia Stevenson, Oklahoma F
Tegan Cunningham, Oklahoma State F
Brittainey Raven, Texas G
Danielle Adams, Texas A&M F/C
All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
[physical education]
Kelli Griffin (Baylor), Morghan Medlock (Baylor), Brittany Spears (Colorado), Kelsey Bolte (Iowa State), RaeShara Brown (Missouri), Jessra Johnson (Missouri), Dominique Kelley (Nebraska), Ashleigh Fontenette (Texas), Kathleen Nash (Texas), Sydney Carter (Texas A&M), Jordan Murphee (Texas Tech), Ashlee Roberson (Texas Tech)
Big 12 All-Defensive Team
(alphabetical by school)
Brittney Griner, Baylor C
Denae Stuckey, Iowa State G
Kelsey Griffin, Nebraska F
Yvonne Turner, Nebraska G
Danielle Robinson, Oklahoma G
Big 12 All-Freshman Team
Big 12 Yale-institutional team (alphabetical by school)
Brittney Griner, Baylor C
Anna Prins, Iowa State C
Carolyn Davis, Kansas F
Lindsey Moore, Nebraska G
Cokie Reed, Texas C
Edited by Anna Archibald
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Redshirt guards show improvement
Even though they haven't taken the court this season, redshirt guards Mario Little and Travis
Releford have shown vast improvement in practice, coach Bill Self said in Monday's press conference.
For two players who
Little
will most likely be key leaders on next year's team, Releford and Little are both convinced they made the right decision to
redshirt this season.
them,"Self said. "They're much better basketball players now than they were back in October."
"If you were to ask them both, they would agree 100 percent that this has been good for
Self said his team benefits
from having two of the more talented backups for his starters to play against in practice and the process is helping out Little and Releford, as well.
Releford
During practice, Self tells them to imitate a player, like Baylor's
LaceDarius Dunn who is known for putting up questionable — if not daring — shots. Basically, Self said, he is telling them to take any kind of shot they want and they won't get yelled at like the other players will.
It makes them more versatile scorers, but their defensive mindset isn't exactly at game speed right now.
Corey Thibodeaux
"There's a lot of things that happen through redshirting that's positive from an offensive standpoint," Self said, "probably not as good from a defensive standpoint."
MLB
Royals fall to Reds Chapman hits 100
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman hit 100 mph on radar guns during his spring training debut Monday, throwing two scoreless innings during the Cincinnati Reds' 14-5 victory over the Kansas
City Royals.
The 22-year-old left-hander threw at least three pitches that were clocked at 100 mph on scouts' radar guns behind home plate. Chapman entered the game in relief of Bronson Arroyo and gave up one hit, striking out three of the last four batters he faced.
The Reds signed Chapman to
a six-year, $30.25 million deal in January.
MLB
Drew Stubbs hit a two-run homer off Kyle Farnsworth, who is trying to make the Royals' starting rotation. Farnsworth hasn't started a game in the majors since 2000 with the Chicago Cubs.
Associated Press
Doctor denies malpractice
Anthony Galea to go to trial for his treatment of Alex Rodriquez
ASSOCIATED PRESS
tories but not human growth hormone.
TORONTO — A sports doctor at the center of drug investigations in Canada and the United States said Monday he treated Alex Rodriguez after the Yankees slugger had hip surgery last year and prescribed anti-inflamma-
Dr. Anthony Galea also told The Associated Press an assistant who was stopped at the U.S.-Canadian border in Buffalo, N.Y., last year was
Rodriguez said last week he was "aware" of the investigation and plans to cooperate with the government. He declined comment again when asked about Galea after he left New York's spring
"They made it look like I had 100 vials. I had one little vial and two doses were for me..."
Rodriguez and other high-profile baseball players including Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran have been contacted by U.S. federal investigators regarding Galea. Reyes and Beltran each say they did not receive HGH from Galea.
training game Monday against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
"He had a damaged hip. Inflamed. It was damaged." Galea said in an interview at his clinic. "He needed anti-inflammatory for his hip. I was basically helping
carrying only a minuscule amount of HGH — which Galea said was for his own use. The doctor reiterated that he has never given the drug to an athlete.
DR. ANTHONY GALEA sports doctor
Galea said that he helped with Rodriguez's rehabilitation from hip surgery last March.
"They made it look like I had 100 vials. I had one little vial and two doses were for me and you think that someone along the line would ask "Well how much is there?"
"I only brought enough for her to do two injections into me because I was away for two nights," said Galea, who believes authorities and the media have exaggerated the accusations involving him and his practice.
in the rehab."
The Yankees released a statement last Monday saying they never authorized Galea to treat the slugger. If Rodriguez was treated without club
consent, any attempt to determine whether he violated his record $275 million, 10-year contract, its guarantee language or baseball's collective bargaining agreement likely would hinge on whether treatment was elective or necessary.
as Actovegin, which is used as another healing technique.
He is facing four charges in Canada related to the drug known
The drug, extracted from calf's blood and used for healing, is not approved for sale in Canada, but lactates.
can prescribe it if they inform patients about what it is. Using, selling or importing Actovegin is illegal in the United States; it is not banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
banned by the major sports for a decade because it can improve the quality of life for people over 40.
"They already destroyed and embarrassed my children, embarrassed me."
But Galea said Catalano only could have had a tiny, half-empty bottle or one ampoule of HGH. An ampoule is a small sealed vial which is used to contain and preserve a sample.
He became the focus of authorities' attention last year when his assistant, Mary Anne Catalano, was stopped at the border. U.S. federal court documents say "20 vials and 76 ampoules of unknown misbranded drugs including Nutropin (Human Growth Hormone - HGH) and foreign homeopathic drugs" were found in a car Catalano was driving.
The 51-year-old Galea says that he's taken HGH — which is
"It's so small," he said. "If you're going to give it to an elite athlete they would need a minimum of three bottles of this a week for six months."
DR. ANTHONY GALEA sports doctor
:
He displayed such a bottle in his office: It was smaller than an adult's pinkie finger.
Galea was arrested Oct. 15 after a search warrant was executed at the Institute of Sports Medicine
Health and Wellness Centre in Toronto. He is charged with selling Actoveegin, conspiracy to import an unapproved drug, conspiracy to export a drug and
"They want a story and they got it," he said. "They already destroyed and embarrassed my children, embarrassed me."
smuggling goods into Canada.