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Show Friday, February DAILY 2008 1, HERALD C7 GOLF ROUNDUP Woods leads by 2 after first round of Dubai Desert Classic THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ' - , DUBAI, United Arab Emirates Tiger Woods picked up right where he left off last week at the top of the kaderboard Woods, who won the Buick Invitational on Sunday by eight 65 Thursstrokes, shot a lead after day to take a two-shthe first round of the Dubai Des-eClassic. "I played well today, just a bunch of good golf shots," Woods said after his bogey free round at the Emirates Golf Club. Eleven players, including Miguel Angel Jimenez and Abu Dhabi Golf Championship winner Martin Kaymer, were tied for second at 67. Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia and defending champion Henrik Stenson were tied with 10 others another stroke back. Woods said he played better in Dubai than he did last week at :- 'h ; - , i - l ! P)d. . ' ' Y rt i ! I i Y 7 ! -- Torrey Pines. "1 had two good days of practice the last couple days and started to hit the ball a lot better than I did last week," said Woods, who won the Dubai tournament in 2006. Last year, Woods was plagued by poor putting and finished third here. He missed a few chances Thursday, but wasn't complaining. "I had a couple of good opportunities to make some putts and just kind of ran them over the edge, but overall today was just couldn't ask for a better start," the world's No. 1 player said. Jet lag also didn't appear to V I i ':. .; : I PETER botherhim. shot into the water on the 13th hole during the first round of the Dubai Desert Classic on Thursday, drop after hitting his second shot into the water. :' : H Left: Tiger Woods hits his second The better shape I've gotten, the easier it is. I don't usually have a problem It usually takes me maybe a day and I'm good to go," said Woods, who arrived in Dubai on Tuesday after flying halfway around the world to the United Arab Emirates. Woods' dominant win at the Buick Invitational was his fourth straight and 62nd career title, tying Arnold Palmer for fourth place on the PGA Tour list. If he triumphs in Dubai, it will be his seventh win in eight starts. "He's playing at a very good level at the moment," Garcia said. "We know that the only thing we can do is keep trying, keep trying, keep playing our hardest and, you know, try to challenge him as much as possible." Kaymer had been trailing Woods by one until he bogeyed the final hole. e Jimenez had a on the seventh h Colin Montgomerie, who played in the same pairing with Woods, banged his driver on the turf after hitting a wayward shot at the ninth hole. Though the Scot made four birdies, he also had two to finish at 72. ing at the ninth -- FBR Open: At Scottsdale, Ariz., Charles Warren and Kevin e Sutherland shared a hole-in-on- one-strok- Hee-you- I Women's Australian Open: At Melbourne, Australia, Finland's FAST FACT On this date in 1944, Syd Howe of the Detroit Red Y Wings scored six goals in a 1 6 victory Over the New York Rangers. Source: AP Today UPUI Conner BOYS BASKETBALL Summit at ALA, 7 p.m. Emery at Carbon, 7 p.m. Region 4 Lone Peak at American Fork, 7 p.m. Timpanogos at Lehi, 7 p.m. Pleasant Grove at Spanish Fork, 7 p.m. Region 7 Orem at Timpview, 7 p.m. Provo at Mountain View, 7 p.m. Springville at Payson, 7 p.m. South 4, Pettitord 2 Halftime IUPUI 3- - Poml Goalt S. Baker 6, Utah Marek Roberts Hill IUPU1 (Crum Josserand Adepoju (Patterson Hill Ashworth 15. Montgomery Moss Nobles Fouled Out None. Rebounds S Utah 33 (Quinney 7), IUPUI 32 S. Utah 12 (Marek, (Van Senus 7). Assists S. Payne 4), IUPU1 18 (Hill 7), Total Fouls Utah 10, KJPU 18. 