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SPORTS / THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok."
- Shaquille O'Neal
FACT OF THE DAY
Senior pole vaulter Jordan Scott was selected as the first male Big 12 Athlete of the Week for the 2010 indoor season after clearing 5.2 meters, the highest mark in the Big 12, last Friday.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: How many total points were scored by Kansas and Oklahoma State's benches in the Cowgirls' 70-68 victory in the basketball game Tuesday?
A: Seven. Kansas got five points from its bench, and Oklahoma State got just two.
Kansas Athletics
MORNING BREW
Football T-shirts should be donated
I have a proposal for administrators in the Athletics Department. I hope they listen to me because this could be enic.
BY MAX VOSBURGH
vosburgh@kansan.com
I think the Athletics Department should start a public collection for any article of clothing having to do with Kansas football in 2009 and send that clothing to Haiti as aid for the earthquake survivors.
When the season started and the Athletics Department handed out T-shirts at the first game, I grabbed two because I thought it was going to be such a spectacular season that when I wore out one shirt, I'd have another one to replace it. I used one as a rag to clean up a spill on my carpet once. The other one just sits in my closet.
It still hurts when I see people wearing them. Last season was disappointing for me and every other Kansas fan. Why should I be reminded of that horror by continuing to wear a "History Awaits" T-shirt? We should donate them to the earthquake relief effort instead.
I drew my inspiration for this act of goodwill from the co-owner of a University of Tennessee apparel store in
Knoxville, Tenn., called Hound Dogs. After Lane Kiffin weaselied his way out as head football coach of the Tennessee Volunteers after one season to become head football coach of the Southern California Trojans, some fans have been irate
On Wednesday, knoxnews.com posted a photo of a group of Tennessee students huddled together burning Kiffin T-shirts outside the football stadium on Tuesday night when news broke Kiffin would be leaving.
Dan Burks, co-owner of Hound Dogs, told knoxnews.com that when he heard about the T-shirt burning, he decided to put the unwanted T-shirts to better use. He encouraged customers to donate their old "It's Time" Tennessee football shirts
to his store. In return, he said he would give donors a 20 percent discount toward the purchase of a new shirt and promised to ship the old T-shirts to the Haitian relief effort.
Instead of letting those shirts rot in our closets or be used as paper towels, it's a time we put them toward a good cause. The Athletics Department handed them out for free at the first game, so it won't cost us anything to make this donation. We can turn that terrible excuse for a football season into something positive by helping survivors in Haiti.
Edited by Jesse Rangel
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY
Track at Missouri Columbia, Mo.
FRIDAY No events scheduled
SATURDAY
Men's basketball vs. Texas Tech, 12:45 p.m.
Women's swimming vs. Nebraska, 2 p.m.
SUNDAY
Women's basketball vs. Missouri, 1 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Women's basketball at Iowa State, 7 p.m.
NBA
Men's basketball vs. Baylor, 8 p.m.
Magic coach Van Gundy said Carter is "dav-to-dav."
Sprained shoulder keeping Carter out
DENVER — Orlando Magic guard Vince Carter was ruled out of Wednesday night's game against the Denver Nuggets because of continuing problems with a sprained left shoulder.
Carter is averaging a team-high of 17.4 points, scoring in double figures in 26 of his 32 games.
Carter has missed three games since injuring his shoulder last Friday when he collided with Washington's Andray Blatche.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Memphis knocks off East Carolina 77-57
The win pulled the Tigers within one game of Kentucky's 64 straight conference wins in the late 1940s — the longest such streak in NCAA history.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Wesley Witherspoon scored 22 points and Doneal Mack added 15 as Memphis extended its Conference USA winning streak to 63 games with a 77-57 victory over East Carolina on Wednesday night.
Memphis has not lost in the conference since March 2, 2006 at Alabama-Birmingham.
Heading back
Associated Press
Tunisia's Ammar Jemal soars for a header in Tunisia's African Cup of Nations Group D soccer match against Zambia at Tundavala Stadium in Lubango, Angola Wednesday.
MLB
Royals add Ned Yost as special adviser
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals have hired former Milwaukee manager Ned Yost as a special adviser.
The 54-year-old Yost was manager of the Brewers from 2003-08 and was 457-502. Previously, he was a coach for the Atlanta Braves, where he became acquainted with Dayton Moore, who was a front office executive with the Braves before becoming Royals general manager.
Yost was a catcher for parts of six major league seasons with the Brewers, Rangers and Expos.
NBA
Anthony to marry MTV actress Vazquez
Denver Nuggets All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony and actress La La Vazquez plan to wed this summer.
Vazquez, of MTV fame, announced the news Wednesday on "The Wendy Williams Show."
The two have been engaged for five years and have a son, Kiyan, who will turn 3 years old in March.
The Nuggets said Wednesday they had no knowledge of the impending nuptials.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Associated Press
Duke still struggles with outside shooting in win against Boston College
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DURHAM, N.C. — Nolan Smith scored 24 points to help eighthranked Duke bounce back from a weekend loss and beat Boston College 79-59 on Wednesday night.
Kyle Singler added 15 points for the Blue Devils (14-2, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who pushed ahead for good late in the first half and pulled away in the opening minutes after the break.
While Boston College held up through the first 15 minutes or so, the Blue Devils' pressure defense finally started to make a difference late in the first half. Duke held
for the Eagles (10-7, 1-2), but he was BC's only double-figure scorer.
Reggie Jackson scored 20 points
Boston College without a field goal for nearly eight minutes and used a 15-3 run to turn a two-point deficit late in the half into a 46-35 edge with 17:30 left in the game.
The lead reached 54-37 before Tyler Roche ended the drought with
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Smith matched his career high for scoring, while Singler bounced back from a miserable day against Georgia Tech by finishing with 10 rebounds. The 6-foot-8 junior had just nine points on 2-for-13 shooting in a 71-67 loss to the Yellow Jackets on Saturday.
The biggest disappointment for Duke, however, was that it repeated its poor outside shooting from the Georgia Tech loss. The Blue Devils shot a season-low 21 percent (6 for 28) from 3-point range in Atlanta, then followed by going just 1 for 12 against Boston College.
And with leading scorer Jon Scheyer having a strong shooting night, the traditionally perimeter-oriented Blue Devils dominated the paint to take control.
Sophomore Miles Plumlee had 12 points, while 7-foot senior Brian Zoubek added six points and 11 rebounds — with almost all of that coming in the second half. Duke also had 21 second-chance points and took a 40-27 edge on the glass.
As for Boston College, well,
everything just got worse the longer
the game wore on.
The Eagles looked unfazed early in rowdy Cameron Indoor Stadium. They shot 50 percent in the first half and played with poise, getting several open looks on kickouts off dribble penetration and trailing just 38-35 at halftime.
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