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Photos for April 11, 2003
Colorado's Preston Wilson bats Wednesday in Denver. The Cardinals were miffed after Wilson stole third base when the Rockies had a 9-4 lead late in Wednesday's game.
Rockies manager Clint Hurdle argues with umpire Mike DiMuro Tuesday in Denver. Hurdle defended Preston Wilson after he stole a base with a 9-4 lead in Wednesday's game.
Former NASCAR driver Buddy Baker, right, talks with driver Ryan Newman in Newman's vehicle hauler. The two visited in the Grand National Garage of the Talladega Superspeedway Saturday in Talladega, Ala.
Philadelphia guard Allen Iverson, right, drives past Boston's Bimbo Coles. The 76ers beat the Celtics, 99-78, Thursday in Philadelphia.
Minnesota's Dustan Mohr, right, reacts after striking out as New York Yankees catcher John Flaherty fires the ball back to the mound. The Yankees beat the Twins, 2-0, Thursday in New York.
Martha Burk, chair of the National Council of Women's Organizations, discusses her next move in tackling the Augusta National Golf Club's male-only membership policy. Burk held her news conference Thursday in Atlanta.
Lawrence High senior Scott Elwell rifles a forehand during a singles match. Elwell won three matches, but LHS went 1-2 in a quad Thursday at the Lawrence Tennis Center.
A mud-splattered sign and a grey sky greet Masters patrons as they await the start of the 2003 Masters. The tournament's start Thursday at Augusta, Ga., was postponed a day.
Detroit second baseman Ramon Santiago, right, reaches in a failed attempt to tag Kansas City's Angel Berroa, who stretched a single into a double in the ninth inning. The Royals beat the Tigers, 4-2, Thursday in Detroit.
Kansas City catcher Brent Mayne, right, tags out the Tigers' Carlos Pena, ending the first inning of the Royals' 4-2 victory. Kansas City improved to 7-0 with the victory Thursday in Detroit.
Lawrence High third baseman Spence Chaney searches for a ball that bounced off his glove. LHS beat Gladstone (Mo.) Winnetonka High, 17-10, Thursday at Ice Field.
Lawrence High senior Aaron Madill settles under a fly ball in the Lions' 17-10 victory over Winnetonka, Mo. The Lions improved to 4-0 with the victory Thursday at Ice Field.
Free State High's David Allen, left, is congratulated by his teammates after scoring. The Firebirds beat Collinsville, Okla., 3-2, Thursday at Hoglund Ballpark.
Free State's Tyler Blankenship, back, tags out the Collinsville, Okla., Cardinals' Jason Scott as Scott slides into third base. The Firebirds won, 3-2, in the River City Festival Thursday at Hoglund Ballpark.
Honeywell associates prepare to ship beef jerky to soldiers in Iraq. From left are Rebecca Brandt, Paola, Nancy Tolson, Ottawa, Rita Blankinship and Georgie Denisar, both of Lawrence. Tolson received a letter from her son, Keyono Tolson, who is fighting in Iraq, requesting beef jerky because it keeps well in desert conditions. The women raised enough money to buy 170 packages of jerky from a local meat packer, who agreed to sell the jerky wholesale and prepare it for shipping. Associates signed a greeting card that was sent with the jerky. John Denisar took and submitted the photo.
Brian Neely, an emergency medical technician from Lawrence, demonstrates life-saving techniques. Basic trauma and life support training instructors Chip Portz, left, and Scott Clark, right, observed Neely Thursday at the training center at 1941 Haskell Ave.
British Airways and Air France will end their Concorde supersonic service later this year because of falling passenger demand, the airlines announced Thursday. A British Airways Concorde is shown Thursday at the engineering section at London's Heathrow Airport.
President Bush's video address to the Iraqi people is played in the press briefing room in the West Wing of the White House. It was broadcast Thursday on Iraqi TV.
Residents of Najaf shout slogans praising Imam Ali, to whom the town's famous shrine is dedicated, as well as some pro-American slogans, as U.S. soldiers stand by. A different crowd rushed and hacked to death two clerics, one a Saddam Hussein loyalist, during a meeting Thursday at the shrine.
A U.S. soldier directs an elderly Iraqi woman outside the Al Monsour hotel in Baghdad. Hundreds looted the hotel Thursday, as U.S. forces watched without interfering. During Baghdad's first full day without Saddam's rule, U.S. troops were ordered to discourage looting.
Robert Kendrick, in Anderson's television store in Santa Clara, Calif., watches MSNBC broadcasting video of a Saddam Hussein statue tumbling down in Baghdad, Iraq. Fixated on news coverage of the war in Iraq, shoppers stayed away from stores in March giving the nation's retailers another month of disappointing sales.
The Billions, from left, Ken Komiya, Jared Bowes, Dan Billen and Sam Billen, perform tonight at The Bottleneck.
K.C. Rock Band The People features, from left, Ryan Shank, Kenn Jankowski, Ben Grimes and Harry Anderson.
Sweet Honey in the Rock has performed together for 30 years. The Grammy-winning group released its latest album, "The Women Gather," in January.
Lisa Barcus sprays down a conveyor belt at work at Mrs. E's at Kansas University. Barcus, who has Down syndrome, is able to live independently, in part because of the help of ARC of Douglas County. A pancake feed on Saturday will raise funds for the organization, which helps developmentally disabled adults and children navigate through the available social services.
Fifth-grader Megan Bracciano listens as Ken Oliver, Lawrence, a pilot with Southwest Airlines, works with a model airplane at Quail Run School. Oliver was explaining how a plane works Thursday, as part of a program called Adopt-a-Pilot. The program puts a pilot in a classroom to teach math, science, history and other subjects using aviation models.
Young fans clamor for Janet Jackson, winner of the Wannabe Award at the Nickelodeon's 2002 Kids Choice Awards. This year's show, which will be broadcast Saturday night, will feature celebrities Brad Pitt and Michelle Pfeiffer as presenters.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair, left, greets his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern. The two met Thursday in London.
Brig. Gen. Johnny Weida, right, is new commandant of cadets at the Air Force Academy. At left is Col. Debra Gray, who took over as the academy's vice commandant.
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