823. A WEBER ST. 59 IDAHO ST. 57 BVU.TBA.'-- New 54 56, Minnesota SOUTHWEST Cent. Arkansas 71 SE Louisiana Tulsa 64, Tulane 56 Purdue Ottawa SOUTH Georgia Tech 77. Ctemson 59 James Madison 81 George Mason 61 Montreal Boston Buffalo Toronto Kentucky 47. Georgia 44 LSU 67, South Carolina 37 Marshall 77, UCF 75. 0T Maryland 90, Miami 50 Mississippi St 72. Alabama 59 North Carolina 76. Wake Forest 55 Old Dominion 76, Georgia St 44 Samtord 67, Tennessee St. 59 Tennessee 68, Mississippi 44 -Vanderbilt 66, Fkmda 56 EAST Hofstra 59, Delaware 56 Northeastern 59, Drexel 54 2 5, Kington 4 0 7, Steijn -6 6. Carson 12, 9, Stuck! 8 Tatum Monroe 7 6, KBpatnck 0'Bnen 2 57. O0 0. Totals Morgan Men's scores FAR WEST California 69. Washington St. Montana St. 64, E. Washington N. Colorado BO. N. Arizona 77 Nevada 79, Fresno St 67 Portland St 70. Montana 68 Stanford 65, Washington 51 Weber 64 57 WEBER ST. (11-- Valeta OO 0, Hams 4 Johnson ' Davis 13 Central 02 O0 0. Srveira 8, 2. Billings 7. Moms ToUs 1643 St 59, Idaho St 57 59. MIDWEST una as, s. Utah ee Weber St. Goals Idaho St (KHpatnck 1 Carson Stucki 4, Morgan Kinghom 0- - 2). Weber St Valeika (Van Brad - 2. McCoy Harris Fouled Billings Monroe. Rebounds Idaho St 31 (Monroe Out Idaho 8), Weber St 29 (valeika 13). Assists St 15 (Morgan 5). Weber St (Davis 6). Total Fouls-Id-aho St 25. Weber St 17. A 3,227. Haffllme Minnesota 77, Michigan 65 Notre Dame 81, Providence 74, OT Wisconsin 62, InAana 49 SOUTHWEST North Texas 70, South AlaDama 68 SOUTH Duke 92. N.C. State 72 S. 73 Virginia Umgwoc0 102, North Carolina 91 Boston College 69 Samtord 65, Tennessee St Tennessee Tech 100. Tenn e Troy 92, 59 Martm 71 Women's 95 FAR WEST EAST Brooklyn 89, St. Joseph's, N.Y. 75 Robert Morris 61, Monmouth, N.J. 60 Sacred Heart 92, Falrieigh Dickinson 81 Temple 58, Fordham 50 W. Connecticut 74, Newbury Arizona 65, Oregon 60 Arizona St. 66, Oregon St. Boise St. 78, San Jose St. California 67, UCLA 53 Fresno St. 81, Nevada 49 Gonzaga 74, Saint Mary's, New Mexico St. 71, Hawaii 73 local men's box Cleveland IUPUI 88, S. UTAH 66 6 11. Payne Baker 11, 51 Callt. 9 15 14 Pet .654 .462 .423 GB .391 612 Austin Colorado Tulsa Albuquerque Rio Grande Valley W L 16 14 13 10 10 9 11 11 13 17 Northwest Pepperdine Southern Cal 51 MIDWEST St. 65, Butler 61 W 19 17 14 Idaho Los Angeles Utah 9 Anaheim Bakersfield Pet .792 .680 .519 L 5 8 NHL W Philadelphia Pittsburgh 13 14 . I Jeremy Trait Ayncy 100 N 0 1070 E E State. State. Pleasant 6rove GA 112 4 58 5 57 5 51 GF 143 151 144 137 140 134 38 149 GA 139 147 141 129 161 I OTPts 5 63 7 63 27 21 6 60 27 22 2 56 21 29 3 45 a win, one point for ; GF 158 136 136 141 148 GA 4 Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spaln31-3Jyoti Randhawa, India Martin Kaymer, Germany Thomas Levet, France 6 Stw Kapur. India PGA FBR 142 612 9 12 16 139 173 loss. Today's gams N.Y Rangers at New Jersey 5 p.m. Buffalo at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Detroit 5:30 pm. Vancouver at Florida, 5:30 p.m. Anaheim at St. Louis, 6:30 p.m. Dallas at Edmonton, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Montreal, noon Chicago at San Jose, 3 p.m. Detroit at Boston, 5 p.m. Anaheim at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Ottawa at