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friday, january 23, 2004
Changes on sports page mean better, fairer stories
Don't worry, your eyes aren't fooling you. There is no "commentary" on the front of the Kansan's Sports section today.
Some readers may be used to the sometimes-lame commentary the sports page has been the home of in the past.
If you were a fan, consider this note an apology. If you weren't, consider this the Kansan's version of a much needed regime change.
The sports page is returning to its journalistic roots: thorough and researched writing and reporting.
Sports will still feature columns—you can find one about women's basketball inside this issue. You just might not see
one every day.
Call it what you want: A change in policy or a change in priority. The result will be the same. Columns will be held to a higher standard.
Not that actual reporting won't be.
Most of the major sports this spring and winter season will have two reporters assigned to cover them. Sports also has expanded its general assignment and feature staff. These reporters will strive to deliver the types of stories you aren't used to seeing in sports. Be it an in-depth story discussing broad sports issues or something offbeat, the Sports section is going to try and give more to you, the reader.
snorts commentary
Henry C. Jackson
hjackson@kansan.com
In Sports, like any other section of a newspaper, we're reliant upon our sources. But—keep your fingers tightly crossed—the Jayhawks look poised for long, successful seasons.
The men's basketball team seems to be adjusting to its new coach and we're
looking forward to covering the ups and downs of an exciting Big 12 Conference schedule.
Baseball will look to build on last year's success with another solid campaign. The Kansan will be keeping on eye on the diamond with, for the first time, two full-time baseball reporters.
Meanwhile, the women's team is busy starting fights with Missouri. Whether more fisticuffs are to come for these Jayhawks, you can bet the Kansan will be there to cover it.
Regardless of the sport, the Kansan will be there, ready and excited to cover it.
If you think the standards are starting to slip, or you feel the sports page isn't
doing enough, let us know. My email is hjackson@kansan.com or you can email associate sports editor Maggie Newcomer at mnewcomer@kansan.com.
Newspapers thrive on feedback. The Kansan's Sports section is no different. If you think we're dropping the ball — or not properly covering someone who is dropping the ball — let us know.
Until then, watch for the changes. Our staff is looking forward to giving you the thorough but not superfluous coverage you deserve.
And if we can't back up our opinions, you won't be reading them.
Jackson is a Longvalley, N.J. senior in Journalism
Florida State upsets North Carolina
AP Top 25
1. Duke (15-1) did not play. Next: at Georgetown, Saturday.
2. Stanford (15-0) beat UCLA 67-52.
Next vs. Southern California, Saturday
3. S. Saint Joseph's Juvenile Play.
Next: at St. Bonaventure, Saturday.
3. Saint Joseph's (16-0) did not play
Mustafa St. Resenace, Saturday.
4. Connecticut (15-2) did not play.
Next: vs. Providence, Saturday.
5. Louisville (14-1) did not play. Next:
at Tennessee, Sunday.
6. Cincinnati (13-1) did not play. Next: at Southern Mississippi, Saturday.
7. North Carolina (11-4) lost to Florida
Settle 90 B1 OT Navigate Virginia Saturday
7. North Carolina (11-4) lost to Florida
State 90-81, OT. Next vs. Virginia, Saturday.
8. Pittsburgh (18-1) did not play. Next:
at No. 13 Syracuse, Saturday.
9. Kentucky (12-2) did not play. Next:
at Notre Dame, Sunday.
10. Wake Forest(11-3) did not play.
Next: at Florida State, Sunday.
11. Georgia Tech (15-2) did not play.
11. North Carolina State Saturday.
12. Kansas (11-3) lost to Richmond
20 22 Calendars Sunday
13. Syracuse (13-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 8 Pittsburgh, Saturday.
14. Arizona (12-3) beat Oregon State 109-75. Next: vs. Oregon, Sunday.
15. Gonzaga (14-2) did not play. Next:
at Portland, Fridav.
16. Texas (12-2) did not play. Next: vs.
No. 24 Oklahoma State, Saturday.
17. Florida (11-4) did not play. Next:
vs. Auburn, Saturday.
18. Texas Tech (15-2) did not play.
Next: at Texas A&M, Saturday.
Next: vs. Kansas State, Saturday.
19. Mississippi State (15-1) did not play next. vs Georgia, Saturday.
20. Oklahoma (10-4) did not play.
Next: vs. Kansas State. Saturday.
21. Wisconsin (12-3) did not play.
Next: v. Illinois, Saturday.
22. Vanderbilt (13-2) did not play.
Next: at Arkansas, Saturday.
