8B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WOMEN'S GOLE
SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10. 2006
WOMEN'S GOLF
KU golfer selected to participate in regional
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Costner first solo'Hawk in 13 seasons
BY STEPHEN BERGMAN
sbergman@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
However, amidst the disappointment of not reaching its season-long goal, there was a bit of good news.
On May 1, the Kansas women's golf team learned its fate. Another year, another missed opportunity to participate in the NCAA regionals.
Junior Amanda Costner will participate in the individual regional May 11 to 13 at The Traditions golf course in College Station, Texas. Costner is one of 324 participants in the regional competition.
Of those, 126 will move on to the NCAA Championships, held at the Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio.
Costner was the first Jayhawk women's golfer to make the event since Holly Reynolds in 1993. Throw in an AllBig 12 first team selection, and this has been an exciting time for the junior.
"I'm very honored, I feel proud," Costner said. "I'm excited, and it motivates me to want to work hard out there and represent Kansas the best I can. I like my chances if I bring my A game."
Costner led the Jayhawks this spring with a 75.78 stroke average. Costner was a large factor in the Jayhawks only victory of the season when she shot a season-low 69 in the final round of the Mountain View Collegiate.
She put together four top
20 finishes and another top 10 finish. Costner let her play speak for itself, leading the team in four of the six tournaments this spring. She stressed the role that coach Erin O'Neil had in the development of her game.
"It's great to see that work pay off," O'Neil said. "She has put a lot of time and effort into her game to get it to that level."
Costner will have the support of her family, which lives in Oklahoma, at the tournament. One of her teammates will attend as well.
"She by far deserves to be going to regionals," senior Chelsey Pryor said. "We are all just so proud of her, support her, and just can't wait to see how she does."
Edited by Matt Wilson
NFL
Walker set to extend contract with Broncos
BY ARNIE STAPLETON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DENVER — Javon Walker is set to sign a five-year extension worth more than $40 million with the Denver Broncos, who acquired the wide receiver in a draft-day deal.
"We do have a deal in place," Walker's agent, Kennard McGuire, wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press.
"I can't give you details," McGuire added, other than to confirm the extension was worth between $40 million and $42 million.
The Broncos have a policy of not discussing financial terms of contracts.
Walker, who is still recovering from a major knee injury he
sustained in last year's season opener, is expected to sign the pact today.
The extension will take him through 2011.
Walker, 27, is due to make $1.15 million next season and a $1 million roster bonus, part of the five-year, $7.485 million rookie contract that he signed in Green Bay after joining the Packers as a first-round draft pick out of Florida State in 2002.
Walker began seeking a bigger paycheck more than a year ago after he made the Pro Bowl following the 2004 season, when caught 89 passes for 1,382 yards and 12 touchdowns.
He hired agent Drew Rosenhaus, who said there was no way Walker could risk injury playing
for slightly more than $500,000 in 2005.
Walker's summer-long threats to hold out drew the ier of quarterback Brett Favre, who said Walker should live up to his contract, which at the time had two years remaining.
Surprisingly, Walker reversed course and reported to training camp without any assurances from the Packers that they would re-negotiate his contract.
Then, in the season opener at Detroit he tore a ligament in his right knee that sidelined him for the remainder of the season.
Walker fired Rosenhaus and hired McGuire, then announced in the offseason that he'd rather retire than play again for the Packers.
General manager Ted Thomp
son gave Walker permission to talk to other teams and the Broncos met with him on the eve of the draft, when they determined his recovery was going well and that they could meet his contract demands.
They agreed on the parameters of a five-year extension and sent the Packers a second-round pick on April 29.
If Walker can return to his pre-injury form, he would become the Broncos' best playmaker and give them a deep threat opposite Rod Smith to open up the offense.
Walker, who has been working out in Arizona, will continue his rehab in Denver, where he'll take a crash course in the playbook but won't likely do any field work until late July.
MLB
Buck huge in Royal win
BY DOUG TUCKER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — John Buck drove in four runs with a single and a three-run homer and the Kansas City Royals beat Cleveland 10-7 on Tuesday night, their fourth straight victory over the Indians.
Buck, who hit his first homer of the season on Monday, had an RBI single in the fourth inning and then clubbed a 422-foot shot off reliever Danny Graves (2-1) in a six-run sixth. He went 3-for-3.
Aaron Guel had three RBIs, including a solo homer in the fourth and a two-run single to cap the sixth. Their 17 hits were a season high for the Royals, who have won four of six after starting 5-20 and prompting
owner David Glass to promise "significant changes" which have not yet been made.
Kerry Robinson and Tony Graffanino also had three hits for the Royals.
Graves relieved starter Jason Johnson with two on, no outs and the Indians leading 6-4, but the light-hitting Buck hit a 2-2 pitch over the wall in left.
Mark Grudzielanek, who went 4-for-4, then doubled and with two outs Graffainino hit a shot off the glove of third baseman Aaron Boone that went for an RBI double.
Joel Peralta (1-0) got the victory with 2 1/3 innings of tworun relief.
Victor Martinez hit a tiebreaking two-run single off Peralta in the top of the sixth for a 6-4 lead.
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