April 9, 2008
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Fantastic Finish
Kansas tops NCAA at the buzzer
(A P) — M ario Chalm ers" 3-
pointer with 2 .1 seconds left in regu­
lation pul the gam e in ov erti me. and
Kansas pulled away to a 75-68 vic­
tory on M onday night for its first
national cham pionship in 20 years.
C h a lm e rs' g am e-sav in g shot
cam e after M em phis m issed four of
five free throw s that would have
put the gam e and the title out of
reach. It completed acom eback from
nine points dow n with 2:12 left.
"It’ll probably be the biggest
shot ever m ade in Kansas history,"
Kansas coach Bill Self said.
The ending made a mockery of
M em phis coach John C alip ari’s
theory about his team 's 59 percent
tree-throw shooting, but nothing
about Chalm ers’ 3-pointer was in
Kansas Jayhawks celebrate with their trophy after defeating the Memphis Tigers Monday for the
NCAA Men's Championship.
Sherron Collins (#4) and the Kansas Jayhawks celebrate after defeating the Memphis Tigers 75-
68 in overtime during the 2008 NCAA Men's National Championship game Monday at the
Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
King Assassinated
40 Years Ago
Hundreds m arched in the rain
Friday to the motel in M emphis,
Tenn., where civil-rights leader
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was
assassinated 40 years ago.
Presidential candidates, civil-
rights leaders, labor activists and
thousands o f citizens cam e to­
gether to honor King for his de­
votion to racial equality and eco­
nom ic justice.
King was cut down on the bal­
cony of the Lorraine Motel on
A p ril4 ,1968, while helping orga­
nize a strike by Memphis sanita­
tion workers, then some o f the
poorest o f the ci ty’ s worki ng poor.
doubt.
“ I had a good look at it," he said.
"W hen it left my hands it felt like it
was good, and it ju st went in.”
Kansas (37-3) used the strategy
any smart opponent o f Memphis
would — fouling the heck out o f one
of the country's worst free-throw-
shooting teams — and when they
made only one of live over the last
1: 12, it left the door open for KU.
Hustling the ball dow n the court
with 10.8 seconds left, no tim eouts
and trailing by three, Sherron Collins
handed o ff to C halm ers at the top of
the 3-point line, and Chalm ers took
the shot. It hit nothing but net and
tied the score at 63.
This was the first overtim e in the
title game since 1997, when Arizona
beat Kentucky 84-79.
New Era for Oregon State University
Ivy League
coach hired
( A P ) — C raig R obinson, who
co ach ed the past tw o seasons at
Brow n and has gained added a t­
te n tio n as B a ra c k O b a m a 's
b r o th e r - in - la w , w as s e le c te d
M onday as the m e n ’s coach at
O regon S tate.
T aking a jo b that o th ers turned
dow n, R obinson began selling
h im s e lf at a new s co n fe re n ce
M onday as the right m an to re-
Craig Robinson
store a w inning trad itio n at O r­
egon State.
A th le tic d ir e c to r B o b D e
C a ro lis , w h o led a c o a c h in g
search that he said had taken too
m any tw ists and tu rn s to co u n t,
in tr o d u c e d th e 4 5 - y e a r - o l d
R obinson to a cro w d o f about 300
at G ill C o liseu m that included
fans, school sta ff m em bers and
the m edia.
"O n e m a n ’s tough jo b is an ­
o th e r m a n 's ch a llen g in g jo b and
an o th er m an ’s e n lig h ten in g jo b ,”
said R o b in so n , w h o a c k n o w l­
edg ed h aving in terv iew ed for the
vacant P rovidence jo b as w ell.
"T h e fact that o th e r guys d id n ’t
th in k th ey c o u ld do it d id n 't
b o th er m e at a ll.”
T he ch a rism a tic R obinson re ­
sp onded to q u estio n s ab o u t his
fam ous b ro th er-in -law w ith lev ­
ity, saying th at the D em o cratic
presid en tial co n ten d e r “ is a huge
C raig R o b in so n fan. A nd his
s c h e d u le is q u ite b u sy rig h t
now , but I'll get him o ut to a
g am e.”
D e C a r o l i s s a id h e a n d
R obinson have a b in d in g "m em o
o f u n d ersta n d in g ” for a six -y ear
deal w orth m ore than $5 m illion.
R obinson w as 30-28 in tw o sea­
sons at B row n. T he B ears w ent
19-10 th is seaso n and finished
se co n d to C o rn e ll in th e Ivy
L eague.
He w as an assistan t at N o rth ­
w estern for six seasons u nder Bill
C arm o d y befo re tak in g o v er at
B row n. He p lay ed at P rinceton
u n d er lo ngtim e co ach Pete C arril
from 1980-83 and runs an system
b ased on the m otion o ffen se u ti­
lizing b ack d o o r cuts and a high
n u m b e r o f p a s se s th a t C a rril
po p u larized .
“T his is going to be a d isc i­
p lin ed , w ell-co ach ed team that is
g o in g to b e fu n to w a tc h ,”
R o binson said. T hat d iscip lin e
w ill begin w ith p ractices, w hich
R obinson said will be at 5:30 a.m .
O re g o n S ta te is th e 1 3 th -
w in n in g est p ro g ram in N CA A
history, but the p rogram w ent into
steep d eclin e soon afte r the re ­
tirem en t o f H all o f Fam e coach
Ralph M illerin 1989.
2nd annual Legislative Education Day
uoter Registration
Saturday, norii 12th 2008 • ioam-2pm
‘•we’ue come this lar
hu faith and action."
Honoring our faithful
African American women
and men who were
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Return to Calvary Christian Center
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Hosted by: Rev Renee' Ward (Chrysalis Ministries) and
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event.
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Barack O ba m a tor America, Sen Avel Gordly, a n d Rep Chip Shields
Invited Guests:
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