THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2008
SPORTS
9B
》TENNIS
Federer Express derails Pistol Pete in exhibition match
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Roger Federer of Switzerland returns to Pete Sampras of the U.S. during the first set of their exhibition tennis match at Madison Square Garden in New York. Federer won the match.
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NEW YORK — Past and present stood across the net from each other during a third-set tiebreaker at Madison Square Garden.
On one end, a winded Pete Sampras tried to summon enough energy to give the New York fans another memorable win to talk about it on the subway ride home. On the other side, Roger Federer wore a sly grin like he knew age was about to catch up to the former world No. 1 — the man who owns the record of 14 Grand Slams he wants.
Current No. 1 Federer emerged with a 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6) victory Monday night in an exhibition match.
For nearly 2 1/2 hours, before an
occasionally raucous gathering of 19,690, these two living, breathing greats of their game shared a court. It was Pistol Pete vs. The Federer Express.
The encounter doesn't settle the "Who is better?" debate, given that one participant is 26 and the other is 36, nothing more than bragging rights was on the line, and who can know how hard each was really trying?
It did, however, raise tennis' profile and allow people to say they saw Sampras, the best of his generation, face Federer, the best of his.
"This is maybe why so many people came out: You don't often get the No. 1 in his prime playing against maybe the greatest player of all time," said Federer.
It was the fourth Federer-Sampras exhibition; Federer won two of their three matches in Asia late last year. They left open the possibility of another, with Sampras deferring to whatever Federer wanted to do.
The two only played one real match, back at Wimbledon in 2001, when an up-and-coming Federer edged on the way-out Sampras in a five-setter on Centre Court.
That ended Sampras' 31-match winning streak at the All England Club. Federer would go on to win five in a row at Wimbledon, a streak he will try to extend this summer.
Sampras never played a professional match after winning his last Grand Slam trophy at the 2002 U.S. Open. Federer's Slam count is already up to 12.
NHL
Flames have new franchise goal leader
Jarome Iginla scores 365th career goal, passes Theo Fleury for No.1 on Calgary's all-time list
Calgary Flames captain Jarme Iginla, center, celebrates a key goal against the St. Louis Blues with Kristian Husellius, left, Daymond Langkow, and Dion Phaneuf, far right, during the first period in Calgary on Monday. The goal was Iginla's 36th, passing Theo Fleury for all-time in franchise history, and his 41st of the season.
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CALGARY, Alberta — The Calgary Flames have a new franchise leader in goals.
Jarome Iginla scored his 365th, passing Theo Fleury atop the team's all-time list, in the Flames' 7-3 victory over the St.
Louis Blues on
Monday night.
The Flames' captain one-timed a pass from Kristian Huselius and had the puck go in off the backside of Blues defenseman Eric Brewer and behind Manny Legace at 18:27 of the first period.
"Getting a chance to play in Calgary as long as I have, to be a part of any of the team's records is a huge thrill," Iginla said. "I've been
"I have a lot of good memories here, my first goal was here in the playoffs (1996). Time flies."
all 11 of his NHL seasons with the Flames. He ranks third in points (743) and was already the franchise leader in games played (847).
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JAROME IGINLA
Calgary Flames captain
Iginla's 41st goal of the season gave Calgary a 3-1 lead and was greeted with chants of "Iggy! Iggy!" from the sellout crowd of 19,289 at Pengrowth Saddledome.
"I was definitely happy to get it at home and to get it in a win," Iginla said. "I have a lot of good memories here, my first goal was here in the playoffs (in 1996). Time flies."
"It's a really good feeling," said Iginla. "A nice one-time pass from 'Juice' and I got a break with it going off of their guy's backside and in. I'll take them all."
The 30-year-old Iginla has spent
A l e x
Tanguay had
two goals
and Huselian,
Matthew
Lombardi,
Marcus Nilson
and Daymond
extremely fortunate and blessed and it's been so much fun and I want to keep going."
Langkow also scored for the Flames.
Brad Boyes scored twice and David Backes added one for St. Louis, which is 1-8-1 in its last 10 games.
"It's frustrating, we had such a great start and we've been pretty much pissing it away in the last two months," said Legace, who was pulled after the first period having given up three goals on 11 shots.
He admitted he was stunned when goaltending coach Rick Walmsley told him Hannu Toivonen was taking over.
"It was shocking, three goals
were deflected off my defensemen," Legace said. "You can't do much when it goes off your defensemen."
Ttoivonen didn't fare much better, giving up three goals on 18 shots.
Calgary now heads out on a fourgame road trip as the leader in the Northwest Division.
"We've got to stick with it," Lombardi said. "It's going to be a
really tough schedule coming up but besides this road trip, we're playing mostly division teams so it's in our hands and we can control it, which is nice."
BIG 12 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Alyssa Hollins scored 10 points in overtime to help Missouri upset N. 13 Oklahoma 70-64 Tuesday in the first round of the Big 12 women's tournament.
The Tigers, who finished last in the Big 12 with only two conference wins, became the first 12 seed to advance past the first round. They will face fourth-seeded Texas A&M on Wednesday.
Oklahoma took a 53-50 lead on Courtney Paris' layup with just over a minute remaining in regulation. She was fouled on the shot, but missed a free throw that would have put the Sooners up by four.
- A three-pointer by Amanda Hanneman with 15 seconds left in regulation sent the game to overtime.
Hanneman had a clear path to the basket but instead pulled up for the game-tying three-pointer. Oklahoma couldn't get a shot off in the final 13 seconds, sending the pro-Missouri crowd into a frenzy and the game into overtime.
After Ashley Paris put Oklahoma up by two to start overtime. Hollins hit a three-pointer, a jumper and two free throws to put Missouri (10-20) up 60-55.
Courtney Paris had 30 points and 20 rebounds for Oklahoma (21-8), which was going for its third straight conference tournament title.
It was the first time Missouri had scored at least 70 points since a 77-72 loss to Marshall on Dec. 28.
Danielle Robinson, Big 12 Freshman of the Year, finished with nine points for Oklahoma.
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