18 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006
MLB
Hunt for steroids turns to Giants
BY JANIE MCCAULET
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Members of the San Francisco Giants' coaching staff have been contacted by former Sen. George Mitchell in his independent investigation of steroids in baseball.
"I understand some guys were supposed to (talk to him)," Giants manager Felipe Alou told The Associated Press on Monday. "That's all I know. That is very personal. I don't ask these guys."
Several people within Major League Baseball confirmed that coaches on Alou's staff had heard from Mitchell. They spoke on condition of anonymity after being asked not to discuss the investigation publicly. Harvey Shields, one of Giants slugger Barry Bonds' personal trainers, who works for the team, also was being sought by Mitchell.
The former Senate majority leader was appointed in March by commissioner Bud Selig to head the league's investigation into steroids in the sport.
Bonds, second on the career home run list behind Hank Aaron, is among the players being investigated.
Alou said he had not yet been contacted by Mitchell, "but I probably will."
A Giants spokesman said the entire coaching staff declined to comment about Mitchell's investigation because Major League Baseball asked teams not to discuss the subject publicly to protect the integrity of the probe.
protect the integrity of the patient. Selig has said he was prompted to launch an investigation in part by the spring release of the book "Game of Shadows," by two San Francisco Chronicle reporters who detailed Bonds' alleged use of steroids, insulin and human growth hormone.
There is no timetable for completing the investigation.
Authors Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada wrote that Bonds started using steroids because he was jealous of the attention paid to Mark McGwire's home run race with Sammy Sosa in 1998.
The 41-year-old Bonds, who passed Babe Ruth with his 715th career home run last month, has always denied using steroids of any other performance-enhancing drugs _ insisting everything he has accomplished is a product of natural talent and hard work.
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HURRICANES FINALLY WIN FIRST STANLEY CUP TITLE
BY PAUL NEWBERRY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
RALEIGH, N.C. — Thanks to the kid, all those Carolina old-timers finally got to hoist the Stanley Cup.
Rod Brind'Amour cried. Bret Hedican jumped for joy. Even Doug Weight — bad shoulder and all — lifted hockey's most revered trophy above his head. It tilted slightly to his right, but he held on.
to his right, but he needs No way the Hurricanes were going to let this one slip away.
Cam Ward made sure of that.
The rookie goalie stopped nearly everything that came his way, finishing off a brilliant playoffs with a rock-solid performance in Game 7. The Hurricanes skated away with their first Stanley Cup title, beating Edmonton 3-1 in the winner-take-all finale Monday night.
Ward, only 22, won the Conn Smythe Trophy as most valuable player of the postseason.
"Goaltending wins you championships, make no mistake about it," said BrindAmour, the 35-year-old captain, his eyes still red after he left the ice. "I got to raise the cup because of that kid."
Brind'Amour wasn't the only member of the 30-something club who finally broke through.
All of them will be getting their names on the cup.
There was Hedican, 35, who lost in his first two trips to the finals. And Weight, 35, who finally made it for the first time in his 15th season. And Whitney, 34, who didn't reach the finals until Year 14. And the most patient one of all, 37-year-old Glen Wesley, who had played in the eighth-most regular-season games (1,311) in NHL history without winning a championship.
"That was probably the greatest feeling of
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Finally.
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Carolina Hurricanes coach Peter Laviolette kisses the Stanley Cup after winning Game 7 of the Stanley cup hockey finals over the Edmonton Oilers in Raleigh, N.C. on Monday June 19, 2006.
my life," coach Peter Laviolette said. "To watch those guys hold the cup over their head — that is what I will remember."
A couple of defensemen, Aaron Ward and Frantisek Kaberle, staked Carolina to a 2-0 lead through two periods. Justin Williams finished off the Oilers, scoring an empty-net goal with 1:01 remaining after Edmonton playoff star Fernando Pisani broke up Cam Ward's shutout early in the third.
Oilers defenseman Chris Pronger, a stalwart throughout the postseason, gave up the puck in the Carolina zone and wound up making a helpless dive to block-Williams' gimme into the goal that had been vacated by Jussi Markkanen in favor of an extra skater.
6'5" ,230 lbs. to match up with the 6'4" 212 lbs. Wade, but just doesn't have the quicks to keep up. The aforementioned Howard has taken his turn, but came away with only hurt feelings.
COLUMN (CONTINUED FROM 16)
So who can stop Dwyane Wade? Or at least slow him down?
least slow down You'll have to leave the Mavericks roster, skip the Pistons, bypass the Nets and find another member of that 2003 draft class, #12 on the Chicago Bulls.
Perhaps a steady paycheck has allowed Hinrich to ditch the lazy locks, but the 6'3",190 lbs. former third-team All-American from Iowa is as good as it gets when it comes to defending Wade.
That's right, KU's very own, the floppy- haired one, Kirk Hinrich.
During the regular season, Wade averaged 27.2 points per game. In three contests against the Bulls, he averaged just more than 12.
Through 22 playoff games, (last night's game not included), Wade averaged 28 points per contest. Hinrich and the Bulls limited him to 24.6 a game, his lowest of the four series he has played in. The Bulls
also held Wade to his lowest field goal percentage of the playoffs, holding the former Marquette star to 42 percent shooting.
That number looks even better when compared to the "couldsomebody-pleaseput-a-hand-in-his-face-defense" employed by the allegedly defense-minded Pistons; Wade shot 64 percent against "Mo Town".
Defensively, Hinrich is one of the best in the NBA. Not surprising, really when you consider he was a defensive stud while at KU. Just ask Kareem Rush.
While Hinrich's profile in the league was already on the rise, his defensive efforts on Wade should boost his stature even more. And the timing couldn't be any better. Hinrich is heading into a contract year as he enters his fourth professional season in 2006-2007.
The Bulls have boatloads of cash under the salary cap and would be wise to invest in one of the better all-around NBA players in Hinrich. If not, well, there's always Dallas.
-- Davis is a Topeka senior in journalism and english
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