those for whom climbing wasnt a nonstop, all-encompassing interest.Hes the most single-minded, focused person Ive ever met, said Eric Fox, 41, who has climbed all over the West with Beckey and

LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Dan Monson never spent much time scouting Lagerald Vick in preparing to play Kansas.It wound up being a big mistake.The sophomore guard scored a career-high 23 points on near-perfect shooting, Svi Mykhailiuk added 14 and fourth-ranked Kansas rolled to a 91-61 victory over the 49ers on Tuesday night.Thats what makes Kansas so good. (Vick) was not one we were focused on, Monson said, shaking his head. He just opened up the game with his shooting.Josh Jackson added 13 points and Devonte Graham had 12 for the Jayhawks (6-1), who doubled up the 49ers (1-8) at 50-25 out of the break and coasted to their 44th straight win at Allen Fieldhouse.Vick was 9 for 9 from the floor, one shy of the school record held by Norm Cook and Danny Manning, and hit four 3-pointers. His only miss came on the second of two free throws with 5:47 left.It was pretty big, he said of the basket. Pretty big.Justin Bibbins had 13 points to lead Long Beach State, which has lost eight in a row -- all on the road and mostly to teams that will be in the NCAA Tournament.Kansas is a great team, Monson said, and when youre a great team and youre better than the opponent, and then you play harder than them, it gets ugly.Making his second straight start, Vick got the high-flying Jayhawks off to a quick start.The paper-thin shooting guard knocked down a 3-pointer in the opening couple minutes, then showed his versatility with a shot-fake for an easy layup. Later in the half, he jumped in front of a pass and took it coast-to-coast for a reverse dunk that got the crowd on its feet.He did play well. He shot it great, Kansas coach Bill Self said. Hes improved a ton. Hes confident. Hes reacting instead of thinking, for the most part.Vick matched his career-best of 15 points set last weekend in the first half.You could just tell during the game that he was hot, Graham said. I kept telling everyone to keep trying to find him. Thats what I tried to do.Just about everybody from Kansas had a hand in the rout: Jackson continued to make his early case for freshman of the year with some dynamic passing to go with his scoring and rebounding, and Graham and Frank Mason II continued to show why they form arguably the nations best backcourt.Missing from the party was big man Landen Lucas, who has played crucial minutes for Kansas the past couple of years but has struggled this season. He missed the game with an oblique injury.The Jayhawks got inconsistent production from the rest of their post players, too.Youre not going to win consistently against good teams relying on making 3-point shots, Self said, because there are times youre not going to make them.STATS AND STREAKSKansas had a 41-24 advantage on the boards. ... The teams combined to go 19 of 37 from the foul line. ... 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Dennis Johnson Jersey .com) - The Calgary Flames aim to bounce back from their first regulation home loss of the campaign on Friday night when they host a Detroit Red Wings club that they swept in three meetings a season ago. Bill Russell Jersey . Its an influence in football and a big part of the game.SEATTLE -- Hes notched more first ascents than any other American mountaineer, wrote the definitive guidebooks to a major North American mountain range, and at age 93, Fred Beckey is still plotting routes -- though more slowly and buoyed by a cadre of fiercely protective partners.For years, stories have floated around about the man known as much for his eccentric personality as for his singular obsession with climbing, said Alex Bertulis, 77, a retired Seattle architect who climbed with Beckey for decades.Some were true, some not. But thats OK. Thats how legends are built, Bertulis said.Now, a documentary feature film in the works, Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey, is putting the spotlight on a man who has shied from such attention during decades of exploits. It is expected out next year.Beckey is such a cult figure in North American mountaineering that tickets were snatched up within hours for a slideshow he recently presented in Seattle to help promote the film.His body slightly stooped, blue dress shirt hanging loose off his frame, the nonagenarian needed help settling into his chair. Once lights were dimmed, he clicked through numerous slides, recalling from memory details about rock cracks, overhangs and other features on mountains in the Sierra and Cascades.Beckey was born in Germany and immigrated to the United States as a child. His family settled in Seattle, where he got his first taste of hiking and scrambling with the Boy Scouts and later The Mountaineers club.In 1942, he and his younger brother Helmut wowed the climbing community with an impressive second ascent of Mount Waddington in British Columbia.He went on to accomplish hundreds of first ascents on peaks throughout the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, Canada and Wyoming. In 1954, he established new routes on three of Alaskas mountains: McKinley, Deborah and Hunter. He also climbed in the Himalayas and China.Beckey once wrote that climbing gave him a unique sense of control over his destiny. The exaltation one can get in the presence of mountains can be a memorable lesson in humility and an aid to self-realization, he wrote.There will never be another Beckey because there are no more unclimbed mountains left to that degree, Bertulis said.Fred got the golden age of climbing first ascents, Bertulis said. That will be his legacy.Beckey has authored more than a dozen books, including the three-volume Cascade Alpine Guide that details hundreds of peaks in the North Cascades. He also penned books about climbing Mount McKinley and Mount Rainier.At the recent Beckey event, fans froom young climbers to ex-girlfriends -- even the adult daughter of an ex-girlfriend who flew in from California to put a face to her mothers stories -- lined up to shake his hand or snag a reluctant autograph.ddddddddddddIts such an honor and privilege to still be able to meet him, gushed Leslie Otto, 29, who fired off names of routes she climbed that Becky pioneered.Beckey still keeps a list of potential climbing partners. In the past, he scribbled their names on the back of business cards and as he wrapped up one climb or expedition, he would drum up partners for the next, Bertulis said.People joked around that he had a black book of names of mountains that had to be climbed and also the names of women that had to be seduced, Bertulis said. The little black book doesnt exist. It falls into the category of made-up stories that are very entertaining.Vasiliki Dwyer, described by Beckey friends as his one who got away, got to know a different side of the climber.Fred has many aspects in his character. He read a lot. He knew about all kinds of esoteric things, she said. He once gave her a copy of John Miltons epic poem Paradise Lost and later named a North Cascades ridge after her. Last month, he gave her his card and told her to call.To climbing partners, Beckey was known for being obstinate, abrasive, not always the easiest to get along with. He has climbed with numerous partners, falling out with a few or outlasting those for whom climbing wasnt a nonstop, all-encompassing interest.Hes the most single-minded, focused person Ive ever met, said Eric Fox, 41, who has climbed all over the West with Beckey and dines with him weekly. His passion is contagious. He loves the mountains, the exploration, finding new peaks and new routes. Thats really inspiring for me.The two climbed recently together in central Washington -- Beckey needing help getting to the base but still able to climb.Once he starts climbing, its like muscle memory just kicks in, and hes very graceful, said Dave OLeske, director of Dirtbag who spent the past decade filming Beckey. A lot of things have to click. The day has to be good, the back cant hurt, but any chance he gets.Beckey is already mapping his next trip -- to Suquamish, British Columbia.Theres a cult of Fred, said Matt Perkins, who has climbed with Beckey for 20 years and helps look after his affairs. He added: I think his exit plan is to die in a sleeping bag on an expedition somewhere. ' ' '