August I, 2001
P ortlan d
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Metro/Sports
The Only Thing Missing Was the Golf
PA LM D E S E R T , C alif. (A P)
— T ig er W oods invited B ritish
O p en ch am p ion D avid Duval
and th e best tw o w om en golfers
in to his p rim e-tim e arena. The
o n ly th in g m issing w as the kind
o f g o lf that has m ade each o f
th em a star.
“ I w o u ld like to do it ag ain ,”
W o o d s said after he and A nnika
Sorenstam won in 19 holes M on­
day night ov er D uval and K arrie
W ebb. “ H o p efully, w e can play
a little b e tte r n e x t tim e .”
T h a t s h o u ld n ’t be to o m uch
to ask .
T h e f o u r s o m e o f m a jo r
c h a m p io n s h ip w in n e rs m a n ­
a g e d o n ly fiv e b ird ie s in th e
a lte rn a te -s h o t fo rm at. E ight o f
th e 19 h o le s w e re w on w ith a
p a r.
T h e e v e n t w a s m a d e fo r
T V , a n d p re lim in a ry ra tin g s
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sportia uh ©bseruer
w e re d o w n .
O v e rn ig h ts on A B C S p o rts
from m a jo r m a rk e ts w e re 5.9,
c o m p a re d w ith 6 .9 fo r W o o d s
vs. D u v a l tw o y e a rs ag o an d
7.6 fo r S e rg io G a r c ia ’s v ic ­
to ry o v e r W o o d s last y e a r.
D e s p ite th e r a g g e d p la y
b ro u g h t on by b ru ta lly to u g h
c o n d itio n s , th e B a ttle at B ig ­
horn still d eliv ­
ere d th e la rg ­
est a u d ie n c e to
w a tc h w o m en
p la y g o lf.
T h e ra tin g
w as 1.1 w h en
S o re n s ta m
w on
th e
L P G A ’s f ir s t
m a jo r o f th e
season,
th e
N a b is c o
C ham pionship,
Annika Sorenstam and Tiger Woods pick up
as p a rt o f a
the winning check after the made-for-TV
g r e a t r u n in
“Battle at Bighorn. ” The pair beat Karrie
w h ich sh e w on
Webb and David Duval in the one-round,
fo u r s tra ig h t
match play event.
to u rn a m e n ts
and b ec am e th e first w o m an
to sh o o t 59.
S uch o p p o rtu n ity w as not
lost on S o ren stam an d W ebb.
T hey d id n ’t p lay up to th e ir
stan d ard s, but h ad no re g re ts
ab out sk ip p in g tw o im p o rtan t
d a y s o f p r a c t i c e f o r th e
W o m en ’s B ritish O p en , th e ir
final m a jo r o f th e y e a r th at
starts T h u rsd a y in E n g lan d .
W o o d s and S o ren stam sp lit
the $ 1.2 m illio n w in n e r’s share
from th e $1.7 m illio n p u rse.
“ It w as a th rill to co m e h ere
to d ay an d p la y w ith th e b est
p l a y e r s in th e w o r l d , ”
S o ren stam said. “ I d id n ’t p lay
as w ell as I w o u ld h av e lik ed ,
but t h a t ’s th e w ay it g o es
so m etim e s. I h ad a g o o d p a r t­
n e r.”
U ltim ately, th ese exhibitions
are all a b o u t W o o d s, an y w ay .
A r m str o n g W ra p s
U p Tour de F ran ce
After three weeks o f competing
in the world 's toughest cycling
event, the recent winner was won
by Lance Armstrong, an Am eri­
can. The 29-year-old Texan domi­
nated the cycling event, winning
the Tour de France, three times
in a row. He overcame the big­
gest time deficit in the e v e n t’s
98-year history. Other winning
record holders have been Greg
LeMond, the first American to
win the Tour three times, but
with a two-year gap between his
first and second titles. The Tour
record o f fiv e wins is held jointly
byfourriders Only Spain s Miguel
Indurain won fiv e consecutively.
Blazers Sign Free Agent Patterson
The Portland Trail Blazers re­
cently announced that they have
signed free agent forward Ruben
Patterson to an offer sheet, ac­
cording to President and General
Manager, Bob Whitsitt.
The Seattle SuperSonics have
15 days to match the Blazers offer.
Patterson, who is 26-years-old,
averaged 13.0points,5.0rebounds
and 2.1 assists in 76 games with
the Seattle SuperSonics last sea­
son. He has career averages o f
11.0 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.6
assists over three seasons.
Patterson was a second round
.draft pick (31s1 overall) in the 1998
NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lak­
ers. He signed a free agent contract
with Seattle on Aug. 10, 1999.
G reyhound R acing
May 4 - October 13, 2001
Post Times
Wednesday - Saturday 7 00 pm
Sundays/Holidays 1 00 pm
Pros Take on the Fred Meyer Challenge
Top m oney w inning PGA pros
converge in P ortland for the 16lh
A nnual W ashington M utual Fred
M eyer C hallenge w hich begins
Aug. 5-7 at the Reserve V ine­
yards and G o lf C ourse in Aloha.
Since its inception in 1986, the
C hallenge has grown bigger, pro­
viding national coverage through
ESPN. The intent o f the game
over the years has rem ained - to
be fun for spectators and highly
Sports
Briefs
close to the situation said Sand­
ers agreed to forfeit less than $ 1
million o f that.
Deion Retires from
Football
Deion Sanders, one o f the
m ost charism atic athletes in
sports and one o f the greatest
cornerbacks in national Foot­
ball league history, retired from
football as part o f an agreement
with the W ashington Redskins.
Sanders, who turns 34 next
month, forfeited a portion o f the
$8 million signing bonus in his
seven-year, $56 million contract
and agreed not to play for an­
other NFL team. The club still
owed Sanders $2.5 million ofthe
signing bonus, and sources
Jones Gives
Gonzalez Boxing
Lesson
LOS ANGELES - Acknowl­
edged as one o f the best pound-
for-pound fighters around, Roy
Jo n es Jr. d o m in ated Ju lio
Gonzalez from the start in retain­
ing his world light heavyweight
cham pionship before an an­
nounced crowd o f 20,409 at
Staples Center. The 32-year-old
champion from Pensacola, Fla.,
won a unanimous 12-round de­
cision to retain the WBC, WBA
and IBF light heavyweight titles.
Agassi Overpowers
Sampras for Title
LOS ANGELES—-Top-ranked
Andre Agassi won 11 o f the
match’s final 13 games to beat
Pete Sampras 6-4,6-2 to capture
com petitive for the players.
This year, B ritish Open w in ­
ner David Duval will com pete,
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and
A dmission
the Mercedes-Benz Cup title for
the second time in four years.
Agassi beat his American rival for
the second time this year and
fourth in five meetings. Sampras
leads their career series 17-14.
Agassi is 27-2 on hardcourts in
2001.
B. Labonte Ends
Season-long
NASCAR Drought
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LONG POND, Pa. — Bobby
Labonte slipped past D ale
Earnhardt Jr. in late stages, regis­
tering his first NASCAR Winston
Cup victory o f the season in the
Pennsylvania 500. Labonte, the
defending series champion, edged
past Earnhardt permanently in the
198th o f200 laps at Pocono Race­
way. Earnhardt finished second in
a Chevrolet, just behind Labonte’s
Pontiac. Tony Stewart, Bill Elliott
and Johnny Benson completed the
top five.
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