what we heard "These comments are for Steve. I had no intention of hurting you." —Vancouver Canucks' Todd Bertuzzi after breaking Colorado's Steve Moore's neck during a hockey game.
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friday, march 12, 2004
Jason Lewis, Anthony senior caught some air while water skiing in 47.7 degree water at Mokan Ski Lake last week. Lewis was skiing as part of the KU Waterski and Wakeboard Team.
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Wake on the lake
Garth Brooks woos crowd hits single to Mariners
PEORIA, Ariz. — Country music star Garth Brooks had fans on their feet and cheering after he singled yesterday in the Kansas City Royals' 10-7 loss to the Seattle Mariners.
Brooks came in as a pinch hitter against left-hander Mike Myers in the ninth inning, hitting a grounder to shortstop Adam Jones. The rookie covered some ground up the middle to field the ball, and first baseman Dave Hansen couldn't quite make the catch.
It was ruled a hit, boosting Brooks to 2-for-42 in spring training games for the San Diego Padres, New York Mets and Royals. He's 1-for-3 this spring.
Fans cheered, and someone flipped the ball to the 42-year-old Brooks as he removed his helmet and left for a pinch runner. He was limping slightly, saying later that he'd aggravated a hamstring he initially pulled last week.
"I was even more surprised than the pitcher," said Brooks, whose only previous hit was a single off Mike Sirota of the Chicago White Sox on March 21, 1999.
"He might have a few days in the ice bucket," Seattle manager Bob Melvin said.
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Sanders returns to Cardinals after birth of fourth daughter
VERO BEACH, Fla. — Reggie Sanders returned to the Cardinals following the birth of his daughter and homered twice off Kazuhisa Ishii to lead St. Louis over the Los Angeles Dodgers 13-8 yesterday.
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Sanders missed four days of spring training to be home while his wife, Wyndee, gave birth to their fourth daughter, Cooper, on Sunday. He hit a solo homer in the first and a two-run drive in the second.
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Sanders missed four days of spring training to be home while his wife, Wyndee, gave birth to their fourth daughter, Cooper, on Sunday. He hit a solo homer in the first and a two-run drive in the second.
"I'm just trying to swing at strikes," said Sanders, who went 3-for-4. "When I swing out of the zone, that's when I get into bad habits."
Why don't we ever near anything about lacrosse? Lacrosse rocks.
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Christian Moody, you're such a disease.
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Men's Basketball at Big 12 Conference Tournament Track and Field at NCAA Indoor Championships Tennis vs. Oklahoma Baseball vs. Arkansas-Little Rock
Sanders is expected to start at right field this year in place of J.D. Drew, who was traded to Atlanta during the offseason.
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Cubs 17-40 Shawn Estes, trying to earn a spot in the Rockies' starting rotation, allowed one run and two hits in three innings.
Holtoledo. Brett Olson needs some tape because he is ripped.
Pellow hit a two-run drive in the first inning and a two-run single in a six-run second inning. The Rockies outhit the Cubs 17-10.
"I did some good things," said Estes, who struggled with the Cubs last year. "For the most part, I made more good pitches than bad and got the results. I
Padgett was the bomb in Phantoms. Oh wait, that was Affleck. I withdraw my Free for All comment.
MESA, Ariz. — Kit Pellow hit his third homer of the spring and the Colorado Rockies scored nine times in the first two innings yesterday in a 13-3 rout of the Chicago Cubs.
Rockies' Pellow hits third home run of spring in rout
Sanders batted second and could end up hitting in that spot during the season. The outfielder usually has hit lower in the order but was in the No.2 slot about five years ago.
Ive years ago.
"When I came here, I told them I'd do whatever they wanted me to do," Sanders said. "If that's what they want, then that's OK."
Men's Basketball at Big 12 Tournament Track and Field at NCAA Indoor Championships Swimming and Diving at Zone D. Diving Cham-
pionships Softball at Southern Illinois Tournament Baseball vs. Arkansas-Little Rock
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executed pitches.I felt very good about things."
Men's Basketball at Big 12 Tournament Swimming and Diving at Zone D Diving Championships
Tennis vs. Texas Tech
Softball at Southern Illinois Tournament
Baseball vs. Arkansas-Little Rock
things.
Juan Cruz, fighting for a spot on the Chicago roster, gave up eight runs and eight hits in 1 1-3 innings.
"I saw a lot of line drives today." Cubs manager Dusty Baker said. "His breaking ball wasn't breaking. It was spinning. It was a tough day for Cruzie."
Colorado sent eight men to the plate in the first inning and 11 in the second.
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
ended Stanford's 26-game winning streak Saturday, the Cougars put a scare into the Cardinal, who needed seven points in the final 25 seconds for the victory.
Stanford Cardinal recovers from Washington debacle
Marcus Moore scored 17 points for the Cougars.
Josh Childress scored 17 points and the Cardinal (27-1) led all the way in defeating Washington State (13-16) in the first round of the Pac-10 tournament by a score of 68-47. Before Washington
LOS ANGELES — Stanford returned to its winning ways against a team that nearly beat the Cardinal last week.
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The Cardinal (27-1) advanced to Friday's semifinals against the winner of the California-Oregon game.
iowa State earns shot at top seed in tournament
Sullivan scored 21 points and Iowa State beat Kansas State 78-64 in a first-round game Thursday, earning a quarterfinal matchup against regular season champion Oklahoma State.
DALLAS — Jake Sullivan got his wish for a shot at the No. 1 seed in the Big 12 tournament.
"It's what we wanted, no question," Sullivan said. "That's why we came here. We want to win, and to win you've
got to beat the best. We really seemed like we were on a mission today. It will be like that all weekend."
There's a little more personal incentive for Sullivan wanting to play the No. 1 seed, not necessarily the seventhranked Cowboys (24-3).
Sullivan was a freshman when Iowa State won 25 games and the Big 12 regular season title in 2000-01 before being upset in the first round of the conference and NCAA tournaments. Now a senior guard, he hopes to reverse that - at least in the Big 12.
And he doesn't expect to have to give any pep talks to his teammates.
"The guys are confident and on a mission," he said. "There's not much to say. By no means are we done yet.
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DATON, Ohio — From perfect to pummede. Saint Joseph's first game as the nation's No. 1 team also was its first
St. Joseph's road to perfection ruined in loss against Xavier
loss of the season, a shocking 87-67 collapse against unranked Xavier in the Atlantic, 10 quarterfinals yesterday.
The Hawks came in with a 27-0 record, three victories from becoming the first team since 1991 to enter the NCAA tournament undefeated. But they trailed Xavier by as many as 37 points, and the upset raises questions about how serious a contender the tiny
Philidelphia school will be for the national championship.
Saint Joseph's star backcourt of Jameer Nelson and Delonte West were a combined 11-for-35, and each scored 16 points.
Romain Sato led Xavier (21-10) with 24 points and 11 rebounds, Lionel Chalmers scored 23,and Anthony Myles had 19.
points. It was the worst loss ever by a No. 1 team against an unranked team and equals the seventh-biggest loss by a top-ranked team against anyone.
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