HUSKER IN TROUBLE
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN SPORTS
Linebacker Terrell Farley, who has been kicked off the Nebraska football team after a second arrest for drunken driving, has pleaded no contest to that charge and leaving the scene of an accident.
Sentencing is setfor March 28.
The Nov. 20 incident happened when Lincoln police accused him of speeding and failing to stop. He crashed into two parked cars and led police on a foot pursuit before they arrested him.
Farley pleaded no contest Tuesday to second-offense drunken driving, leaving the scene of an accident and refusing to obey a police officer's order. He pleaded guilty to violating his probation by committing the Nov. 20 offenses. He was already on probation for drunken driving after an Aug. 30 arrest.
DAVIS CUP TEAM MAKES A CHANGE
Richie Reneberg was chosen yesterday to replace the injured Todd Martin on the U.S. Davis Cup team for the opening-round matches against Brazil.
Martin is bothered by tendinitis in his right knee.
The United States plays Brazil from Feb. 7 to 12 in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
DENVER LOOKING FINE
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1997
NCAA Executive Director Cedric Dempsey said yesterday that Denver would make a fine site for the association's new headquarters, but he wanted to review the offers from three other contenders before a decision was made.
Dempsey said the association's current headquarters in Overland Park were cramped, and there were not enough visitors to the Hall of Champions, which is.
Champions, which is dedicated to sports stars.
But he also said that many of the association's 250 employees would rather stay in Kansas if there was enough financial incentive.
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49ers owner charged in battery of Packers fan
GREEN BAY, WIS. — San Francisco 49ers owner Edward DeBartolo Jr. was charged yesterday with battery for a post-game scuffle in which a heckling fan was punched and another head-butted.
DeBartolo, a companion and two Green Bay Packers fans were issued city citations, Police Chief James Lewis said.
Witnesses, including an off-duty sheriff's deputy, told police DeBartolo punched a Packers fan, who then fell backward over a garbage can. The deputy said another man head-butted another fan.
Edward W. Muransky, 37, of Atherton, Calif., also was charged with battery, while the fans, Dale G. Nault and William A. Scharlas, both of Waukesha, were cited for disorderly conduct, Lewis said.
The incident outside a Lambeau Field gate occurred after Green Bay's 35-14 win over the 49ers on Jan. 4.
Outagamie County Sheriff's Sgt. Michael Heenan saw the exchange as he was leaving the stadium through a gate near the 49ers buses. He said DeBartolo punched the fan and DeBartolo's companion headbutted another.
Raptors' player may give kidney to ailing big sister
TORONTO (AP) — Carlos Rogers of the Toronto Raptors is considering donating a kidney to his older sister, who is awaiting a transplant.
The 25-year-old forward clearly would be risking his career, although it is not yet known if he would have to give up basketball.
Rogers says he is the only member of his family with a kidney compatible for transplant to his 29-year-old sister. Rene.
"I can't have my sister die," Rogers said. "This is something I'm going to have to discuss with Isiah (Thomas, the Rantors' general manager)."
Skater's speed estimated at 100 mph by police
Rogers said his sister was on dialysis at a Detroit hospital and already had undergone one transplant that failed.
The player wore the inscription 4 RENE on his wristbands during Tuesday night's 118-106 victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Rogers is averaging 10.5 points and 5.8 rebounds a game.
"This is just another thing that makes you appreciate what you've got," he said. "Man, I've been through so much. There are times when I look outside my apartment and I feel like jumping out the window."
BLOOMFIELD, CONN. — Okansa Baiul, the Olympic champion figure skater facing drunken driving charges, was traveling at close to 100 miles per hour when she ran her Mercedes off the road 10 days ago, police estimated.
More than six hours after the crash in this Hartford suburb, Baiul still had the smell of alcohol on her breath, police said in an affidavit made public Tuesday.
Baiul, a 19-year-old Ukrainian who lives in Simsbury, was charged with reckless and drunken driving in the accident, which left her with a cut scalp and a concussion. She is due in West Hartford Superior Court on Monday.
Police estimated the speed of her car at up to 97 miles per hour based on side-to-side skid marks left on the two-lane road where the crash occurred at 2:25 a.m. on Jan. 12, according to the affidavit. The speed limit on the road is 45 miles per hour.
