Stories for July 12, 2008

Tale of two tournament shots

Had Richards' shot gone in, Chalmers wouldn't have made his

It has become practically a ritual after each Miami Heat game at the Orlando Pro Summer League. Mario Chalmers is approached and asked about “the shot.” The rookie guard smiles, recounts his three-pointer that sent the NCAA title game against Memphis into overtime, and then politely excuses himself without making much fuss about Kansas’ national championship. No one bothers to ask Jason Richards, the Heat’s other rookie point guard, about his shot.

Memphis’ Mack returning

Memphis coach John Calipari says guard Doneal Mack will return to the team for the 2008-09 season after all.

Robisch to be inducted

Dave Robisch, who played on the 1971 Kansas University basketball team that advanced to the Final Four, is among 10 athletes, coaches and broadcasters the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame plans to induct in October.

Woodling: Woodling: KU still playing catch-up

Spin doctors at Missouri University sent an e-mail to alumni members not too long ago trumpeting the Tigers’ success in athletics during the 2007-2008 school year. Missouri finished - fanfare, please - 38th in Director’s Cup standings compiled by the nation’s athletic directors (NACDA). Big deal, huh? Thirty-eighth in the nation. Whoopee. Looking at it another way, while Kansas University fans are still trumpeting the school’s NCAA title in men’s basketball and the Jayhawks’ best football season in modern history, Missouri is ballyhooing a 38th place finish in the NACDA rankings.

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