THE UNIVERSITY OF HAIRY KANSAN
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2009
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SPORTS
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?"
— Satchel Paige
FACT OF THE DAY
Kansas Athletics
Freshman Xavier Henry becoming Phillips 66 Big 12 Rookie of the Week marked the 18th time a Kansas player has earned the distinction.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q:Who earned league rookie of the week honors last season and how many times?
A: Tyshawn Taylor, now a sophomore, four times.
— Kansas football media guide
SOCCER Players awarded honors for season performance
Senior defender Estelle Johnson, senior midfielder Monica Dolinsky and sophomore forward Emily Cressy were named All-Central Region by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
Johnson and Dolinsky earned second-team honors, and Cressy was named to the third team.
Cressy led the Jayhawks with 12 goals and 27 points this season, including six points in the last
Cressy
games. Her 12 goals tied for the second spot on the team's all-time scoring list.
Dolinsky provided the focal point for Kansas' offense this season, leading the team with a career-high 10 assists.
Dolinsky
Her 30 career assists are the most in Kansas history and 17th in Big 12 history.
Johnson is tied for the most
started in her career and ranks fourth in games played. She ranks first on the team's
single-season list for most minutes played with 2,110 in 2008, and her 1,987 minutes this year rank 4th on the list. She also scored three goals this season from her central defender position.
This is the second all-region selection for Dolinsky and Johnson and the first for Cressy. Three all-region honors are the most by a Kansas team since 2004, when five players were selected.
The Central region is one of eight NSCAA Division I regions.
Joel Petterson
NFL
Bills add new tight end, release defensive tackle
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Bills have shuffled their roster by re-signing tight end R Joe Klopfenstein and releasing defensive tackle Corey Mace.
Klopfenstein rejoined the Bills on Monday, two weeks after he was released by the team. A fourth-year NFL player, he originally signed with Buffalo on Nov. 18, but was inactive for the team's game at Jacksonville the following weekend.
His addition provides the Bills three healthy tight ends as Buffalo (4-8) prepares to play at Kansas City this weekend.
Mace appeared in two games for the Bills this season, and had an interception in a 31-14 win over Miami two weeks ago.
MORNING BREW
New choice for coach submitted
Associated Press
Dear Lew Perkins,
I know you're busy
right now what with
the head coaching search and all. So given that you're time is undoubtedly valuable right now, I won't waste it. I'm writing to inform you that there is a prime candidate to you need to be made aware of in regards to the aforementioned search. Me.
Before you dismiss the idea as narcissistic drive, let me justify my recommendation.
You undoubtedly want a head coach who brings enthusiasm and passion to the position. Kansas is not a football program that sells itself, so any head coach needs those things in order to be successful. As someone who stayed for entire games during the Terry Allen era, my devotion to Kansas football is beyond reproach. And if you doubt my ability to translate that enthusiasm into results, I should point out my third-place state debate trophy.
Of course, you probably want a
head coach with some experience. I've got that in spades as well. Going back to junior high, I've built Kansas in to a national powerhouse year in, and year out. The fact that this occurred in the virtual world notwithstanding, that's pretty impressive. My potent combination of option offense and hyper-aggressive defense dominated the opposition, thus solidifying my credentials on both sides of the ball. I'm pretty much Paul Johnson crossed with Nick Saban.
In order to win on that level, a coach will have to recruit Texas. Having been there on two separate occasions, I'm practically an expert on the state. Add in the fact that I've got an aunt and uncle in Houston, and I think it's
pretty clear I'd have no trouble making recruiting inroads
making recruiting mounds.
Given the circumstances under which Mark Mangino, ahem, "resigned," the character of a potential head coach is of the utmost importance. Let me assure you that I would never, under any condition, physically or verbally abuse my players. First of all, I'm a genuinely nice guy. Just ask my parents. Secondly, I'm 150 pounds soaking wet, and possess a crippling fear of confrontation. I've also paid every single parking ticket I've ever received with minimal gripping.