The Associated Press
Remembering a friend
Family shocked by swimmer's sudden death
By Teresa Veazey Special to the Kansan
At the age of four, Seth Dunscomb nearly drowned after he accidentally fell into a pool and couldn't swim.
At the age of 21, Dunscomb, a Sullivan, Ill., senior and co-captain of the Kansas men's swim team, who was preparing for a meet on Friday, died suddenly yesterday afternoon after collapsing by the side of the pool in Robinson Center during practice.
After talking with an emergency room physician, Dunscomb's father, Richard Dunscomb, said he waited for the doctor's words that his son would be OK. Those words never came.
"It's been a nightmare of mine that something would happen to one of my boys," Richard Dunscob said. "I'm just numb."
Dunscomb's death at age 21 not only was unexpected, but has been unexplained. One moment he was swimming laps in Robinson Center, and the next minute he had collapsed by the edge of the pool, his father said.
Seth Dunscomb's father and his mother, Connie Dunscomb, had
panned to come to Lawrence to see their son swim this weekend. But his sudden death has reminded them of the goals he set and the plans he made that would never come to fruition.
"The thing that I feel bad about is that he won't get to do the things he wanted to do," Richard Dunscomb said. "We gave him a guitar for his 21st birthday. He signed up for guitar lessons this semester and wanted to play in a band."
Dunscomb didn't get to spend much time doing anything else because of his first love: swimming.
After the pool incident as a child, Richard Dunscom said he wanted his son to start swimming lessons so he would be comfortable in the water again. From that point on, Dunscom focused almost entirely on his performance in the water.
"Seth was a great kid and a very good swimmer," said Ben Guyot, Dunscomb's former teacher and high school swimming coach. "He started competing when he was five. He ended up going to state all four years in high school. He even broke the state record in the individual medley. Fifteen hundred people gave him a standing ovation."
When he came to KU, Dunscomb swam his way from one top finish to another. Fourth in the 200 individual medley, third in the 200 butterfly and second in the 100 butterfly at the Big Eight Championships his freshmen year were just some
"The thing that I feel bad about is that he won't get to do the things he wanted to do."
Richard Dunscomb
Seth Dunscomb'sfather
But Guyot said swimming wasn't the only thing on Dunscomb's mind when he came to visit the campus in 1993. This bright young man wanted to design and build things, Guyot said, and KU's engineering program was one way he could learn to do what he had dreamed.
"Before he decided to come to Kansas, I remember him visiting the campus with his parents," said Bryan Greenway, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, Dunscomb's major. "He was evaluating our program, and he was a very nice, polite young man."
of his triumphs.
Jerry Swearingen, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, had Dunscomb in class both semesters this year and agreed that Dunscomb was both polite and well-mannered. When Dunscomb came to ask for help with
some homework, Swearingen said the conversation eventually turned to Dunscomb's extracurricular activities — this hardworking student only missed class a couple of times because of competitions.
"We talked about swimming a little bit," Swearingen said. "He was excited about being on the team and swimming for the Jayhawks." Senior swimmer Andrew King said although he was emotionally drained, he couldn't say enough good things about his teammate.
"The bottom line is that Seth is one of the greatest guys I've ever met," he said. "He's a hard worker and an all-around great guy."
Marion Best, Dunscomb's nextdoor neighbor since he was a baby, couldn't agree more.
"He was in the National Honor Society, and he was homecoming king in high school," Best said. "He was into sports and a very dedicated kid, particularly where swimming was concerned. He was as good a kid as they come."
As a student from a small town who stood out both in sports and academics, Guyot said the Sullivan, Ill., community would be stunned by Dunscomb's death. He knew everybody, and everybody knew him. Not just as Seth the swimmer, but Seth the person.
"I just talked to him on Sunday," said Richard Dumcomb. "We were a very close family, and I would gladly sacrifice myself for him."
The KU baseball team's catchers warm up during the first official week of baseball practice. Baseball season begins February 14th in Las Vegas.
