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what we heard "That one fact alone would cause reasonable doubt for one or more of the jurors" Craig Silverman, former prosecutor following Kobe Bryant's trial, on whether the accuser had sex with multiple partners after Bryant and before contacting the police.
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wednesday, april 28, 2004
Kansas athletics calendar
TODAY
TODAY
Softball at Nebraska, 5:30 p.m.
TOMORROW
FRIDAY
Tennis at Big 12 Championships, all day
Track and Field at Big 12 Championships, all day
Baseball vs. Texas Tech, 6 p.m.
Tennis at Big 12 Championships, all day
Track and Field at Big 12 Championships, all day
SATURDAY
Tennis at Big 12 Championships, all day
Track and Field at Big 12 Championships, all day
Basketball vs. Texas Tech, 6 p.m.
Rowing at Big 12 Championships, all day
Scottball vs. Texas, 2 p.m.
SUNDAY
Baseball vs. Texas Tech, 1 p.m.
Softball vs. Texas, 1 p.m.
Royals try to recover from their injuries
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Royals pitcher Kevin Appier will be out four to six weeks with a strained muscle that could be related to his elbow surgery.
Appier, the only right-hander in Kansas City's rotation, came out in the second inning against Minnesota last Friday night. He had surgery in the off-season for a torn flexor tendon in his right elbow.
He lasted only 15 pitches against the Twins before leaving with a strained muscle in his right forearm.
"The muscle he strained works in conjunction with the muscle-tendon area that was surgically repaired," trainer Nick Swartz said. "The same muscle action that's used in throwing, this muscle works in conjunction with it."
Appier, 36, was re-signed by the Royals last September after being released by Anaheim. A 15-year major league veteran, he has a 169-137 career record, ninth on the active wins list. He pitched for the Royals from 1989-99 and holds the club record with 1,456 strikeouts.
Appier was 0-1 In one start this year with a 13.50 ERA.
with a 15-30 skirt.
"It means we go backwards from where he was the other night with regard to where he is pitching-wise." Swartz said.
"In the big picture, this will heal. It's a muscular strain, so these things do heal."
Manager Tony Pena said he was unsure who would replace Appier in the rotation, although left-hander Dennys Reves is a possibility.
Reyes is a possibility. "It's very tough." Pena said. "Not only for him, but for everybody in this organization. Appier is one of those guys, he works so hard and he wants to do this so bad. He wants to show everybody in baseball that he still has some time left.
"Now we just have to wait. He was starting to throw the ball real well."
Also, first baseman Mike Sweeney was out of the starting lineup for the fifth straight game with a strained wrist. Swartz said the wrist appeared better and Sweeney could be back today.
Ginny Fuerst, December graduate, played with Jake Dog at Potter Lake yesterday evening. Jake Dog, an eight-year-old border collie, was leaping into the water, chasing after sticks that Fuerst threw in.
Doggy paddling
USA basketball team tries to fill out squad
The Associated Press
Shaquille O'Neal shook his head, frowned slightly and shrugged when asked whether he'll play at the Athens Olympics.
"I'm still not sure," the Los Angeles Lakers' center said.
He's not the only one.
"It's not troubling, but it is what it is."
There are more questions than answers right now for the USA Basketball selection committee.
bail selection committee
Only six players considered locks to show up in Greece: Jermaine O'Neal, Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson, Tracy McGrady, Bibby and
Stu Jackson
Chairman of the USA Basketball selection committee
Richard Jefferson.
Among those wavering are Jason Kidd, Karl Malone, Elton Brand, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett.
Allen and Kevin Garnett. Vince Carter already ruled himself out.
Kobe Bryant's availability hinges on the schedule for his sexual-assault trial in Colorado.
nload.
"It's not troubling, but it is what it
is," Stu Jackson, chairman of the USA Basketball selection committee, said yesterday.
"In a perfect world, we'd like to have a roster in place by May 1. But given the circumstances, that seems unlikely." Jackson said.
Among the reasons for the hedging are nagging injuries, fears of terrorism, and family plans, including a wedding and a birth.
Shaquille O'Neal said his participation in the Aug. 15 to 29 Olympics would depend largely on how far the Lakers advance in the NBA playoffs.
advance in the NBA play Minnesota's Garnett sent a similar message to USA Basketball
officials.
officers.
Bryant, O'Neal's teammate with the Lakers, is accused of sexually assaulting a hotel employee in Colorado.
a hotel employee in Germany He did not have to surrender his passport when he posted bail.
port when he passes His only requirement on overseas travel being that he inform the court.
The American team will hold training camp in Florida in late July before traveling to three cities - Cologne, Belgrade and Istanbul - for pre-Olympic exhibitions.
American teams are 109-2 in the Olympics, with losses in 1972 and 1988.
Local players struggle to find places on NFL rosters
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY.MO
KANSAS CITY, MG After winning its first Big 12 Conference football championship last fall, Kansas State might have expected to see a few more players taken in the NFL draft.
draft.
But only two were selected: All-Big 12 center Nick Leckey in the sixth round by Arizona and safety Rashad
York jets.
And by mid-afternoon yesterday, star quarterback Ell Roberson remained an undrafted, unsigned free agent.
Washington in the seventh by the New York Jets.
unfitted, through Kansas, coming off its first bowl season in nine years, also drew limited interest at the draft.
Only one of its players was taken when the Jets took offensive tackle Adrian Jones with the last pick of the fourth round.
And just as at Kansas State, the Jayhawks' quarterback, Bill Whittemore, was not drafted and had not signed a free agent deal by yesterday.
son, had no players than Southeast Missouri State, Central Missouri State and Ottawa had the only other local draftees.
agent deal by yeah. Missouri, which contended for the Big 12 North title until late in the regular season. had no players drafted.
Kansas State had six players signed to free agent deals yesterday, with more
signings expected
Wide receiver James Terry and cornerback Randy Jordan signed with San Diego.
Diego.
Defensive end Thomas Houchin signed with Baltimore and defensive end Andrew Shull with Detroit.
Andrew Barkley Running back Daniel Davis signed with Indianapolis, and the Kansas City Chiefs signed guard Ryan Lilja.
Chiefs signed guard Ryan The Lions also signed Kansas punter Curtis Ansel.
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