MONDAY,MAY 8.2006
SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 5E
HORSE RACING
Adam Coqlianese/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
In a photo provided by the New York Racing Association, Oprah Winnie, with Edgar Prado aboard, captures The Bouwerie stakes Sunday at Belmont Park in New York. Prado rode Barbaro to victory in the Kentucky Derby Saturday.
Triple Crown talk already begins
BY RICHARD ROSENBATT
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Trainer Michael Matz was holding court outside his barn, his Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro just a few yards away munching grass.
Barely 12 hours after Barbaro become just the sixth undefeated Derby winner, Triple Crown talk filled the air. It happens every Sunday after the first Saturday in May, when hopes are high in thoroughbred racing that a superstar has arrived to revive the sport.
"You always want to have a horse you can say can win the Triple Crown," Matz said. "We think this is a terrific horse with tremendous ability. If I told you I didn't think in the long haul that we'd have a Triple Crown winner I'd be lying to you."
"We'll try to keep him at this
Matz has been confident
level for the next two races and hopefully he'll become a famous horse."
Michael Matz Barbaro's trainer
about his dark bay colt since the start. After three victories on the turf, Barbaro was moved to the dirt and never flinched. In the Derby, he polished off 19 rivals and won by 6 1/2 lengths — the largest margin since 1946 Triple Crown winner Assault won by eight lengths.
It's been 28 years since Affirmed became the last Triple Crown champion, and if Barbaro wins the Preakness in two weeks it would set the stage for a fourth Triple try in the past five years. The most recent was
perhaps the most heartbreaking,
when Smarty Jones lost to Birdstone in the final yards of the 2004 Belmont.
Barbaro, now 6-for-6, came out of the Derby in great shape. Exercise rider Peter Brette told the trainer Barbaro was feeling so good "you could enter him again tomorrow."
Matz said Barbaro was leaving Churchill Downs later Sunday and would arrive at his home barn in Fair Hill, Md., early Monday after a 12-hour van trip. Pimlico is just 60 miles away.
"We'll try to keep him at this level for the next two races and hopefully he'll become a famous horse," Matz said. "All we can do is try our best and hopefully he'll help us out."
NBA
Barbaro, who gave Edgar Prado his first Derby win, will go against several familiar faces from the Derby in the 1 3-16-mile Preakness.
Pistons throttle Cavs
James scoreless in second half; Prince scores 24
BY LARRY LAGE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — The Detroit Pistons had LeBron James seeing triple — as in three pointers and three defenders.
The Pistons made 10 shots from beyond the arc in the first half — one shy of an NBA playoff record — to open up a 21-point lead at halftime before cruising to a 113-86 victory against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday in Game 1 of their second-round series.
James scored all of his 22 points in the first half, but had to work for each one. Triple-teamed at times, James was forced to take tough shots or defer to teammates who didn't respond by making shots of their own.
The 21-year-old star didn't play in the fourth quarter after he was held scoreless in the third and the Pistons led 94-64.
Tyshaun Prince made James work on defense, too, scoring 16 of his 24 points in the first half.
The two-time defending Eastern Conference champions turned the game into a rout with a franchise playoff-record 43 points in the second quarter against a team in the second round for the first time since 1993.
Detroit also set its postseason record with 15 three-pointers, on 22 attempts.
figure scorers in the first half alone, including reserves Antonio McDyess and Lindsey Hunter. Both had 12 at halftime — outscoring every Cavs player not named Iames.
Richard Hamilton scored 20;
Chauncey Billups had 14 points
and 10 assists and Rasheed Wallace added 10 points and seven rebounds.
Ben Wallace, the NBA Defensive Player of the Year according to an Associated Press source, had 11 rebounds and four blocks for the Pistons.
Cleveland's Zydrunas Iglauskas had 14 points after a poor series against Washington in the first round. The Cavs, who didn't have a third double-digit scorer until the fourth quarter, got 11 points from Anderson Varejao.
The Cavs played about 40 hours after their Game 6 win at Washington in overtime, flying home and then to suburban Detroit. Meanwhile, the Pistons had a day off and two days of practices after eliminating Milwaukee in five games.
The Pistons had four double-
The Cavs began the game with some fight, leading 12-7 and being tied late in the first quarter. Detroit went on a 10-0 run over the last 1:57 of the first half — helped by James' two turnovers — to take a 26-16 lead.
Cleveland was still hanging around, by NBA standards, trailing by 14 until the Pistons closed another quarter in dominating fashion. Hunter made three three-pointers in just under a minute and McDyess closed the 11-4 run to put the Pistons ahead 69-48 at halftime.
The Pistons went up 32 in the third quarter and took out their starters midway through the fourth.
Notes:
Ben Wallace won the defensive award for the fourth time in five years, a person within the Pistons organization told the AP before the game started. The source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the award has not been announced, said Wallace will be presented with the award Tuesday night.
James played his first secondround game in the same place he made his pro debut on Oct. 7, 2003, in an exhibition game against the Pistons.
Detroit's previous playoff record was 12 three-pointers, a total reached twice in 2002 against Boston.
Four teams have made 11 three-pointers in one half of a playoff game.
James finished second to Phoenix's Steve Nash in the MVP voting and Billups was fifth.
Kid Rock sat courtside, sporting a black Pistons jersey, shorts and white socks pulled up to his knees.
Soccer
CONTINUED FROM 1B
the current players view the increase to the roster with mixed feelings.
"We've had walk-ons start for us before," Francis said. "We are going to play the best players."
While Francis and the Athletics Department seem to be in agreement that the extension of the roster will improve the soccer team, and some of
"It could be difficult to develop chemistry with all the new players, but I think it will push us all to do well everyday." Colleen Quinn, sophomore goalkeeper, said.
Francis said the four new players would be walk-ons and would not receive any scholarship money. Also, he recommended anyone who attended tryouts to be in good shape, because the tryout will consist of playing soccer and a fitness test.
Those interested in trying out should contact Kara Lowery at 864-5833 or klowery@ku.edu.
Edited by Lindsey Gold
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