Also important in today's college game, is the ability of coaches to relate to their players and the media. As a 21-year-old, I've got my finger on the pulse of America's youth. I guess you could say I'm down, or — what are the kids saying now days? — ballin'? Yeah, that's it. And who understands the media better than the media?
Of course, you're undoubtedly swayed by my arguments at
this point. Again, third place state debate. But before you offer me the job, there's the matter of money to discuss. I understand that Mangino's buyout wasn't cheap, and that the economy has been rough on everyone. Given that — and the fact that I'm used to living on about eight dollars an hour — I would be willing to settle for a cool million every year. Cash, check, Swiss bank account: Whatever works.
I'll start tie shopping now. That press conference can't be more than a few days off.
— Edited by Megan Morriss
Toboggans away
Canada's Lyndon Rush, Chris Le Bihan, Dan Humphries and Lascelles Brown compete in a Bobsled World Cup race in Cesana Pariol, Italy, Sunday. The team is in third place in the competition.
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY No events scheduled
WEDNESDAY
DAY Men's basketball vs.Radford 7.pm.
THURSDAY
Women's basketball:
vs. UMKC, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY No events scheduled
SATURDAY
Men's basketball:
La Salle, 1 p.m.
Sprint Center,
Kansas City, Mo.
SUNDAY
Women's basketball:
vs. Creighton
2 p.m.
CAMPUS Athletics records to be released after settlement
The Kansan filed a request Monday under the Kansas Open Records Act for access to records of the settlement between Mark Mangino and Kansas Athletics.
Associate Athletics Director Jim Marchiony said the settlement agreement was not yet complete but that he expected it to be so sooner rather than later.
"When it is completed, we will comply with open records laws when we know how those laws comply to the finalized document;" Marchiony said.
Specifically, The Kansan requested access to all contracts, drafts, memoranda, staff memoranda and correspondence, as well as any other papers detailing the financial and other aspects of Mangino's compensation package.
It is public policy of the state of Kansas that "public records shall be open for inspection by any person unless otherwise provided by this act, and this act shall be liberally constructed and applied to promote such policy."
NBA
- Stephen Montemayor
Judge throws out Denver star's suit
BY ARNIE STAPLETON
Associated Press
DENVER — Carmelo Anthony's lawsuit that accused his former business manager of misappropriating more than $2 million of his assets has been provisionally dismissed by a federal judge in Sacramento, Calif., so the NBA star's lawyers can amend the complaint.
Judge William B. Shubb ruled the lawsuit "(did) not plead facts that plausibly suggest each defendant is liable for the claims in the complaint."
Shubb gave Anthony's attorneys until Dec. 25 to file an amended complaint that would meet stricter pleading standards set forth in a Supreme Court case decided three months before Anthony's original lawsuit was filed on Aug. 17.
The lawsuit alleges that Anthony's former business manager, Larry W. Harmon, and employees of Larry Harmon & Associates P.A., breached their fiduciary duties by misappropriating millions of Anthony's money.
"Plaintiffs, however, are admonished to thoroughly and carefully set forth their allegations in any subsequent amended complaint, as both judicial resources and fairness to defendants preclude unlimited opportunities to amend the pleadings;" the judge warned.
Harmon, founder of Harmon Castillo, LLP, of Roseville, Calif., said Monday his firm was substantially harmed by the lawsuit.
"While we are pleased with the
judge's order, we come away from it with a damaged reputation, a substantial loss in earnings and harm to something upon which we cannot place a price; our good name," Harmon said in a statement to the AP. "Our job was to guide Carmelo and advise him when we thought his money was being unwisely spent. We looked out for him in the way we do all of our clients and the result was his anger and this lawsuit."
Harmon referred the AP to his lawyer, James J. Banks, for a response. Banks told the AP; "It isn't disingenuous at all. The order speaks for itself. Mr. Harmon believes the litigation has harmed his reputation and his business."
Anthony is in the fourth year of a five-year, $80 million contract extension he signed in 2006. He is the league's leading scorer this season.
Robert W. Hirsh, told the AP he would refile the complaint as requested and called the ruling "purely a procedural issue."
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