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THE UNIVERSITY HAIRY KANSAN
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trivia of the day
Q: Who holds the Florida State state rushing record?
A: Warrick Dunn, with 3,959 yards in his four-year career. As a Seminole, Dunn broke numerous school records including career touchdowns with 49 and single-season rushing yards with 1,242 as a junior.
Jake Silverman, St. Louis, Mo. sophomore, plays catch with a friend in front of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house Tuesday afternoon. Temperatures throughout the day reached into the 60s.
"It's full circle to start your career in Tampa and have the opportunity to finish it there. I'm just really honored and humbled that the coaches believed in me."
seminoles.com
fact of the day
- Warrick Dunn on his return to Tampa Bay
As a Tampa Bay Buccaneer, Dunn rushed for 4,200 yards, the third most career yards in Buccaneer history, in between 1997 and 2001. Dunn went on to play six years for the Atlanta Falcons before re-signing with the Buccaneers Monday.
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quote of the day
— tampabaybuccaneers.com
Baseball vs. Missouri State, 4 p.m., Springfield Mo.
Sunshiny day
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Women's basketball
vs. Oklahoma State, 8:30
p.m., Kansas City, Mo.
Women's basketball, TBA (if they win today)
WEDNESDAY
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2008
NFL
Chiefs sign free agent for open wide receiver spot
Kennison, 35, played for the Chiefs for seven seasons and was their top receiver for most of that time. But last season, he was limited by hamstring and shoulder injuries to only eight games, catching 13 passes for 101 yards.
Devaughn Darling died in 2001 at the age of 18 of an apparent cardiac arrhythmia during an off-season workout at Florida State.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs agreed to terms Tuesday with free agent wide receiver Devard Darling, shoring up the team's receiving corps after the release of Eddie Kennison.
Darling, Baltimore's third-round pick in 2014, played in 30 games in four seasons for the Ravens, catching 20 passes for 331 yards with three touchdowns. Eighteen of those catches came in 2007.
Associated Press
In college, Darling played his freshman season at Florida
State before transferring to Washington State after the death of his brother, Devaughn.
Darling
NBA
Prosecutor suspended for special treatment of Nuggets forward
DENVER — A Denver city prosecutor was suspended when Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin was allowed to keep his driver's license despite receiving two tickets for going over 100 mph.
In the second instance, Martin's case was transferred to Stone after another prosecutor offered a plea deal that would have led to a license revocation, according to the documents and officials.
Daniel Recht, an attorney in the firm representing Martin, said defense attorneys did nothing wrong. He told the Rocky Mountain News the firm defended Martin "ethically, competently and aggressively."
In the first case, the initial plea agreement would have meant revocation of Martin's license. His attorneys then negotiated a new agreement, according to court documents and city officials.
DiCrone said the prosecutor who handled the cases, Russell Stone, was suspended for three days without pay. Stone, who lost an appeal of the punishment, said he was not allowed to comment under city attorney's office rules.
Martin's plea deals, first reported in January by KMGH-TV, stemmed from tickets written in 2006 for going 101 mph in a 30 mph zone and 103 mph in a 55 mph zone.
"At a minimum ... there's an appearance that (Martin) did receive preferential treatment," said Vince DICroce, the top prosecutor at the Denver city attorney's office.
Nuggets spokesman Eric Sebastian said neither Martin nor the team would comment.
Associated Press
ontv tonight
Men's College Basketball:
Big East Tournament; Villanova vs. Syracuse. 11 a.m. ESPN
Big East Tournament: West Virginia vs. Providence, 1 p.m., ESPN
Northeast Conference Championship, 6 p.m., ESPN2
Big East Tournament: Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati, 6 p.m.
ESPN
Big East Tournament: Marquette vs. Seton Hall, 8 p.m., ESPN
—Pac 10 Conference Tournament: Arizona vs. Oregon State, 10:30 p.m., FSN
Big Sky Conference Championship, 8 p.m., ESPN2
Women's College Basketball:
Women's College Basketball
—Big 12 Tournament
Quarterfinal, Noon, FSN
—Big 12 Tournament
Quarterfinal, 2:30 p.m., FSN
—Big 12 Tournament
Quarterfinal, 6 p.m., FSN
—Big 12 Tournament
Quarterfinal, 8:30 p.m., FSN
HIGH SCHOOLS Committee adds rule against sports official discrimination
TOPEKA — The Kansas State High School Activities Association's executive committee has approved two proposals to prevent its member and approved schools from discriminating against sports officials.
The association's nine-member board unanimously approved a proposal to add to its handbook a position statement and a rule requiring member schools to accept qualified officials regardless of gender, race or religious beliefs.
The proposals came after St. Mary's Academy near Topeka refused to allow official Michelle Campbell to work a Feb. 2 boys basketball game at the school because she was a woman.
The association's board of directors will vote on the proposals on April 11. The new rule would go into effect for the 2008-09 school year, if approved.
Associated Press