Toronto, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Columbus, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Washington, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at New Jersey, 5 pm Carolina at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m. L 28 17 28 19 OTPb 6 4 GF 163 148 61 60 GA 144 139 Florida at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m. - medi is f 374-18- 40 43 in Matt Belisle on a contract. PHILADELPHIA PHIUJES-Agr- eed with 3B Pedro Feliz on a WASHINGTON NATIONALS with C Johnny Estrada on a CINCINNATI medical to terms contract. to terms contract Agreed Basketball National Basketball Association QUAD CITY FLAMES Assigned D Gord Baldwin and D Brad Cole to Las Vegas (ECHL). MANITOBA MOOSE Recalled 0 Matt Kelly horn Victoria ECHL). SYRACUSE CRUNCH Recalled G Dan LaCosta tram Elrnira (ECHL). ECHL ECHl Suspended Alaska D Peter Metcalt tor one game and fined him an undisclosed amount tor Iks actions following a game on Jan. 27 and Augusta LW Garrett Winder tor three games and fined him an unkscksed amount lor his actions in a game on Jan. 29. ELMHA JACKALS Anrouncad Cokjnbus (NHL) has asagned G Dan LaCosta to Syracuse (AHL). Announced 0 Jetl Owyer UTAH GRIZZLES Football has tor recalled to BnrJgeoort National Football League 65 Gay CamiloVillegas 65 66 66 RichBeem 1 ATLANTA FALCONS Named Paul Boudreau offensive line coach. BUFFALO BILLS Named Jim Overdorf senior vice president of football administni.-hoMarc Honan senior vice president of marketing and broadcasting. Pete GueW senior vice president of business ventures. David Wheat senior vice president of business operations, and Gretchen Geitter vice president of community relations. 66 67 67 67 67 67 Snedeker 4 3 4 Canadian Football League 68 KJ.Choi B.C. UONS 68 68 68 Woody Austin TroyMatteson JohnSenden Named CALGARY STAMPEDERS Dickenson on a Signed 06 Dave Thursday Tret Marias Golf Club Moretia, Mexico Purse: $625,000 Yardage: 7,528; Par 71 Partial First Round 3 TomJohnson 5 BJ.Staten CHICAGO RUSH Waived DL Kamau FB Alan Krutulis, 06 Jermaine Mays Antowne Savage. DALLAS DESPERADOS At Jackson, and WR FBVLB Josh White. GRAND RAPIDS Bryan Ray. PHILADELPHIA 65 RAMPAGE SOUL Signed Waived DL WR Darius Watts. 67 r Soccer Major league Soccer StamnHer. College NCAA Announced to return to Jim O ftnen has been coaching college basketball MOUNTAM WEST OlNFERBrtX-SiaVO- KM Utah S Luka Dree lor one tor elbowing a TCU player In a game on Jan 26. EASTERN WASHINGTON Named Miles Kydd gam volleyball coach. FRANCIS MARION contract. Arena Football League Nationwide Mexico Open (AHL). CHIVAS USA Announced the resignation of Martin Vasquez. assistant coach. Named Eduard Camch commtimcations manager. NEW YORK RED BULLS Signed MF Seth cleared Mike Benevides defensive coordinator, Jacques Chapdelaine receivers coach, Chuck McMarm special teams coordinator and running backs coach, and Mark Washington defensive backs coach. 4 Named Charlie Mitchell men's assistant soccer coach and the school's equipment manager. Named Mamy Michel' E and Phil Elmassian coordinators and Lytrei Pollard linebackers coach and as the special teams coordinator. NOTRE DAME Named Jon Tenuta assistant head football coach tor defense. WASHINGTON Named U Donate! defensive coordinator. nr. 'i ' 40 VJMDOVm most promising disc treatment today. For your free report entitled, "New 5iMSTAUE, atwi r? 5i L M I " uMrreowKOFWBlr-- A I Easy Oean Feature Lifetime Guarantee Energy Efficient Quality Installation and listen to the e 24 hr recorded message for all the details or go to o www.91 lbackpaininfo.com. These free reports are available for a limited time. !No Maple Ridge Spinal Pain Center Paul Beck, D J? 