ALL-STAR GAME
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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
That's why Michael Jordan might actually be booed before the NBA All-Star game Sunday night.
Cleveland holds a grudge. It remembers "The Shot."
What Cleveland fans do know is that on May 7,
1989, Jordan put a stake right through their collective basketball hearts.
SPORTS
Hovering above the free-throw line, Jordan
blinded his shot and released.
what would come to be known
as "The Shot." The bar setted softly into the net as the final second ticked off the clock, and the Bulls eliminated the Cavaliers 101-100 in the final game of the first round of the playoffs.
FLOYD TO STAY AT IOWA STATE
lowa State men's basketball coach TIM FLOYD told Louisiana State he was not interested in the school's vacant coaching job.
LSU coach Dale Brown announced last
month that he would retire at season's end. Floyd said he had talked with Joe Dean, LSU's athletic director.
Last year Floyd signed a 10-year contract extension.
ROOKIE HEALING
Colorado Rockies relief pitcher CURTIS LESKANIC has begun throwing off a mound — about two weeks ahead of schedule — and appears to be making progress following surgery on his right elbow and shoulder.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7,1997
Leskanic, who began the 1996 season as manager Don Baylor's first option in save situations, hurt his arm in May and lost the closer's job to Bruce Ruffin. He finished with seven wins and five losses. He had six saves and a 6.23 ERA.
In October, doctors removed a sizable bone chip from Leskanie's elbow and repaired a small tear in his shoulder.
Leskanic throws three days a week at Coors Field and works out two days at a local rehabilitation facility.
SECTION B
Swimming teams travel to take on Cornhuskers
The Kansas men's and women's swimming and diving teams will travel this weekend to Lincoln, Neb. to take on the Huskers.
kansas, which currently has both teams ranked in the top 25, won its previous meet on Jan. 25 against Southern Illinois. Last season, the men and women's teams triumphed against the Nebraska squads.
The Husker women won the final Big B Championship meet. Their squad is highlighted by South African native Penny Heyns, a gold-medalist in both the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke at the Atlanta Olympics.
This is Kansas' last regular season meet as they begin to prepare for the Big 12 Championships which will held Feb. 27, 28 and March 1 in College Station, Texas.
-Kansan staff report
Cal Ripken-owned company being sued by coin mint
First Capitol Mint of West York filed the breach-of-contract suit last month in U.S. District Court in Harrisburg against The Tufton Group of Lutherville, Md.
HARRISBURG, PA. — A commemorative mint is suing a company owned in part by Cal Ripken, Jr., charging that it resold the mint's exclusive rights to make and sell coins marking Ripken's record 2,131st major-league game.
Lawyer Steven D. Stambaugh said First Capitol owner William Crone lost several hundred thousand dollars when Ripken's firm licensed a competitor to produce similar memorabilia.
In the lawsuit, First Capitol alleges that Crone contacted the Tufton Group about two years ago, suggesting an agreement for First Capitol to produce commemorative coins, bats and medallions made of precious metals.
The collectibles focused on Ripken's effort to break Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games. He broke the record in September 1995.
Meanwhile, the Chicago-based EnviO mint also started selling Ripken coins, the suit charges. Crone bought a silver coin from EnviO mint early year and concluded that his exclusive agreement had been violated, according to the federal suit.
The Tufton Group's lawyer, Paul Sandler of Baltimore, said Thursday that he expects a vigorous defense, which will focus on the idea that an exclusive agreement is a figment of someone's imagination.
Goaltender Goverde fined suspended for outburst
PRINCETON, N.J. — Toledo Storm goaltender David Goverde has been given a seven-game suspension by the East Coast Hockey League for swinging his stick at a referee.
swinging his sack toward Goverde swung at referee John Lively in a forceful manner after the official stopped Saturday's game at Peoria, Ill., to call for Goverde for slashing a Peoria player, ECHL spokeswoman Jana Spaulding said yesterday. Goverde's stick missed the official and hit the goal post.
"The dangerous incident was without provocation and could have resulted in serious injury had contact with the referee been made," an ECHL release said.
League officials said such tactics would not be tolerated.
The ECHL announced the suspension late Wednesday. Goverde already has sat out two games and also was fined an undisclosed amount.
The Associated Press
'Hawks ready for Cyclones
Jerod Haase will play despite injuring his right wrist at start of basketball season
By Bill Petulla Kansan sportswrite
This is the game that Kansas and Iowa State fans circled on the calendar when the season began.
When No. 1 Kansas plays No. 6 Iowa State at 2:05 p.m. Sunday in Ames, Iowa, the Jayhawks know it won't be easy.
In fact, Kansas men's basketball coach Roy Williams said the game against Iowa State will culminate the Jayhawks' most difficult stretch of the season, a span which has included Colorado, Texas Tech, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa State.
"We talked a couple of weeks ago about this stretch we were going into." Williams said. "Now we're facing the most difficult of all five of those games, playing Iowa State at Iowa State."
Haase, who is believed to have initially suffered the injury during the Nov. 22 game against Santa Clara, will play against Iowa State.
Picking up the slack for the ailing Kansas lineup has been LaFrentz. Williams said the last four performances of LaFrentz have been as good as any he's seen at Kansas.
For the Iowa-native LaFrentz, who typically receives a vociferous boon ovation at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Sunday's game will to be even more demanding.
"I think he's been as important in this stretch run as anyone that we've ever had," Williams said.
The Javhawks were
"It hasn't been the smoothest season as far as the injuries go," Williams said. "We've had more than our share this year."