23. Purdue (13-4) did not play. Next:
vs. Michigan State, Sunday.
24. Oklahoma State (13-2) did not play. Next: At 16. Texas, Saturday.
25. South Carolina (16-2) did not play.
Next: vs. LSU, Saturday
Kansas athletics calendar
TODAY
The Associated Press
Swimming at Iowa State, 6 p.m.
Track and Field, KU/KSU/MU Triangular, all day Swimming at Minnesota, 1 p.m.
Women's Basketball vs. Missouri, 3 p.m.
TOMORROW
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Tim Pickett scored six of his 30 points in overtime, and Florida State rallied from a 24-point deficit to beat North Carolina.
Todd Galloway sent the game into overtime tied at 78 with a 3-pointer from the corner with 7.2 seconds remaining, tying the game for the first time since the opening tip.
Riding the momentum of a stunning comeback, the Seminoles (13-5, 2-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) scored the first 11 points of overtime to take control. Rashad McCants hit a 3 with 20.4 seconds remaining for North Carolina's only points in the extra session.
When the final buzzer sounded, fans poured onto the court in celebration.
McCants led five Tar Heels in double figures with 26 points. He and Melvin Scott keyed a 21-0 run that gave North Carolina (11-4, 1-3) a 42-18 lead with just more than five minutes left in the first half.
Other Top 25 Action:
STANFORD, Calif. — Justin Davis made his first nine shots on the way to 21 points, and No. 2 Stanford stayed unbeaten with a 67-52 victory over UCLA on Thursday night.
Saint Joseph's. Childress came off the bench in five games as he regained his strength following a foot injury that sidelined him for the first nine games.
Josh Childress started for the first time this season for the Cardinal, one of two undefeated Division I teams left in the country along with third-ranked
The star forward had 14 points, six rebounds, three assists, two blocks and two steals in 32 minutes.
Stanford (15-0, 6-0 Pac-10) has matched the fourth-best winning streak in school history and is chasing the school record of 20 straight victories to start the 2000-01 season.
Dijon Thompson scored 15 points for UCLA (9-5, 5-2).
Florida St. 90, No. 7 North Carolina 81.OT
TUCSON, Ariz. — Salim Stoudamire and Hassan Adams scored 20 points apiece _ making 16 of 21 shots in the process _ to lead Arizona to a rout of Oregon State.
It was the 21st loss in a row for the Beavers at McKale Center. Oregon State hasn't won at Arizona since 1983, the season before Lute Olson became the Wildcats' coach.
Arizona shot a season-high 63 percent (43-for-68) in its biggest offensive outburst since a 112-81 victory over Washington on Feb. 5. 1998.
The Wildcats (12-3, 4-2 Pac-10) put away the Beavers (8-8, 2-4) with a 36-8 run late in the first half and early in the second. Andre Iguodala had 19 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for Arizona.
Top-ranked Blue Devils pummel Terrapins
The Associated Press
DURHAM, N.C. — Iciss Tillis broke out of a scoring slump with 21 points, and top-ranked Duke defeated Maryland 78-48 Thursday night for its 49th straight victory over an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent.
SUNDAY
Tillis had gone six games without reaching double figures for the Blue Devils (15-1, 6-0). Alana Beard, leading the ACC in scoring with 19.7 points a game, had nine in just 21 minutes for Duke. She strained a groin muscle in practice Tuesday.
Monique Currie added 12 points and Lindsey Harding 10 for the Blue Devils.
Currie 10 as Duke took a 44-28 lead at the break.
Freshman Shay Doron scored 17 points to lead Maryland (12-6,4-3).
Maryland made seven of its first 14 shots and led 19-18 after Aurelie Noirez hit a backdoor layup with 10:35 left in the first half.
But the Terrapins missed their next five shots and nine of 10 as Duke reeled off an 11-3 run.
Duke scored the last nine points of the first half and the first seven of the second.
Tillis made five of her first eight shots and finished 7-for-12 from the field.
Doron had 14 points in the first half, but took just one shot after the break.
Men's Basketball vs. Colorado, 1 p.m.
Tillis scored 13 first-half points and
The Blue Devils made 31 of 67 shots (46.3 percent) and outrebounded Maryland 46-30. They held the Terps to 16-for-53 shooting (30.2 percent).
Haitham Al-Shaifan, Saudi Arabia junior, and Ahmad Abu-Ali, Jordan senior, played an intense game of ping pong at the Student Recreation Center yesterday. The two men said they like to play about three times a week.
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