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TODAY'S TOP SPORTS BRIEFS 2009-03-22


TODAY'S TOP SPORTS BRIEFS  2009-03-22
LOCAL & STATE

1. KAUFFMAN PREVIEW SET: The Kansas City Royals will give fans an opportunity to see the renovated Kauffman Stadium during an open house from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 5. Fans will be able to preview the ballpark's attractions prior to the official Grand Re-Opening on April 10 when the Royals host the New York Yankees for a 3:10 p.m. start.

Fans will be able to tour the Plaza Level and new Outfield Experience area, looking at the expanded concourses, new concession and retail locations, and fan entertainment options in the outfield.

2. KU SOFTBALL TEAM OPENS BIG 12: The Kansas softball team opens the Big 12 schedule with games against Oklahoma State today and Sunday at Stillwater, Okla.

KU, led by Val Chapple's .364 average with 15 RBIs, plays OSU at 7 tonight and at 2 p.m. Sunday.

3. KU SWIMMERS SET SCHOOL RECORDS: Two Kansas swimmers broke school records at the NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas, but both barely missed qualifying for the finals. Maria Mayrovich swam the 200-yard freestyle in 1:46.19 to break the previous KU record of Amy Gruber (2005) by .82 seconds. Iuliia Kuzhil overtook the 100 backstroke school record with a 53.06 clocking, breaking her own mark by .39 seconds. Mayrovich will race in the 100 freestyle in today's action.

4. KU TENNIS TEAM FALLS TO CU: The Kansas women's tennis team fell to Colorado 5-2 Friday at Lawrence. KU, which lost four of six singles matches and the doubles match point, got wins from Yuliana Svistun and Maria Martinez in singles.

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS

1. GIDDENS SENT TO NBDL: Boston Celtics rookie guard J.R. Giddens is headed back to the NBA Development League.

The Celtics assigned their first-round draft pick to the Utah Flash for the third time this season. In six games with Boston, he scored four points in eight minutes. With the Flash, he's averaging 17.6 points in 15 games.

Boston took him with the 30th pick of the draft after a strong senior season at New Mexico. Giddens started his collegiate career at Kansas.

2. NBA REFS UNHAPPY WITH FINE: The NBA's referees union criticized the league Friday for fining an official who was involved in a dispute with Boston coach Doc Rivers.

Rivers was fined $25,000 Thursday for his postgame rant two nights earlier in Chicago against Bill Kennedy, who was also docked an undisclosed amount. Rivers complained afterward that Kennedy had stared at him, goading the Celtics coach into receiving a second technical and an automatic ejection. The referees, however, claim that is what they're trained to do, instead of yelling back at the coaches.

3. BIFFLE INJURED WHILE FISHING: Greg Biffle bruised his ribs while fishing earlier this week and will not race in the Nationwide Series event at Bristol Motor Speedway.

4. YANKEE STADIUM FRONT ROW TICKETS EXPENSIVE: Two grand? Fuhgetaboutit. If you want to buy a front-row seat at the new Yankee Stadium for an individual game, the list price of a ticket is $2,625.

Individual game sales for the first season of the ballpark start Tuesday, and the Legends Seats that ring the infield start at $525 a game.

COLLEGE SPORTS

1. IOWA DE CHARGED IN ASSAULT: Iowa starting defensive end Adrian Clayborn has been charged with punching a cab driver who honked at him in Iowa City.

Police say Clayborn left his vehicle, reached inside the taxi window and punched the driver before a friend pulled him away at about 2 a.m. Jan. 18.

The police complaint said the cabbie sustained minor injuries.

Two months later, the 20-year-old Clayborn was charged with assault causing bodily injury, a serious misdemeanor. He turned himself into police on Friday morning. Iowa's athletic department says he pleaded not guilty.

2. BUCKEYES LEAD NCAA WRESTLING: Ohio State earned semifinal berths in four of 10 weight classes, vaulting past the two Iowa powers to take the lead at the NCAA wrestling championships.

Ohio State had 611/2 points for a four-point lead over Iowa State on Friday. Nebraska also advanced four wrestlers to the semifinals and was 71/2 points back in third. Iowa was fourth, eight points behind.

3. FAN DIES AT NCAA'S MIAMI SITE: A male fan in his mid-70s has died after collapsing at the NCAA Tournament site in Miami. The man from the Fort Lauderdale area was pronounced dead Friday night shortly after arriving at the hospital, a spokesman for Miami Fire Rescue said. The man's identity was not released.

He was not breathing when paramedics reached him at his seat about 20 rows from the court as Arizona warmed up to play Utah.

From staff and wire reports


Author:Fox Sports
Author's Website:http://www.foxsports.com
Added: March 22, 2009

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