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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"My biggest problem is that I actually give a damn. I'm always rushing back from surgeries and injuries, never missing games or practices. But through this, I've learned how to overcome adversity."
—New York Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards in 2008 when he was still in Cleveland
FACT OF THE DAY
In the last three meetings at Arrowhead, the Kansas City Chiefs have beaten the San Francisco 49ers a combined 116-19. The Chiefs won 31-10 Sunday.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Name the top three rookie tight ends in receiving yards so far this season.
A: Aaron Hernandez (New England), Tony Moeaki (Kansas City) and Jermaine Gresham (Cincinnati)
-Kansas Athletics
FOOTBALL
Beshears honored for big performance
Sophomore return specialist D.J.
Beshears was named the Big 12
Special teams Player of the Week Monday morning after returning a kick-off 96 yards for a touchdown against New Mexico State.
Beshears, who now ranks
Beshears
third in the NCAA in kickoff return average at 37.12, had a career day against the Aggies on Saturday. Besides the long kickoff return, he ran the ball eight times for 38 yards and scored two touchdowns.
He had previously been playing cornerback, but played at running back for the first time Saturday.
The Jayhawks have now had two players receive honors this season. Linebacker Justin Springer was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 13 after he recorded 15 tackles and a sack against Georgia Tech.
- Max Vosburgh
Amputee's swimming feat impresses
MORNING BREW
No arms, no legs, but Phillippe Croizon overcomes his limits. So the quadruple amputee swam across the English Channel.
The 42-year-old Frenchman completed the 21-mile swim from Folkestone to Cap Gris Nez in 13 and a half hours, a mark that would have been one of the top Channel swims of all time only a few decades ago. It also shattered his own 24-hour-swim prediction.
"Ive done this for myself, for my family, and for all those who have suffered tragedy and lost their taste for life," he said.
Croizon's father said that he was blessed with favorable winds and—no I'm not making this up—a pod of watchful dolphins, who apparently joined him for some of the swim.
He lost his arms and legs in an electrical accident as a steelworker, so Croizon swims his own way. He attaches long flippers to the stumps of his legs and steering pieces to the stumps of his arms. He also wears a mask and a snorkel to breath.
And to think that I used to cramp up during swim tests.
CRIMINAL OR DREAMER?
Julious Threats (aptly named) either has a serious problem, or more guts than your average identity thief.
BY MAX ROTHMAN
mrothman@kansan.com
All the 21-year-old wanted was a little time to shine... against 13 and 14-year-olds. Threats signed up for the Town N' Country Packers of the Tampa Bay Youth Football League under the pseudonym Chad Jordan.
He also tried to enroll in Webb Middle School in Hillsborough, Fla., but was rejected because of a lack of identification.
The Town N' Country Packers caught on to Threatts' game too, and he was eventually sent to the local county jail. He was booked on charges of trespassing on school grounds and obstruction by a dismused person.
Now this kid is clearly a little delusional, going as far as seeking enrollment in a middle school. But then there's the other side: the side of the dreamer.
When's the last time that you've attended a little kids' sporting event? Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you stepped into that game and had your chance to dominate, you know, just for a good ole time?
When I used to go to my little brother Troy's baseball games, I couldn't help but think about this. A 45 mph meatball... crushed! What about hooping against kids half your size? Swat! See ya later basketball, the '5'11" white Shaq is in the house!
In Threatt's case, he just wanted to run over kids half his size. And it might be wrong—check that, it is wrong—but I can't blame him for wanting to do it. I can blame him for actually going through with it, but even 5'11" white Shaqs can dream.
MUSIC FROM THE VAULTS
Mobb Deep: two ticked off 19-year-olds from the Queensbridge projects during the second wave of hip-hop. 1995's "The Infamous" couldn't have happened at a better time.
Like the spirits of MC's Havoc and Prodigy, this album is raw and brutal, a depiction of the shady side of the streets. With guest stars like Ghostface Killah and Nas and homemade beats this album bumps the rawness. It's my nomination for the real voice of the youth.
LYRICS TO LIVE BY:
"Make one false move and it's an up north trip" — "Up North Trip"
"It's just another day, drowning my troubles with a fort. That's when I got a call from this brownskinned shorty." — "Trifle Life"
"There's a war gain' on outside, no man is safe from." — "Survival of the Fittest"
Edited by Sean Tokarz
MLB
Toronto Blue Jays secure .500 finish with 7-5 home victory over Yankees
TORONTO — Vernon Wells hit a three-run homer, John Buck added a solo shot and the Toronto Blue Jays pounded A.J. Burnett, then held on for a 7-5 victory over the New York Yankees on Monday.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Toronto assured itself of at least a .500 finish and temporarily denied the Yankees the chance to clinch a playoff berth. A Boston loss later Monday would also send New York into the post-season.
Mark Teixeira hit a three-run homer and Curtis Granderson added a two-run drive for the
Yankees, who have lost five of six.
The Blue Jays lead the major leagues with 243 home runs this season, one shy of the team record set in 2000.
Toronto left-hander Marc Rzepczynski (3-4) allowed two runs and four hits in five innings to win back-to-back starts for the first time this season. He walked three and matched a career high with nine strikeouts.
