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QUOTES OF THE DAY
"Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up."
—Red Auerbach,
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FACT OF THE DAY
The Kansas softball team has hit 20 homeruns in its first 10 games of the season. It has outscored opponents 85-28 for the year.
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TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Andre Emmett holds the all-time career Big 12 record for points with 2256 at Texas Tech. Who in the big 12 is just 40 points away from surpassing him?
A: Lacedarius Dunn of Baylor.
www.big12sports.com
Phony personas are fun to follow
MORNING BREW
If you asked me one account you should follow on Twitter besides mine, I would retort with "Are you a Kansas basketball fan?" Of course you are, or I hope so, since you go to this university. Now that we have established that you are a fan of the Jayhawks, I will tell you to follow @FakeJoeDooley.
Dooleybear, Doom$day, or just FJD, is, as the account's bio states, "NOT the real Joe Dooley. Rather, it's a parody representation of what we think a baller KU assistant coach would be in an awesome world. Rock Chalk!" The account is not a representation of the University, Kansas Athletics, Kansas basketball or the real Joe Dooley. It is just a Jayhawk fan controlling the account, and not, of course, assistant coach Joe Dooley.
@FakeJoeDooley isn't the only parody account for a Jayhawk coach. There is also somebody running an @EvilTurnerGill account. This again doesn't represent the real Turner Gill. As many know, Gill is an upstanding man, who is rooted in Christian values and developing his football players into respectable men. His parody Twitter account counterpart however, is into sex, drugs and alcohol, much like Fake Joe Dooley.
The fake Twitter accounts don't just pertain to Kansas. Big 12 commissioner Dan Beeeb has an admirer from afar. @ DanBeeebee has tweeted about his content with Colorado and Nebraska leaving the conference. While the real Dan Beeeb is sad to see the two go, we may never know how he really feels. Saturday he tweeted that the Big 12 is an equal opportunity conference because Iowa State had an "opportunity" against Kansas since Robinson and Selby were out with injuries
Let's go bigger picture. Before Twitter even existed, The Onion was known for fake news. It's probably, in my opinion, one of the best places to be misinformed. On Jan. 21, The Onion launched a TV show on IFC (Independent Film Channel). Now instead of going online to find
clips, we have a full newscast. Comedy Central signed on to show The Onion's SportsDome, a 30-minute cast mocking ESPN's SportsCenter.
Sports figures aren't the only ones that have fake Twitter accounts. There is Chicago mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel, @MayorEmanuel, Apple CEO Steve Jobs, @ceoSteveJobs, BPGlobalPR, @BPGlobalPR and possibly my favorite, FakeAPStyle, @FakeAPStylebook. All four are witty in their own way.
But I challenge you to find the best account that is humorous in 140 characters or less.
Edited by Dave Boyd
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY
Swimming
Big 12 Championships,
All day
at Austin, Texas
FRIDAY
Tennis
vs. UT Arlington
2 p.m.
Lawrence
Baseball vs. St. Louis 3 p.m. Lawrence
Anthony scores big in Knicks debut, gets love from fans
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Softball
vs. Minnesota, noon.
vs. UNC Greensboro,
4:30 p.m.
at Greensboro, N.C.
NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony's debut on the big stage was a huge hit.
Anthony had 27 points and 10 rebounds, hitting a pair of clutch buckets down the stretch in front of a crowd that cheered his every move as New York beat the Milwaukee Bucks 114-108 on Wednesday night in his Knicks debut.
Anthony made only 10 of 25 shots but was at his best in the closing minutes, helping New York hold on after fellow superstar Amare Stoudemire fouled out. He matched the third-highest scoring game in a
Track
Big 12 Indoor
Championships,
All day
at Lincoln, Neb.
The Knicks have never had a winning season since Anthony
He added two free throws with 11.4 seconds remaining, fans chant-
Knicks debut since 1964, just two points shy of Keith Van Horn's 29 on Oct. 29, 2003.
Chauncey Billups, who came with Anthony from Denver in Tuesday's blockbuster trade, finished with 21 points and eight assists as the Knicks won their third straight. Toney Douglas scored 23 points and Stoudemire had 19.
Milwaukee was down four when Anthony drove the baseline for a dunk with 1:18 remaining, and his tough bucket in the lane with the shot clock running down with 26 seconds left made it 108-102.
With fans chanting for both Anthony and Billups in the final minute, New York matched its win total from last season with its 29th victory — but now the Knicks have much bigger plans than that.
entered the NBA and are mired in a franchise-worst stretch of nine straight losing seasons. Their revival began when Stoudemire signed last summer and reached a new level Wednesday when Anthony walked out of the tunnel onto the floor where he came in averaging 30.4 points, just off Kobe Bryant's 30.5 for tops among active players.
The Knicks gave up a lot to land them, surrendering starters Danilo Gallinari, Raymond Felton, Timofey Mozgov and top reserve Wilson Chandler. But they insisted the price was worth it for the chance to pair Anthony along with Stoudemire, with both locked up long term after Anthony signed a contract extension on his way out of Denver.
With the building appearing completely full before tipoff, fans roared as quotes from Anthony appeared on the overhead video-
Anthony was then introduced first to a raucous ovation, and quickly earned his first points as a Knick on an offensive rebound with 9:37 left in the first quarter.
But he appeared rusty after playing little over the last week and perhaps a little worn out after a whirlwind All-Star weekend, and his jumper was off for most of the night.
ing "Melo! Melo!" as he sank them for a six-point edge. Billups was serenaded with a "Chauncey Billups!" chant he later went to the line.
board before introductions, noting he was born in Brooklyn and wanted to be former Knicks star Bernard King.
He arrived in New York on Tuesday night and was introduced along with Billups in a packed pregame press conference, telling the
huge crowd that he was "ready to get down to business right now"
Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni said he put in four or five plays and it would be almost like an All-Star game. The Knicks were sharp early, shooting 59 percent in the first quarter and opening an 11-point lead early in the second on Anthony's dunk.
Milwaukee cut it to 59-57 at halftime and grabbed the lead early in the third quarter. The Knicks quickly went back ahead and were up 86-79 after Douglas scored the last five points of the period, including a 3-pointer with 2.6 seconds left.
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