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"This is probably going to be my last attempt — see you in the movies." Jose Canseco about trying out for the Los Angeles Dodgers and not being offered a contract. off the bench
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TODAY
Kansas athletics calendar
wednesday, march 3, 2004
Men's Basketball vs. Nebraska, 6:30 p.m.
TOMORROW
FRIDAY
Swimming and Diving at USA Sectionals Women's Basketball at Iowa State, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
Swimming and Diving at USA Sectionals Baseball vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3 p.m. Tennis vs. Iowa
Swimming and Diving at USA Sectional Track and Field at Iowa State International Softball at Hampton Jawh/Jayhwk Classic Baseball vs. Wisconsin-Winnipeg, 1 p.m.
SATURDAY
Men's Basketball at Missouri, 1 p.m.
Swimming and Diving at UA Sectionals
Softball at Hampton Inn/Jayhawk Classic
Baseball vs Wisconsin-Jawhauke, 1 p.m.
Free for All
Call 864-0500
Omar Wilkes: Don't hate the player, hate the game.
he faced in an intrasquad game Wednesday, signed a minor league contract with the Royals with an invitation to spring training just a few days before camp opened.
Bill should wear the red jerseys if he wants to beat Mizzou.
No, your tuition money does not go to the cheese that the basketball team uses. The millions of dollars in donated revenue and money from KU basketball goes towards their cheese.
Why would the Free For All print something like '1 want to ravage Nick Bahe' and not something about sex with Wayne Simien? Come on, we all know a night in the sack with Wayne Simien would be better than a Nick Bahe ravaging.
If I had a dollar for every time the Free For All mentioned Padgett I could buy Jayhawk cheese.
FOOTBALL
Denver Bronco Ed McCaffrey retires after 13 NFL seasons
DENVER—Ed McCaffrey, one of John Elway's primary targets on two Denver Super Bowl winners, retired yesterday after 13 NFL seasons.
McCaffrey, 35, missed most of last season after two concussions in two weeks.
He broke his leg in the first game of 2001, but returned the next season to catch 69 passes for 903 yards.
The Broncos also told McCaffrey his $4.5 million base salary will be cut next season to help get under the salary cap.
The Broncos acquired McCaffrey from San Francisco in 1995 as an unrestricted free agent and began his career with the New York Giants in 1991.
He was a starter on the Broncos 1998 and 1999 Super Bowl teams. He also earned a Super Bowl ring with the 49ers in 1995.
The Associated Press
Nice catch
JoEllen Wang, University City, Mo., senior, caught a lacrosse ball yesterday during practice. Wang is the goalie for the Kansas women's lacrosse club and was running drills with her coach in preparation for Friday's games against the University of Wisconsin and Lindenwood University.
Royals veteran vies for pitching spot
The Associated Press
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Right-hander Rudy Seanez knows he can't afford to have a bad outing in spring training if he is to have any chance of making the Kansas City Royals this season.
The Royals have 36 pitchers in camp and Seanez, a nine-year veteran, is trying to earn a bullpen spot. But the team has no more than two bullpen vacancies and one of those could go to a left-hander.
"I'm one of those long, long shots," Seanez said. "I've been around long enough to know."
Seanez, who retired all three batters
Seanez has faced long odds before.
"It was the same thing with the Braves in 1998," Seanez said. "They knew what they had in the bullpen. I pitched well and into the Braves' bullpen and into a setup role."
Seanez pitched for the Royals' Class AAA Omahz club in 1997, going 2-5 with a 6.51 ERA in 28 appearances and was released after the season. The Braves picked him as a minor league free agent and he had two of his best seasons
with Atlanta, a 10-2 record with five saves in 90 relief appearances in 1998-99.
He was with four clubs last year, including going 0-1 with a 6.23 ERA with Boston. He also was with Red Sox, Texas Rangers and Chicago Cubs minor league teams last season.
"I was there for six or seven weeks and made only nine appearances," Seanez said. "My pitching suffered."
Seanez began last season with the Rangers and in the opening exhibition game, he was hit in the head by a throw.
"It was a double play ball and I was covering first and I lost it for a split-
second in the outfield signs," Seanez said. "It tipped off my glove and hit me just above my eyebrow. If it had hit me flush, I probably wouldn't be here right now. There would have been a good chance it would have crushed the (eye) socket."