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TORONTO ARGONAUTS Released RB John Avery and RB Robert Edwards Hockey Emirates Dubai, SportlightAssociated Press 67 66 68 68 68 68 69 7 :' Daniel Summerhays Thursday At Saturday's a Insurance Company, check-up- 29 Calgary Colorado Vancouver Edmonton W 5 7 23 .179 Wednesday's result Utah 102, Bakersfield 87 Today's games Fort Wayne at Sioux Falls Rio Grande Valley at Tulsa Utah at Austin Wfj hen you insure both your car and home with "No Problem" insurance Division W Dallas 2 5 saving you money. well save you money! Stop in, or call 173 164 176 Sim Casey Wittenoerg David Mathis Also European PGA Dubai Classic West Division We have "No Problem': us, through OTPts 4 80 23 Minnesota ' 50 164 152 Pacific OMsioa GB 2 : Chicago 5 6 Pet .640 .560 .542 .435 .370 26 25 23 ' 53 60 Creighton 68. Indiana Indiana 66. Wisconsin 62 55 Iowa 70. Northwestern Michigan St. 61, Michigan 58 N.Iowa 64, S.HIInois 52 12, Marek 11, Roberts It GA Michael JarrodLyle Greg Chalmers John KimbeH Michael Putnam Golf 170 GF 145 130 151 at Nashville, 6 p.m. Colorado at St Lous. 6:30 p.m. Dallas at Calgary, 6 p.m. Phoenix 141 135 141 Dl vision W Iowa at Colorado Dakota at Albuquerque Bakersfield at Idaho Los Angeles at Anaheim 42 81 San Francisco Stanford 77, S. UTAH Gnego scores NCAA 17 12 OTPts 4 56 5 53 4 52 5 49 5 47 Detroit Nashville Columbus St. Louis Southwest Division 5. Panos van BrockSn 0, McCoy Dakota Sioux Falls Iowa Fort Wayne L 9 14 136 147 119 132 149 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W 59 52 6 9 49 146 24 Bay Tampa OTPts GF 4 68 180 9 63 162 5 Carolina Pro Basketball IDAHO ST. 15 Washington Atlanta Florida NBA College Hoops 28 19 3 59 127 22 6 56 129 22 6 54 127 Jersey 25 Rangers N.Y. Islanders 24 Division Northeast W N Y 63 UTEP69,SMU64,0T ) SWIMMING at 66.- 37. Montgomeiy --4 0 3, Moss OO 0, Ray 0 6, 2, Avery 5 8, Ashworth Van Senus 1 88. O Totals GIRLS BASKETBAU. Meet 4 13, Patterson Region 4 Timpanogos at lehi. 5 p.m. Pleasant Grove at Spanish Fork, 5 p.m. Region 7 Orem at Timpview, 5:15 p.m. Springville at Payson, 5:15 p.m. 3A.4A State 5, Josserand Clittord 1 0, Crum 5, C.Hoopes 46. Totals 1, Quinney Adepoju - 10 Press MORRISONAssociated Right: Tiger Woods takes a Ursula Wikstrom shot a 70 in rainy conditions to take a e lead in the Women's Australian Open. The rain eased in the afternoon, when New Zealand's Sarah Nicholson, South Korea's Park and Australia's Katherine Hull shot 7 Is on the Kingston Heath course. Defending champion Karrie Webb opened with a 72. foot putt, in the twilight. Brian Gay and Camflo ViDegas 66. were one shot back at Twenty-fou- r players were still on the course at 558 p.m. when play was suspended because of darkness, including Nick O'Hern, who was 5 under through 14 holes. 5 includ- s double-bogey- lead in front of a record opening-roun- d crowd of 83,657 at FBR Open. Phil Mickelson overcame a pair of early bogeys on par-holes and was in a group of 12 68 on three shots back at the 7216-yar- d desert layout. Warren played a bogey free round of (kinder 65 early in the day, then Sutherland birdied the final two holes, the last with a 24- - Score BOARD Prep Schedule ..: . . No PaymentZ-- Interest Until 'Soma restrictions apply. .. 7: n satch vum nuuuusi 1 T HlhQuaKrf,.U7WPrlcn 877.922-7203-) or 733-563- rmiPON. 3 mm mm . exoimosI mm mm mm mm mm mm |