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Topeka Capital-Journal, The, Oct 10, 2008

Local & state: KU's Late Night will be Oct. 17 at Fieldhouse

The Kansas men's and women's basketball teams will celebrate the beginning of practice at the 24th annual Late Night in the Phog on Oct. 17 at Allen Fieldhouse.

It will be a special night for the Jayhawk basketball fans. Late Night will feature thee unveiling of a men's basketball 2008 NCAA National Championship banner.

Late Night runs from 6:30 p.m. to approximately9:30 p.m. Doors will open at 5:30, with free admission and seating on a first-come, first-served basis.

KU's event will be featured on ESPNU's coverage of Midnight Madness. The four-hour coverage begins at 8 p.m., Topeka time, and also will feature Davidson, Gonzaga, Georgetown and Indiana.

The team of Bob Wischusen and Fran Fraschilla will be on hand to broadcast Late Night at KU.

Kansas State men's basketball coach Frank Martin has moved his annual coaching clinic to Nov. 8 at Bramlage Coliseum.

The clinic, which was originally set for this Saturday, will be moved to the Saturday between the women's and men's exhibition games against Emporia State (women on Nov. 7) and Washburn (men on Nov. 9).

Cost of the clinic is $70 and that includes tickets to both exhibition games.

Interested persons can register for the clinic by sending a check payable to Frank Martin Enterprises, men's basketball office, 1800 College Ave., Bramlage Coliseum, Suite 133, Manhattan, KS. 66502.

NFL: Cowboys won't discipline Jones for scuffle with bodyguard

Troubled cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones won't be disciplined by the Dallas Cowboys for a scuffle with his bodyguard that team owner Jerry Jones said resulted from joking banter that got out of hand and was quickly settled.

"They were literally kidding each other," Jerry Jones said Thursday. "They were jiving around ... and all of a sudden one of them starting saying some things, and here you go."

Dallas police were called to an upscale downtown hotel because of the disturbance late Tuesday night. No charges were filed.

While not planning any discipline for Adam Jones, Jerry Jones acknowledged that he was "very disappointed in that we're having to deal with this."

It remained unclear if the NFL planned any discipline.

The Browns sent tight end Kellen Winslow to the doctor for tests after he missed his second straight day of practice with an unspecified "illness."

Browns coach Romeo Crennel said Winslow, who has been plagued by injuries throughout his NFL career, has been sick for two days. Crennel would not say if Winslow would play in Monday night's game against the New York Giants.

Status quo for Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck. Still no practice. Still on for Sunday's game against Green Bay. Hasselbeck again stood and watched with a black wrap over his bruised right knee.

Golf: Green fires 8-under 62to take two-shot lead at Texas

Australia's Nathan Green shot an 8-under 62 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead over Olin Browne and Paul Claxton in the Texas Open at San Antonio.

Green, winless in three seasons on the PGA Tour, birdied nine of the first 16 holes before dropping a stroke on the par-3 17th and closing with a par.

Claxton and Browne, a three-time tour winner, had bogey-free 64s on La Cantera Golf Club's Resort Course.

Phil Blackmar, Bruce Fleisher and Des Smyth shot 5-under 65s to share the first-round lead in the Senior Players Championship, the fifth and final Champions major of the year at Timonium, Md.

Blackmar holed out from the fairway for eagle to help offset four bogeys, Fleisher made four straight birdies early in his round, and Smyth had a bogey-free day to top the leaderboard. All three are winless this year.

Fred Funk, Scott Hoch, Bernhard Langer and Eduardo Romero opened with 66s.

Michele Redman and Sweden's Maria Hjorth shot 6-under 66s to share the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour's Longs Drugs Challenge at Danville, Calif.

Redman and Hjorth both had seven birdies and a bogey at Blackhawk Country Club.

General: Rain wipes out Charlotte qualifying; JJ on pole

Jimmie Johnson could only look at his car Thursday, spending most of the afternoon eating junk food in his team's hauler and watching it rain.

Before nightfall, the Sprint Cup points leader had been awarded more treats -- the pole, the first pit stall, and likely five points for leading the first lap -- for the Bank of America 500 on Saturday night.

The rain that first canceled the afternoon practice session didn't subside, and NASCAR called off qualifying 90 minutes before it was scheduled to begin. The field was set based on owner points.

Kevin Harvick and Carl Edwards apparently tussled Thursday at Lowe's Moter Speedway.

Witnesses said Edwards and Harvick got in a skirmish in the Nationwide Series garage after Edwards walked into Harvick's garage stall and the two engaged in a heated argument.

From staff and wire reports