He was taken to the hospital for X-rays, but was back pitching in a few days.
Seanez, 35, realizes time is no longer on his side.
"There are no guarantees, no promises," Seanez said. "I don't even know if I'm on their insurance list. All I can do is pitch well enough to impress somebody. The main thing is I have to pitch well. I'm not a young guy anymore."
Rams re-sign defensive end for $2 million
The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — Adam Timmerman's five-year contract with the St. Louis Rams, finalized yesterday, could mean the end of defensive end Grant Wistrom's stay with the team.
Those two were the Rams' top free agents, and the team could conceivably retain both with about $4.5 million remaining under the salary cap. But Wistrom, the team's first-round pick in 1998, is believed to be leaning towards signing with the Kansas City Chiefs and reuniting with coach Dick Vermeil.
Also yesterday, the Rams met with former Michigan quarterback Drew Henson, although he did not work out with the team. Henson is scheduled to visit the Cleveland Browns' training facility today.
Henson, 24, was drafted in the sixth round last year by the Houston Texans, who are trying to work out a trade before the April 24 draft. If no deal is done by the draft, Henson can be selected by any team.
Timmerman and the Rams came to an agreement two days before he was to have become an unrestricted free agent. He also signed a five-year free agent deal with the Rams in 1999 after leaving the Packers, and had not been anxious to test the market.
But until this week, he'd been concerned about the lack of interest from the team. So he told his agent, Mark Bartelstein, to try to push things along.
"I told Mark, I really want to get the thing done so it doesn't come down to free agency, taking trips and doing all that stuff." Timmerman said. "We were close and we kind of met in the middle
and it worked out great."
Rams coaches said they were happy to have him back.
"I think everybody knows or can appreciate how important Adam has been in the last five years to us offensively," coach Mike Martz said. "It's just a great moment for all of us."
It's a great moment for Timmerman's wife, Jana, too. The deal means she can go ahead with ordering new kitchen countertops instead of pondering a move.
"It's unbelievable," Jana Timmerman said. "We're on our third contract, and with two teams."
Adam Timmerman, 32, has played nine NFL seasons and gone to two Pro Bowls. He has been a durable presence on the line, starting all 16 regular-season games in four of his five seasons in St. Louis.
Rams coaches said he's gotten better during that time.
"I think he played at a Pro Bowl level and didn't go to the Pro Bowl," offensive line coach John Matsko said. "He pulled extremely well — he's got to be one of the top pullers in the league — and he's a phenomenal pass protector."
Although terms were not disclosed, Timmerman said the contract was worth more than $2 million a year. It includes a signing bonus of about $6 million. Still, the deal is slightly less than his last contract with the Rams for $18 million over five seasons.
"We wanted to be here so bad we didn't want it to come down free agency," Timmerman said. "Money was never a huge issue for us, just the effort that was made on the part of the Rams."
WEDNESDAY
> 11:00 am-1:00 pm >> Stauffer-Flint Lawn
Volunteers were encouraged to paint and donate bowls from Sun
Pim Ceramics, which will be sold today with soup or chill on
campus, Proceeds go to Jubilee Cafe.
Sponsored by CREATE, Jubilee Café, Center for Community Outreach, Sun
3>3
Empty Bowls Project
Read Out
> 2:00:50 ppm >> Boys & Girls Club
Read to kids participating in MLK's after-school program as part of
Read Across America. Donated books will also be distributed to
the participating children;
read for Literature Center for Community
> 6:00 pm >> Location TBA
This program will facilitate activities to establish friendships between students and individuals with developmental disabilities.
Succeeded by: Natural Tues, Bed Buddies, Center for Community Outreach
Best Buddies/Natural Ties Outing
> 6:00 pm >> Location, TRA
Senior Prom
> 6:30-9:00 pm >> Alumni Center
Build relationships with older community members in a night of dancing and music.
Sponsored by: HUG, Center for Community Outreach
Choice USA Leadership for a Pro-Choice Future March for Choice: It's your choice...
They are your rights taken away
We support a new leadership in the reproductive rights movement. We support grassroots organizing.
We support a broad agenda of reproductive choice to protect young, low-income women and members of the LGBT community.
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