THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
UESDAY DECEMBER 1, 2009
SPORTS
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you."
— Bruce Lee
FACT OF THE DAY
Freshman swimmer Monica Johannesen set a new personal-best time and Junior Norwegian record in the 100 freestyle with a time of 54.80 seconds.
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TRIVIA OF THE DAY
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Q: How many gold medals from the Norwegian Championships does Johnnessen own?
A: Four.
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THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY No event scheduled
WEDNESDAY
Men's basketball vs. Alcorn State, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY
Women's basketball vs. UCLA, 7 p.m.
Swimming UVA Invitational, all day, Charlottesville.Va
FRIDAY
Swimming UVA Invitational, all day, Charlottesville, Va
SATURDAY
Track
Bob Timmons
Challenge,
All day
Swimming UVA Invitational, all day, Charlottesville, Va
SUNDAY
Women's basketball vs. Northern Colorado 1 p.m.
Men's basketball
at UCLA,
4:30 p.m.
MLB
LaRue signs contract to stay with Cardinals
ST. LOUIS — Catcher Jason LaRue has agreed to a $950,000, one-year contract to remain with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Yadier Molina's backup for two seasons, LaRue hit .240 with two homers and six RBIs in 104 at-bats last season. He started 26 games and appeared in 51 overall.
"Jason is a great fit for our ball-club in his current role," Cardinals general manager John Mozelak said Monday. "His veteran leadership both on and off the field is something we value highvl."
LaRue's deal, the same as his 2009 contract, includes a $50,000 bonus if he has 60 starts.
NFL
Denver v. Indianapolis will not play on prime time TV
NEW YORK — The NFL is not switching the Denver at Indianaapolis game on Dec. 13 to prime time even though it could be the Colts' record-setting 22nd straight regular-season victory.
Instead, the Philadelphia Eagles-New York Giants matchup remains as the night game. The only change under the flexible scheduling policy for Dec. 13 will be moving the St. Louis at Tennessee game from 1 p.m. EST to 4:05 p.m. EST.
Associated Press
True sports fans should be overzealous
MORNING BREW
There is nothing inherently sane about sports fandom, or the emotions it inspires. In few other venues can otherwise normal adults eschew normal standards of decency and act like Neanderthals. In even fewer can the words "love" and "hate" be used so frequently, yet with so much genuine feeling
When people say they love their team, or a player, they mean it. And, like the best fairy tale romances, it's an unwavering and unjustifiable love.
And that's a good thing. Because if that weren't the case, my emotions the past few days would
probably require therapy, medication or both.
Saturday, of course, featured the triumph of the ultimate sports evil over all that is good and righteous. Missouri, in viciously tense fashion, wrote a suitably cruel final chapter in the book of Kansas' awful season. Which, given the mire in which Kansas football resides, is just salt in the wound.
But watching Kansas' Todd Reesing end his career face-down in his own end zone wasn't bad enough, apparently. No, later that night, another senior quarterback got to end his season and home career in heroic fashion. And so Saint Tim
should make a decision so he could focus on playing this year.
The Huskies received all 40 first-place votes Monday from the national media panel. They have been the AP's top team the past 28 polls.
Aside from Florida and Kansas, Illinois, Missouri, Duke, Saint Louis University and Ohio State were all potential suitors for Beal.
Bradley Beal, the No.7 ranked player in the 2011 class, chose Florida over Kansas at a press conference at his high school Monday.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL No.7 high school recruit commits to Florida Gators
The 6-foot-3, 170 pound guard from Chinamade College Preparatory in St. Louis, Mo., has gained a lot of attention from recruiting schools. Beal told Rivals.com that now was the time he
Last season as a sophomore he averaged 23.5 points per game and led Chaminade with 30 points in the Class 5A state-title. His team plays its first game of this season Monday.
The first nine teams remained the same for a third straight week
Tebow leads the No. 1 Florida Gators ... again ... as the Heisman Trophy frontrunner ... again ... in to a high-profile championship game ... again. Stop me if you've heard this one before.
And speaking of apparent sports reruns, we move on to Sunday, and another quarterback — Brett Favre. Now, if Favre had just stayed retired, or if his umphmenth comeback was floundering, this wouldn't be so bad. But against all reason, Favre is playing well. And not just hand the-ball-off-to-Adrian-Peterson-and-get-out-of-the-way well, but with legitimate MVP form. And that doesn't even factor in those Wranglers ads.
— Corey Thibodeaux
ASSOCIATED PRESS
But hey, at least Favre isn't Sports Illustrated's "Sportsman of the Year" as he was in 2007. Instead, we get Derek Jeter, the Yankees' shortstop who looked to be on the downslope of his career. His bat appeared to be slowing, and his always-overrated range seemed to be shrinking further. Then he hit .334 and won his fourth Gold Glove. And, because it really had been too long, the Yankees won their 27th World Series championship. It had been nearly a decade, after all. Those poor, patient, Yankee fans.
WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
always be worse, and there are bright spots. For example, we have a Tyler Hansbrough-less college basketball season for the first time in years.
Connecticut's Maya Moore dunks the ball at the First Night NCAA basketball exhibition in Storms, Conn. Oct. 16. Moore, a forward, is the seventh unanimous choice on The Associated Press' press season All-America team.
"That's awesome," Jabir said.
"Seven years ago we won three games. Any coach pours their heart and soul into their program and to gain that kind of recognition for our school is special. My 12-year-old son Jackson would check every day where we were in the rankings. Now he'll see us there."
The 25th-ranked Flyers (5-1) will get their first test as a Top 25 team Monday night at Illinois-Chicago. Coach Jim Jabir was thrilled his team made the poll.
Dayton named in AP Top 25 poll
after going a combined 23-0 with a 29-point average margin of victory last week. Connecticut eased through another week, winning the WBCA Classic. The Huskies routed Hofstra, Richmond, and Clemson by an average of 44 points.
Stanford was No. 2, followed by No. 3 Ohio State, No. 4 North Carolina and Notre Dame. Tennessee was sixth, followed by LSU, Baylor, Xavier and A&T M&A.
Dayton jumped into the AP women's basketball Top 25 for the first time in school history, while Connecticut remained a unanimous No.1 for the 19th consecutive poll.
This is the part where I stop, for fear of sounding like the proverbial old man on his porch. It could
The Flyers started drawing attention to themselves when they opened with a 77-74 win against then-No. 10 Michigan State. Dayton almost pulled off a second straight upset two days later before falling to then-No. 23 Louisville 65-63. They've won all four games since.
I feel better just writing it.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jabir debated whether to let his young team know it was ranked before its game Monday.
- Edited by Amanda Thompson
"First I wasn't going to tell them until afterwards," labir said. "But they are always checking the internet and I want to make sure we put it in perspective."
The University of Kansas Chapter of
PHI KAPPA PHI all-academic honor society is proud to announce new member initiates
5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 1, in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Memorial Union (Initiates should assemble at 5 p.m. in the Big 12 Room)
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FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST
Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Danny Anderson
Congratulations to KU's Best, The 2009 Phi Kappa Phi initiates!
FACULTY
Danny Anderson
SPANISH &
PORTUGUESE
SCHOOL OF ALLIED HEALTH Christopher Morrisey Michelle Wray Andrew Maier Jeslyn Scott
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN & PLANNING Otto Broeder Christopher Clark Kristen Steinhoff Peter Zuroweste John Elias Nicholas Pappas
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS John Chalfant Emily Sheldon
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL
ARTS & SCIENCES
Faranak Braun
Elizabeth Major
Robyn Grayson
Ashley Heiman
Joseph Moore
Michael Perry
Travis Philipp
Daniel Rhoades
Daniel Sisk
Megan Murray
Justin Smith
Stephanie Temaat
Audra Boxberger
Jonathan Meeker
Wyatt Meriwether
Kraig Stoll
Christopher Rein
Bethany Christiansen
Michael Tetwiler
Kenda Bradley
Rachel Hoener
Bryce Clarke
Katherine Marples
Courtney Bone
Kallie Campbell
Vonnie Peterson
Rebecca Welch Weige
Michael Hogg
Piper Wolfe
John Scoville
Jennifer Kissinger
Brian Havens
Huan Rui
Clarissa Wedemeier
Lucas Homer
Kimberly Hernandez
Kathryn Presley
Gunda Seeger
Mary Anderson
Patricia Campbell
Matthew Forman
Juliana Hess
Lindsey Lewis
Alexandra Pratt
Scott Toland
James Craig
Michelle MacBain
Adela Timmons
Robert Fishkind
Sunyoung Cheong
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Amanda Frederick Daniel Smalley Samantha Volker Tiffany Woods
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Andrew Wendorff
Christopher Martin
Nicholas Hoffmann
Jean Salash
Morgan Grissum
Melanie Luthi
SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION Katelyn Cofer Elana Harris Brisa Izaguirre Kelci Shipley
SCHOOL OF NURSING
Becky Austin-Morris
Edward Ballerini
Claudia Barbagiovanni
Kimberly Clabaugh
Deborah Coon
Sherry Murillo
Brenda Nickel
Frances Oberhelman
Cherie Parker
Deborah
Schwartzkopf
Julie Tan
Gwenyth Wagner
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL
WELFARE
Darrell Henson
Julia Gallagher
Regina Gronewoller
Learn more about Phi Kappa Phi at http://groups.ku.edu/~pkp/
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