KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2010 / SPORTS / 9A
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet and put the darn ball in the basket."
— Abe Lemons
Former OCU basketball coach
FACT OF THE DAY
Senior outside hitter Jenna Kaiser set a career-high with 16 kills in the volleyball team's victory against Missouri Wednesday.
Kansas Athletics
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Which school won the first ever College World Series?
A: California.The Golden Bears recently announced that the baseball program will be cut after this season.
- ESPN
'NHL 11' tops all sports games
MORNING BREW
anything to me.
Now that my on-ice hockey career is over, there are only two hockey related dates that really mean
The first is the start of the NHL season. The second is the annual release of the EA Sports NHL series.
EA's NHL franchise has never disappointed and the latest edition — "NHL 11" — is, I dare say, the best sports game ever made.
Fans of Madden, relax; I still love running the flea flicker with Philly and Michael Vick. But that doesn't come close to the non-stop action rush I get from breaking the puck out of my zone with the Blackhawks' Duncan Keith.
The adjustments made for "NHL.11" make it more realistic than any other sports/hockey game out there. Never mind the graphics, those are a given. (You can clearly see the players' reflections in the ice!) What made the difference for me were the new passing, deke and hitting features.
there will be behind your pass when you let go. Also, aiming your passes are a must. Don't be surprised if passing to the wrong player — which can happen very easily — destroys an arrant breakaway pass.
BY BLAKE SCHUSTER bschuster@kansan.com
The new dekes make this game more advanced than any previous one. In editions past, if a defensive player was to dive on the ice, you had no way to get away still with the puck. Now players on offense can counteract this scheme by hurdling the defenseman and safely continuing a drive to the net.
EA switched to a more FIFA-like passing style in this game. The longer you hold down the pass button, the more force
Hitting has been revolutionized as well, starting with the addition of the hip check. Players can now be 'table-topped', sending them spiraling into the air. I've been playing the game a couple of weeks now, and every time you see this hit, all you can do is just say, "Wow." Along with the hip check, the game is set up so that no two hits are alike. Players react differently to each hit, giving the game a much more intense feel.
This game is one that fans of sports should own, regardless if they have any knowledge of hockey at all or not.
Edited by Dana Meredith
TENNIS
Tandem heads to championships rest of team bound for Notre Dame
BY MIKE VERNON
mvernon@kansan.com
The tennis team will head to South Bend, Ind., this weekend to compete in Notre Dame's Eck Tennis Classic. Along with the Fighting Irish, the team will face Ohio State, Miami (Ohio) and Davton.
The teams said in a press release that it will be competing in Indiana without two players. Juniors Ekaterina Morozova and Erin
Wilbert will be in California playing together in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Women All-American Championships.
ECK TENNIS CLASSIC
This is only the second time in Kansas tennis history that there will be a lajhawk tandem in the championships. But Morozova and Wilbert must win a total of six matches in order to advance to the main draw. They begin their play at the Riviera Tennis Club on Saturday.
WHEN: Friday Oct. 1 and Sunday, Oct. 3.
WHERE: South Bend, Ind.
TIME: All Day
The rest of the team starts action
Friday morning in Notre Dame's Eck Tennis Pavilion.
Edited by Dana Meredith
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The Jayhawks' conference football schedule for the next few years is set. The Big 12 released the schedules Tuesday morning.
hawks will host Baylor, Kansas State, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas Tech. They'll travel to Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Texas and Texas A&M.
Every remaining school in the conference will play nine conference games per year with no conference title game.
In even-numbered years, the Jayhawks will just flip that schedule. Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Texas and Texas A&M will visit Lawrence. Baylor, Kansas State, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas Tech will be road games.
FOOTBALL
Big 12 releases future schedule
In odd numbered years, starting with 2011, the Jay-
Tim Dwyer
CRIME
ESPN analyst avoids jail time
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
LOS ANGELES — ESPN sports personality lay Mariotti pleaded no contest Thursday to one count of misdemeanor domestic violence in connection with an incident in August in which police said he grabbed and pushed his girlfriend.
As part of a deal reached with the Los Angeles city attorney's office, Los Angeles County Court Commissioner John Green agreed to dismiss the remaining six misdemeanor counts against Mariotti that included four domestic-violence related counts, grand theft and false imprisonment.
this matter behind him and is anxious to get back to work," said Mariotti's attorney, Nick Hanna. "While we are confident he would have prevailed at trial, the process would have been long and expensive. Today's resolution — a no-contest plea to a low-level misdemeanor with all of the other charges dismissed — ends the matter once and for all."
"Jay is very pleased to have
Mariotti avoids jail time and was instead placed on three years' probation and required to perform 40 days of community labor, said Frank Mateljian, a spokesman for the Los Angeles city attorney's office. He must also complete a 52-week domestic-violence course and stay away from the victim in the case.
Hanna called the sentence standard for such a misdeanor.
In addition to ESPN, Mariotti also writes for the sports website Fanhouse. com, where he is known for criticizing athletes for their actions on and off the field. In the past, he wrote sports columns for the Denver Post and the Chicago Sun-Times. A nationally known sports personality, Mariotti has gained a reputation for his unsparing commentary of athletes on ESPN's "Around the Horn."
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY
Soccer
Texas A&M
5 p.n.
Lawrence
Tennis Notre Dame Tournament All Day South Bend, Ind.
SATURDAY
Volleyball
Texas Tech
6:30 p.m.
Lubbock, Texas
Football
Baylor
11:00 a.m.
Waco, Texas
Cross Country
Wisconsin Adidas
Invitational
11:45 p.m.
Madison, Wis.
Tennis
All-American
Championships
All Day
Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Tennis
Eck Tennis Classic
All Day
South Bend, Ind.
SUNDAY
Soccer
Texas
1 p.m.
Lawrence
Tennis
Eck Tennis Classic
All Day
South Bend, Ind.
Tennis
All-American
Championships
All Day
Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Tennis
All-American
Championships
All Day
Pacific Palisades, Calif.
MONDAY
Women's Golf
2010 Johnie Imes
Tournament
All Day
Columbia, Mo.
TUESDAY
Women's Golf
2010 Johnie Ims
Tournament
All Day
Columbia, Mo.
Tennis
All-American
Championships
All Day
Pacific Palisades, Calif.
WEDNESDAY
ESDAY
Softball
Johnson County CC
6 p.m.
Lawrence
Tennis
All-American
Championships
All Day
Pacific Palisades, Calif.
THURSDAY
MLB
teams
All-American
Championships
All Day
Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Giants beat Arizona one win from title
SAN FRANCISCO — Pablo Sandoval hit a splash shot into McCovey Cove, Andres Torres and Buster Posey also homered and the NL West-leading San Francisco Giants beat Arizona 4-1 Thursday. leaving them just one win away from the division title.
San Francisco began the day with a two-game edge over San Diego, which later hosted the Chicago Cubs.
The Giants completed a three-game sweep, won for the eighth time in 10 games and cut their magic number to two. They need to beat visiting San Diego only once in their season-ending, three-game series to claim their first division crown and playoff berth since 2003.
Matt Cain starts Friday night's series opener for San Francisco. It could be to clinch — and it's expected to be an electrifying scene at AT&T Park for all three sold-out games.
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Associated Press