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SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DARRY KANSAN
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2008
trivia of the day
Q: Who is the only person that is in both the Professional Football and Baseball Hall of Fames?
A: Robert "Cal" Hubbard. Hubbard was a standout offensive lineman for the New York Giants and Green Bay Packers from 1929 to 1936. He retired from football and became an umpire. In 1958, he was named umpire-in-chief of the American League.
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fact of the day
Baseball umpires used to sit in a padded rocking chair while calling games. This was common practice until 1859 when the rules were changed.
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quote of the day
"Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it."
Robert "Cal" Hubbard
on tv tonight
Sweet success
-Southern Illinois at Bradley, 6 p.m., ESPN2
-Ohio State at Indiana, 6 p.m.
ESPN
Men's College Basketball:
-Drake at Missouri State, 7 p.m., Metro Sports
NHL:
-Tennessee at Vanderbilt, 8 p.m., ESPN
-Dallas at St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.
FSN
TODAY
calendar
Men's Golf, The All-American, all day, Houston Women's Golf, Fresno State Invitational, all day, Fresno, Calif.
WEDNESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Swimming & Diving. Big
12 Championships, all day,
Austin, Texas
Baseball vs. Arkansas, 3
p.m., Fayetteville, Ark.
Men's basketball vs. Iowa
State, 6 p.m., Ames, Iowa
Women's basketball vs.
Texas, 7 p.m., Lawrence
Carl Edwards backflips off of his car after winning the rain-delayed NASCAR Sprint Cup Auto Club 500 on Monday at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif.
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AP men's top 25
The Associated Press men's college basketball top 25, with first-place votes in parentheses, records, total points and previous ranking.
| Team | Record | Points | Prev. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. Tennessee (69) | 25-2 | 1,797 | 2 |
| 2. Memphis | 26-1 | 1,682 | 1 |
| 3. North Carolina | 26-2 | 1,668 | 3 |
| 4. UCLA | 24-3 | 1,593 | 6 |
| **5. Texas** | **23-4** | **1,478** | **7** |
| **6. Kansas** | **24-3** | **1,368** | **4** |
| 7. Duke | 23-3 | 1,344 | 5 |
| 8. Stanford | 22-4 | 1,264 | 9 |
| 9. Xavier | 24-4 | 1,228 | 10 |
| 10. Wisconsin | 23-4 | 1,175 | 11 |
| 11. Georgetown | 22-4 | 1,101 | 12 |
| 12. Indiana | 23-4 | 969 | 15 |
| 13. Louisville | 22-6 | 828 | 18 |
| 14. Butler | 25-3 | 752 | 8 |
| 15. Connecticut | 21-6 | 688 | 13 |
| 16. Purdue | 21-6 | 655 | 14 |
| 17. Notre Dame | 21-5 | 630 | 21 |
| 18. Vanderbilt | 23-4 | 627 | 20 |
| 19. Michigan State | 22-5 | 625 | 19 |
| 20. Drake | 24-3 | 621 | 16 |
| 21. Marquette | 20-6 | 389 | 25 |
| 22. Washington State | 21-6 | 364 | 17 |
| 23. Kent State | 23-5 | 125 | NR |
| 24. Gonzaga | 21-6 | 94 | NR |
| 25. St. Mary's | 23-4 | 77 | 23 |
Others Receiving Votes: Miami (FL) 62, Davidson 40, Clemson 26, Texas A&M 21, Brigham Young 20, South Alabama 14, Kansas State 14, Arizona 11, USC 11, Mississippi State 8, Pittsburgh 7, Stephen F. Austin 7, Virginia Commonwealth 4, Western Kentucky 3, Kentucky 3, Florida 3, Arizona State 1, Cornell 1, UAB 1, New Mexico 1.
AP women's top 25
The Associated Press women's college basketball top 25, with first-place votes in parentheses, records, total points and previous ranking.
Team Record Points Prev.