"It's always a tough game up at Hilton,"
"We'll have to buckle down and win that one and try to win another 22 in a row."
able to draw first blood by defeating the Cyclones 80-67 in their first meeting on Jan. 13 in Allen Field House. Forward Raef LaFrentz scored 16 points to lead Kansas. Iowa State's leading scorer on the season, guard Dedric Willoughby, did not play the second half due to an injury.
it will be Kansas, however, who will not have a healthy roster when the two meet on Sunday. Center Scot Pollard, who pulled down a team-high seven rebounds in the first meeting, will not play because of a foot injury. Also, it was revealed yesterday that guard Jerod Haase has a fracture in his right scapoid bone, which is in
Raef LaFrentz Kansas Forward
LaFrentz said. "I'm looking forward to going back home and trying to play well. Iowa State is a great opponent and we're going to have to play well to get a victory."
Iowa State enters the contest having won its last five games. Aside from Willoughby, who is averaging 16.6 points per game, center Kelvin Cato is netting 12.2 points per game along with 8.5 rebounds.
Cato gives the Cyclones a strong inside presence, Williams said.
"He's probably the best in the league from a defensive standpoint and a rebounding standpoint," Williams said. "He's getting better and better offensively."
After losing at Missouri on Tuesday 96-94 in two overtimes, LaFrentz said there is added stress to defeat Iowa State and get back into the win column.
"There is a little bit more pressure added now not to lose that next game," LaPrentz said. "We'll have to buckle down and win that one and try to win another 22 in a row."
The game will be broadcast on CBS, channels 5 and 13.
Kansas senior guard Jacque Vaughn looks for an open teammate while avoiding Missouri guard Jason Sutherland.
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Jayhawks to play Cyclones
Coach predicts close games
By Tommy Gallagher
Kansan sportswriter
The No. 12 Kansas women's basketball team will look to recover from an upset loss to Missouri on Wednesday when it plays Iowa State at Allen Field House tomorrow night.
The Cyclones erased a 16-point second-half deficit and took a 63-62 lead with 2:17 to play before Kansas took the lead and the game.
Kansas defeated Iowa State 70-67 Jan. 8 in Ames, Iowa. The Jayhawks led much of the game despite shooting 33 percent from the field compared to the Cyclones' 43 percent.
Kansas center Nakia Sanford is fouled as she goes up for a shot. Sanford had nine points and ten rebounds against Nebraska last Sunday.
Guards Tamecka Dixon and Angie Halbleib proved to be the difference for Kansas.
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"We've seen so many upsets throughout the conference this season that people should start to realize how good the Big 12 really is," Kansas women's basketball coach Marian Washington said. "We have good balance from top to bottom throughout the conference. Every game should be fairly close because there won't be many blowouts."
Halbleib had a game-high 21 points, and had four rebounds and three assists. Dixon had 20 points, seven rebounds and five steals.
While Kansas lost Wednesday, Iowa State enjoyed one of its most dominating vico-
ries of the season.
Iowa State defeated Baylor, 88-43. Iowa State forward Jayme Olson had a game-high 33 points as the Cyclones' four-game losing streak came to an end.
Olson leads the Cyclones in scoring with 16.9 points per game and rebounding with 7.3 per game. Forward Janel Grimm ranks second on the team in both categories with 14.4 points and 7.3 rebounds per game.
The Jayhawks lost on the road to Missouri 68-66 despite tremendous performances from Dixon and center Nakia Sanford. Dixon had a game-high 24 points, and Sanford had career-high marks for points (21) and rebounds (14) in a game. It was Sanford's third double-double game of the season.
Dixon and Sanford were the only Jayhawks to score more than six points against Missouri. Halibble and forward Jennifer Trapp have struggled during the past two games.
Halbleib was 1-for-8 from the field against Missouri and has gone 2-for-19 during the past two games. Trapp played 16 minutes against Missouri before fouling out with no points.
In addition to playing Iowa State tomorrow, Kansas is one of 75 college teams across the country participating in the "Take a Girl to The Game" promotion.
Last year was the first year for the nationwide promotion. More than 75,000 peo-
Anyone under the age of 18 can go to the game for free if accompanied by a paying adult.
The event is being held in celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, which was yesterday.
"It means a lot for girls and young women to have someone to look up in to regards to sports," Washington said.
By Bill Petulla
Haase injured; bone fractured
Kansan sportswriter
X-rays reveal that Jerod Haase has a broken right scapoid bone, Kansas men's basketball coach Roy Williams announced yesterday.
The scaphoid bone is a bone in the hand.
The senior, however, has decided to continue playing and will hold off surgery until the end of the season. Surgery would have meant Haase would miss the remainder of the season and would have had to wear a cast for three months.
"We met last night (Wednesday) in my office," Williams said. "After getting more doctors' opinions, it looks like he's just going to tape it up and play with it."
Williams said that the injury initially occurred in the Nov. 22 game at Santa Claire but a fracture was not visible on an X-ray. Haase reaggravated the injury Saturday against Nebraska, causing the crack to show on an X-ray.
Williams also said that it was the opinion of the doctors Haase consulted that his condition would not worsen by playing the remainder of the season.
"It's been bothering him the whole year," Williams said. "It's going to be painful for him, though."
Despite the injury, Haase is shooting 43 percent from the three-point line and 54 percent from the field.
Forward Raef LaFrentz commended his hard-nosed teammate.
"Jerod's tough," LaFrentz said. "He's going to play with the injury, and I'm sure he'll do a good job for us."
In order to rest Hasee for Sunday's game against Iowa State, Williams didn't let him practice last night. Haase has played with his wrist taped in each of Kansas' 23 games, Williams said.
Haase suffered nearly the same injury in high school in his left hand.
Kansas trainer Mark Cairns downplayed the injury saying Haase has played with the pain all season.
"It the same old thing," Carns said following Tuesday's game at Missouri. "It's been that way all year for Jerod."
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