Brian Tallet pitched 1 1-3 innings, Josh Roenicke and Jesse Carlson each got one out, Scott Downs worked the eighth and Kevin Gregg closed it out in the ninth for his 36th save in 41
Burnett (10-15), who has lost seven of his past 11 starts, allowed seven runs and seven hits in 21-3 innings, his second shortest start of the year. The right-hander, who walked one and struck out one, is 0-3 with a 9.61 ERA in four starts against his former team this season.
hit, putting runners at first and second. Bautista flied out, but Wells followed with a first-pitch drive to left for his 31st homer.
Jose Bautista opened the scoring with an RBI groundout in the first and Buck doubled the advantage with a leadoff homer to left in the second, his 19th, before the Blue Jays chased Burnett with a five-run third.
Travis Skriwal walked to open the inning and Yunel Escobar was
Lyle Overbay doubled and scored on Buck's single to center and Burnett was yanked after Adam Lind singled through the right side. Jonathan Albaladejo came on and gave up a sacrifice fly to Edwin Encarnacion, then got John McDonald to fly out.
Granderson homered into the second deck in right off Rzepczynski in the fifth, his 24th of the season, and Teixeira chased Tallet with a one-out blast to center in the seventh for his 33rd of the year.
TODAY
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
Men's Golf Colorado Invitational All Day Erie, Colo.
Women's Golf
2010 Marilynn Smith
Sunflower
Invitational
All Day
Lawrence
WEDNESDAY
Softball
Baker
5 p.m.
Lawrence
Volleyball Missouri 6:30 p.m. Lawrence
FRIDAY
Soccer
Texas A&M
5 p.m.
Lawrence
Tennis
Notre Dame
Tournament
All day
South Bend, Ind.
SATURDAY
Football
Baylor
11 a.m.
Waco, Texas
Volleyball
Texas Tech
6:30 p.m.
Lubbock, Texas
Cross Country
Wisconsin Adidas
Invitational
TBA
Madison, Wis.
Tennis
All-American
Championships
All day
Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Tennis
Notre Dame
Tournament
All day
South Bend, Ind.
MLB
Andres Galarraga gives up three homers in Detroit's loss to Cleveland
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLEVELAND — Andres Galarraga went from unhittable to giving up three homers in an 18-pitch span and the Cleveland Indians beat the Detroit Tigers 6-3 on Monday night.
The Tigers lost slugger Miguel Cabrera to an apparent right ankle injury. He landed awkwardly on the bag while getting back to first base
The first baseman and MVP candidate leads the majors with 126 RBIs, is tied for second in the AL with 38 homers and is third with a .328 batting average.
on a pickoff attempt in the seventh inning. Cabrera limped from the field and was taken for X-rays.
Galarraga (5-8) didn't give up a hit until Matt LaPorta hit a 412-foot homer to center leading off the fifth. One out later, Luke Carlin
Chris Perez pitched a perfect ninth for his 22nd save in 26 tries. He had not worked since Sept. 18 and missed the last three games when he went home to 'Tampa, Fla. for the birth of his first son.
homered to right. Travis Hafner hit a three-run shot with two outs for a 5-2 lead.
Carlos Carrasco (2-1) got the win despite allowing 11 hits and three runs over six innings.
The Indians have won four straight and snapped Detroit's fourgame winning streak. The Tigers have lost six straight in Cleveland and were counting on Galarraga to end that slide.
Galarraga had been nearly unhittable against Cleveland until the fifth. On June 2, he lost his bid for a perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning on an infield single by Cleveland's Jason Donald.
TV replays showed Donald was out and that ampire Jim Joyce blew the call. On Aug. 20, Galarraga struck out eight over seven innings in a 6-0 win over the Indians.
LaPorta's shot was the first run and only the fifth hit by Cleveland off Galarraga in 20 innings this season.
Detroit has won eight of 11, with all the losses charged to Galarraga. He has an 11.20 ERA in those
MLB
Dyson ties record in win over Minnesota
Dyson, a September call-up who was a 20th-round draft pick in 2006, snapped an 0-for-15 skid with a two-run homer in a six-run second off Kevin Slowey.
Jason Kubel homered, doubled and drove in five runs for the AL Central champion Twins.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jarrod Dyson hit his first major league home run and caught 10 fly balls in center field, helping the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 10-8 Monday night.
Dyson also tied a team record for putouts by an outfielder. Amos Otis (1979) and Carlos Beltran (1998) also had 10 each. Josh Fields hit a two-run homer and rookie Lucas May drove in three runs for Kansas City.
Austin Jackson hit a leadoff double in the inning. With two outs, the Indians intentionally walked Cabrera, who had homered in his previous three games. It was the 32nd intentional pass issued to Cabrera this season, two short of the AL record set by Ted Williams in 1957.
Boston loss leaves playoffs unknown
Associated Press
MLB
CHICAGO — Clay Buchholz outpitched Mark Buehrle and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 6-1 Monday night, postponing a pair of clinching parties for their AL East rivals.
A Red Sox loss would've locked up playoff spots for the Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees. Instead, Boston took
an early lead and pulled away while the Rays and Yankees lost.
The magic number remains at one for the Rays and Yankees to reach the postseason.
Jhonny Peralta put Detroit ahead 1- in the third with an RBI single.
David Ortiz, Victor Martinez and Adrian Beltre each drove in two runs and Marco Scutaro scored three times for Boston.
starts.
Associated Press