1. Connecticut (39) 26-1 1232 1
2. North Carolina (2) 25-2 1170 2
3. Tennessee (1) 25-2 1116 3
4. Rutgers (8) 22-4 1084 5
5. Maryland 28-2 1076 4
6. LSU 25-3 1023 6
7. Stanford 25-3 996 7
8. Baylor 23-3 883 9
9. California 23-4 812 8
10. Oklahoma 20-5 784 11
11. Old Dominion 24-3 751 10
12. Duke 21-7 702 12
13. West Virginia 22-4 677 13
14. Notre Dame 21-6 559 14
15. George Washington 22-5 489 17
16. Utah 23-3 462 18
17. Oklahoma State 21-5 407 16
18. Ohio State 20-6 324 20
19. UTEP 23-2 321 19
20. Texas A&M 20-7 305 21
21. Kansas State 18-8 299 15
22. Georgia 20-7 178 24
23. Vanderbilt 20-7 150 25
24. Wyoming 22-4 94 NR
25. Marist 26-2 82 NR
Others Receiving Votes: Virginia 68, Syracuse 60, Louisville 44, Liberty 32, Pittsburgh 16, Arizona St. 12, DePaul 11, Hartford 8, Michigan St. 5, Chattanooga 4, Montana 4, Illinois St. 3, SMU 3, Iowa 2, TCU 1. Wis. Green Bav 1.
MLB
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Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona, left, talks with Red Sox first baseman Sean tasey, right, during a team workout on Sunday on the field at the Red Sox baseball spring training facility, in Fort Myers, Fla. Francona agreed to a contract extension through 2011 after leading the Boston Red Sox to two World Series championships in his four seasons as manager.
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Health issues weaken season's start
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"It was my push-off leg." Lidge said in Clearwater, Fla. "I threw the pitch but it felt like I pulled something in the knee."
Philadelphia's biggest offseason addition, the right-hander was acquired from Houston in a November trade and penicilled in as the Phillies' new closer. That allowed them to strengthen their rotation by making Brett Myers a
Lidge hurt his surgically repaired right knee Saturday when he caught a spike in the mound on his first pitch of batting practice. The Philadelphia Phillies' new closer limped away after talking with team trainers, and the club hoped to know more about the injury Sunday.
Even before the start of spring training games, Brad Lidge and Mark DeRosa left the field with health concerns.
"It swelled up a little, but I'm optimistic that I just pulled some scar tissue loose." Lidge said.
Doctors removed torn cartilage from the knee in October.
"He's completely stable, but better be safe than sorry. With the irregular heartbeat and so forth, they sent him to the hospital to test him and evaluate him. But he's fine."
Pinieila said DeRosa had experienced irregular heartbeats before.
starter again.
"Mark's doing fine," manager Lou Piniella said shortly after practice. "He came in with a rapid heartbeat from doing the things on the field and was having a little trouble breathing, so they called in the medical team.
DeRosa, the Chicago Cubs' second baseman, was taken to a hospital with an irregular heartbeat before being released Saturday evening. He began to have a problem while taking grounders, shortstop Ryan Theriot said.
DeRosa, who turns 33 on Tuesday, was sitting up on a stretcher as he was wheeled out of the Fitch Park complex around midday. Some of his teammates were still on the field winding up a day of workouts in Mesa, Ariz.
"I talked to him. He was a little nervous and outside of that he's OK," Pinii said.
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"It wasn't any one particular thing," Theriot said. "It started to speed up on him, and I think he started to get a little worried.
At Peoria, Ariza, Brian Giles passed a big test when he did some cutting on the basepaths in San Diego's practice. The right fielder is attempting to come back from offseason microfracture surgery on his right knee.
A team spokesman said DeRosa felt faint but never lost consciousness.
"He was fine through the whole thing. I think it was just one of those deals. He was more scared than anything."
The Padres hope the 37-year-old Giles can start playing by the third full week of spring training games.
"Everything is going good," Giles said. "I'm going through full workouts. No setbacks so far since the surgery and that is a good sign."
"He's getting the reps in the cage and all the fundamental stuff done," manager Bud Black said. "He may not be doing every drill the outfielders do, but he is progressing to a point where he should be in games by the middle of March and that will give him enough game conditions to hopefully be ready by opening day."
At Tucson, Ariz., the NL champion Colorado Rockies took the field together for the first time since getting swept by Boston in the World Series
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"There's good days at the ballpark and there's great days, and this is always a great day," manager Clint Hurdle said after a three-hour workout that began with last year's top draft pick, reliever Casey Weathers, donning a fake beard and cowboy hat to sing Charlie Daniels "Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye."
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