KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2010 / SPORTS 9A QUOTE OF THE DAY "October is not only a beautiful month but marks the precious yet fleeting overlap of hockey, baseball, basketball, and football." — Jason Love FACT OF THE DAY Mike Ditka is the only person in NFL history to be drafted in the first round, and win the Super Bowl as a player, assistant coach and a head coach. pro-football-reference.com TRIVIA OF THE DAY Q: How many passes has starter Quinn Mecham completed in his Kansas career? A: Zero. WOMEN'S GOLF Hawks take fourth in last tournament The women's golf team finished fourth overall at the Edwin Watts/ Palmetto Intercollegiate tournament. Junior Katy Nugent shot a final round 72 to finish at even par on the tournament and tie for fourth place, Freshman Thanutra Boonraksasat dropped from tied at 20th to finish tied at 40th. The Palmetto Intercollegiate was the last tournament of the season for the team. Blake Schuster INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1. Leigh Whittaker Charleston 67-67-71-205 -11 2. Courtney Boe B coastal Carolina 72-71-71 214 -2 3. Ket Preamchuen KennesawSt 74-72-69-215 -1 4. Katy Nugent Kansas 73-71-72-216 E LeBron stars in new Nike ads MORNING BREW It's probably shown up in your inbox or news feeds by now. This man who's been a prominent figure inbox or news feeds by now. This man who's been a prominent figure in his business since he started is now the butt of plenty of jokes. Depending on how you look at him, you're saying, "That self-important nimrod did it again, and slammed America's media into another frenzy to feed his ego," or, "He's such a visionary and it's good he's not shying away from the spotlight." My take? Kanye West's 30-minute video should have more of the super-hot bird chick. Actually this Brew is focused on the star of the other video slowing down servers across America, LeBron James' new "Rise" commercial. One of the most polarizing figures in sports today repeatedly asks, "What should I do?" throughout his minute-and-a-half ad for Nike, and I don't think he really wants to hear an answer. First things first: I'm a fan of LeBron. For my money, I'd rather see a NBAer with a big ego physically dominate other professional athletes than the Spurs' team effort stuff. I watch college basketball for good basketball. NBA is for the big boy plays LeBron showcases every night. Next, he didn't owe Cleveland anything but saving the world from that dreadful hour of television known simply as "The Decision." He played out his rookie BY CHRISTIAN LUCERO clucero@kansan.com contract and, being one of the best in the game, had his choice of where to play next. You think because James grew up in Akron he owes it to Cleveland to stay? Not a chance. And you blame him for wanting to win in Miami? Think about it: you're almost guaranteed to succeed at 25 if you move to Florida and work with two of your good friends. People: that's not a bad thing. Question his competitiveness, not his judgment. In the commercial, he's telling his jealous ex-girlfriend she needs to get over him. He's saying it's not that he didn't have fun, but it just wasn't working out and he's in love with someone else—sounds like a Kanye song. He's not apologizing to anyone (he's looking at you, Charles Barkley) for leaving Cleveland and not sorry for anything people might think because of it. James is happy with the decision he made and doesn't care what critics have to say, contradicting the lines he's speaking in the ad. People are going to catch up in the fact that LeBron James did something else, this time a commercial, that just seems so darn self-important. Those people miss out on this fact; at least he's being real. It's who he is and what he wants to do. Tell me you wouldn't do what you wanted all day long if you were LeBron-rich. So I liked it. I liked it because he's the most physically gifted NBA player in my lifetime and he's pissed off now. I liked it because toward the end he spits some Maya Angelou. And I loved LeBron's new commercial because he'll win at least one championship to back it up. Edited by Tim Dwyer Heat's Big Three lose opener James, Bosh and Wade couldn't hold off Pierce and the Boston Celtics ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON — Not so fast, LeBron. Playing under Boston's 17 championship banners, the Miami Heat team put together to win its own NBA title couldn't win its first game, as the new Big Three lost to the old Big Three of the Celtics, 88-80 on Tuesday night. Ray Allen led Boston with 20 points, Pierce scored 19 and Kevin Garnett had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Those three joined together in 2007 and led the Celtics to the NBA title that season. James scored 31 points, but the other members of the tri struggle. Dwyane Wade was limited to 13 points on 4-of-16 shooting and Chris Bosh added eight points and eight rebounds. They combined for 15 of the Heat's 17 turnovers — eight by James, six by Wade and one by Bosh. Boston led 45-30 at halftime, but Miami cut that to 63-57 after the third quarter behind James' 15 points in that period. A layup by James made it 83-80 with 1:10 left in the game. But Boston, which once led by 19, got the last five points on a 3-pointer by Allen and two free throws by Pierce. Boston led 16-9 after one quarter, the first time since March 15, 2009, at the Philadelphia 76ers that the Heat scored nine points or fewer in a period. The last time James' Cavaliers scored nine or fewer points in a quarter was February 2, 2007, when they managed nine in the second against the Chicago Bulls. Things got so bad for the Heat in the first half that Shaquille O'Neal, a notoriously poor free throw shooter, made the first two he tried as a Celtic. That boosted the lead to 41-22 with 2:13 left in the second quarter. Miami then got a brief burst, scoring six straight points to make it 41-28. The last basket in that surge was a dunk by James on a backward pass from Eddie House, whose steal started their 2-on-none break. That drew cheers from two Heat fans — one wearing a T-shirt with James' name on the back and the other with a jersey bearing Wade's name — but a fan wearing a green Celtics T-shirt, yelled, "He's supposed to do that. That is not impressive." It was pretty impressive, considering how poorly the Heat shot in the first half against a quick, aggressive Celtics defense. a paltry 26.8 percent. Boston went 17 for 38 (44.7 percent). Miami missed 30 of its 41 shots The Celtics lost Pierce with 4:32 left in the third period when he hit the floor and hurt his back as he was charged with a blocking foul on James, who made two shots and cut the lead to 55-45. Pierce returned with 10:43 left in the game with Boston ahead 64-57. James came back to the building where he lost the last game of his Cleveland career in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. He then became a free agent after seven seasons with the Cavaliers and signed with the Heat. That also was O'Neal's last game there, also with Cleveland. He was back in a Celtics uniform Tuesday and had nine points and seven rebounds in 18 minutes. THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS TODAY Volleyball Missouri 6:30 p.m. Columbia, Mo. FRIDAY Soccer All-American Championships All Day Pacific Palisades, Calif. Swimming Missouri 6 p.m. Columbia, Mo SATURDAY Football lowa State 1 p.m. Ames, Iowa Volleyball Texas Tech 6:30 p.m. Lawrence Cross Country Big 12 Championships. TBA Stillwater, Okla. 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