UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday. December 5. 1995
3B
Olympians reach out to area students
Bv Bill Petulla
Kansan sportswriter
Members of the USA National Women's Basketball Team and a few guests had a heated workout last Thursday afternoon. Former Kansas assistant coach and present National Team assistant Renee Brown ran the drills with an iron fist.
"Keep. moving your feet," Brown barked at the players in a defensive drill.
Brown was stern with the eighth- and ninth-grade physical education classes at West Junior High School, 2700 Harvard Rd. But she later jumped out of the Bobby Knight-like coach role and into the role model.
Brown and National Team members guard Teresa Edwards and forward/center Katrina McClain were at West Junior High as a part of a Nike-sponsored P.L.A.Y. — Participate in the Lives of Youths — program.
Although the drills were very basic, the reactions the students gave the team members were memorable.
"I think it is pretty neat that they came to our school," said Chad Manis, 14, as he waited in line to get McClain and Edwards' autographs.
Ninth-grader Vincent Walker was so excited to have Olympic athletes in the school that he ducked into the autograph session knowing it would make him late for his next class.
The students weren't the only ones who gained something from the clinic.
"Kids need to have positive role models that are drug-free and prove you can go places regardless of what your background is," said Nancy Hopkins, physical education instructor at West Junior High.
"It fills my heart with joy," Brown said. "It is exciting to see young women respond to these women because I think they are tremendous role models."
After Brown ran drills and spoke to the group, she opened the floor for Edwards and McClain to speak and answer some questions from the students.
Edwards told the gym class that being an Olympic athlete wasn't easy and takes strong commitment.
One question someone asked the players was if either could slam dunk a basketball.
McClain, however, made quick work of Maigaard in head-to-head confrontation.
"This is a great opportunity to make a great statement to America," Edwards said about the tour.
During McClain's speech, Matt Maigaard, 15, asked the 1987 Player of the Year if he could try to post her up.
"our coach said if I tried it, we wouldn't have to run as much in practice." Maigard said.
"I can, but I hate to show off," the 5-foot-11 Edwards said.
Tickets: Getting to the Aloha Bowl isn't easy
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package filling up quickly.
"I will not give out final numbers of how many people have signed on, but the package is sold out," said Walt Houck, who is in charge of the package. "The response was excellent. However, it has not been as great as in 1992. But that is because that year the basketball team was also playing in the Rainbow Classic, and people could see both games."
With the cancellation of one package and the filling of the other, fans have been left on their own. People are having to pay more or may not be able to make the trip.
On top of this, Kansas is required to sell 7,500 tickets to the game. If the University cannot accomplish
this goal, it has to eat the cost and buy up the remaining tickets.
In 1992, fewer than 600 people traveled to Hawaii, leaving Kansas with a large amount of tickets to get rid of, something it is again confronted with this year.
"We are responsible for 7,500 tickets, which is smaller than most bowls, but we still have to find a way to get rid of those tickets," said Susan Wachter, assistant director of the Kansas Athletic Association. "We are working on some ideas."
Among those ideas are turning the tickets into souvenirs, giving them to charities in Hawaii, turning them into paperweights for some of the athletic staff and selling them in Hawaii.
Ideally, the University would like to sell all the tickets to help offset other costs.
In 1992, the University lost $34,000, but administrators think that this year Kansas will break even.
To help do that, Kansas needs people to make the trip, but Kansas fans and students are not the only ones with a problem getting to Hawaii.
In California, UCLA fans are having the same problem.
"It is a little cheaper to fly from here, but it is still hard to get a flight," said Aaron Wilson of UCLA Travel. "It is not much different out here it is there."
If the game was within the continental United States, the Jayhawks might have better support at the game.
"If the game was in Texas or San Diego, more people could afford to make the trip." Woodard said. "Also, more students would probably come because that would be a great road trip for them. With the game being in Hawaii, it is the students who really suffer."
The Aloha Bowl, however, does not want all this to discourage people from trying to get to the game.
"If you really want to go, then you can probably find a way out here," said Marsha Klompus, an Alahea Bowl official. "I do not want you discouraging people from trying."
And although most fans may not be able to go to the game, the Athletic Department wants everyone to keep one thing in mind.
"This is a reward for a great season for a team that went beyond expectations. It deserves all the attention." Woodard said.
Besides, it is probably less hassle to watch from the couch.
Ransom: From the stands to the Kansas bench
basketball.
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Ransom wanted the coaches to know he was serious about trying out.
Ransom said that while training in the summer, he worked the Roy Williams basketball camp.
In contrast, Airey didn't want to be subjected to the strict regimen of a college basketball program and just concentrated on school.
night by himself.
To train, Ransom got up at 6 a.m.
to do sprints and lift weights on weekdavs.
Ransom said he would watch the drills and then practiced them at night by him-
He also showed up at Allen Field House to watch the team scrimmage on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays or to watch them condition on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Ransom was determined,
and his work
has paid off.
"Just to run into the gym when its packed, it's the best feeling to experience that feeling. I would experience anything just to play in that gym," Ransom said.
Steve Ransom's yearbook photo from last year shows his long hair, which he colored for many basketball games.
About his name being chanted at
"Just to run into the gym when its packed, it's the best feeling to experience that feeling. I would experience anything just to play in that gym."
Steve Ransom Kansas men's basketball walk-on
the first exhibition game, Ransom said, "It was the most exciting moment of my life."
Cleveland money crunch forces sudden changes
Slashed bonuses have Browns red in the face
"All the guys are mad about it."
The Associated Press
ELYRIA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns' payroll is so close to the NFL's salary cap that team officials are asking players to accept pay cuts, the Chronicle-Telegram reported.
The newspaper, quoting a player it did not identify, said player personnel director Mike Lombardi had called some players' agents and told
A Cleveland Browns player Speaking about cuts in Cleveland's payroll
them the players might not play the rest of the season unless they accepted a cut so that the team did not have to pay incentive bonuses.
"All the guys are mad about it," the newspaper quoted the player as saying.
quarterback Jim McMahon asked for his release because he was upset about not getting bonuses he had been expecting.
"I haven't called any agents about cutting anyone's pay," Lombardi said in an interview yesterday in The Morning Journal of Lorain.
The player also said that backup
"Jim McMahon had incentives, but they were all performance-related," Lombardi said. "We heard through the grapevine that he wanted to go to Green Bay. He asked Bill (Bellichick) for his release."
Lombardi also said there was no truth to the report that the Brownls didn't have the money to pay McMahon.
The Browns have lost all five games since owner Art Modell announced last month his intention to move the team to Baltimore for the 1996 season. The city of Cleveland has gone to court to try to force Modell to keep the team there.
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