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Baseball team ready for season, focussed on remaining healthy
By Harley Ratliff
Kansan sportswriter
The weather is warm, the sun is shining, and the boys of summer are preparing for the upcoming season. Are we sure it's still January?
Believe it or not, the Kansas baseball team, which until now had only focused on volunteer, individual workouts, began its first week of official practice Monday. With their first practice, the team begins the journey into the 1997 baseball season.
After a long, cold off-season,
Head Coach Bobby Randall said
that both the players and the
coaches were ready to get the first
few practices out of the way.
"The whole team had worked hard over winter break and were burning to get started." Randall said. "Almost every player was early and waiting before the first day of practice."
"As coaches, we really enjoy getting together with the team," Randall said. "We all get along great. The players and the coaches work harder when we're a group."
Randall said that the coaches were just as anxious to get on the field as their players.
The season begins Feb. 14 at a tournament in Las Vegas. Although the season is only a few weeks away, the team is easing into the
first week of practice. Randall wants to make sure the team avoids unnecessary injuries.The Jayhawks have spent the week working on preparation, fundamentals, and basic team concepts.
"At this point were not pushing anyone too much," Randall said. "We are trying to keep all the guys healthy. We're not quite ready to go full scale, at least not."
Senior pitcher Josh Wingerd said that the team wants to spend the first week of practice getting better acquainted with the mental side of the game.
"We always try and take it slow the first week," said Wingerd. "We going to a lot of learning. The
While practice is only a few days old, Randall has been happy with what he has seen. He has already noticed a marked difference from last seasons squad.
team is going to get more familiar with our defenses. Right now we're just walking through things."
But he said his team still needs work and there is always room for improvement.
"This team is fundamentally better than we were last year," Randall said. "We have made great improvements, both as a team and as individuals."
"We might be rusty right now, but by the time we start we'll be prepared," Randall said.
Bowl game may avoid the usual doldrums
If recent history tells us anything, the Super Bowl could change its name to the Super Predictabowl.
I hope that is not the case this year, but the same things happen every Super Bowl Sunday.
The starting players stand in a tunnel made up of the team colored balloons, and they show the camera some special message or number they wrote on their gloves or sweatbands.
After players say "hi" to their hometowns, they sprint past the two Super Bowl teams' giant inflatable helmets. They run 40 yards downfield between their hi-fiving teammates and the smiling cheerleaders.
After 11 starting players do this from each team, we break for a commercial.
Break for commercial.
Then after the commercial, somebody sings the national anthem for three minutes or five minutes or 10 minutes. Immediately following the national anthem, three really fast airplanes fly over the stadium too fast for the cameras to pick up.
Then my favorite part, the ever exciting coin toss.
Show time.
Finally, the game begins with the kickoff.
Time for another commercial.
Break for commercial.
You get the idea.
In previous
years you could count on pregame introductions, halftime shows and a plethora of commercials (including this year's Nike commercials featuring Lil Penny) to take the hype away from pro football's biggest game of the year.
The other Super Bowl staple you could count on for the last several years has been the NFC Conference's domination of the AFC Conference. The 1984 Los Angeles Raiders were the last AFC team to win the Super Bowl.
So what's going to change and make the Super Bowl worth watching this year?
While the commercials, pregame introductions and halftime show will probably be similar to previous years, I'm guessing that the New England Patriots will bring the AFC Conference its first victory in more than a decade.
That's right, I'm picking the underdog New England Patriots to defeat the heavily favored Green Bay Packers by a score of 24-20.
But if the game is a blowout like it is predicted (Green Bay was favored by 14 points yesterday), at least L'il Penny's Super Bowl Party commercial should be worth watching.
NBA
The trade winds are blowing gently in the NBA.
A rumor circulating around the NBA is that the Miami Heat and Golden State Warriors have been discussing a possible trade, in which the Warriors would send forward and former All-Star Chris Mullin, along with a first round draft pick, to Miami in exchange for forward Kurt Thomas and Heat guard Sasha Danilovic.
Another rumor has the Vancouver Grizzlies sending a first round draft pick in trade for a veteran player. After drafting two first round picks last year in forwards Shareef Abdur-Raheem and Roy Rogers, the Grizzlies would like to bring in an experienced NBA player.