VERONA, N.Y. [bar] Jeff Gove and Chad Campbell each shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday to tie for the first-round lead in the PGA Tour's Turning Stone Resort Championship.
Gove and Campbell, who finished one stroke off the Atunyote Golf Club course record, were one shot ahead of Steve Flesch, John Senden, Matthew Goggin and Brendon de Jonge.
Goggin and de Jonge bogeyed their final holes to drop from the lead.
IN OTHER GOLF NEWS
Martin Erlandsson of Sweden shot a 9-under 63 to take the lead after the first round of the British Masters in Sutton Coldfield, England, He leads Jarmo Sandelin and Richard Sterne by two strokes.
baseball
injury ends griffey's season
SAN FRANCISCO [bar] Cincinnati Reds outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. will miss the rest of the season with a strained groin.
Griffey left Wednesday night's game against the Chicago Cubs in the eighth inning after injuring himself while fielding a ball in right.
Griffey hit .277 this year with 30 homers and 93 RBIs. He was an All-Star for the first time since 2004 and the 13th time overall, and he moved up to sixth on the career home run list with 593.
IN OTHER BASEBALL NEWS
Vernon Wells will have season-ending surgery Tuesday for a cyst and torn labrum in his left shoulder. The Blue Jays centerfielder hit .245 with 16 homers and 80 RBIs this year.
Chris Duncan, an outfielder with the St. Louis Cardinals, had surgery to repair a sports hernia and will miss the rest of the season. He hit .259 with 21 homers and 70 RBIs.
Ed Wade, former Philadelphia Phillies general manager, was hired as GM of the Houston Astros.
college basketball
florida a&m picks harris as coach
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. [bar] Former Florida State player Eugene Harris was hired as the men's basketball coach at Florida A&M. He succeeds Mike Gillespie, who is serving a year's probation after a no-contest plea to stalking a former girlfriend.
IN OTHER NEWS
Ohio State must pay former basketball coach Jim O'Brien more than $2.4 million for his wrongful firing in 2004, an appeals court ordered.
DeAnthony Ford, 20, convicted of killing Southern Cal basketball player Ryan Francis in May 2006, was sentenced to life in prison in Baton Rouge, La.
nba
bucks match heat offer to bell
MILWAUKEE [bar] The Milwaukee Bucks confirmed that they've matched an offer sheet Charlie Bell signed with the Miami Heat for the restricted free-agent guard, a five-year deal worth $18.5 million.
Bell averaged a career-high 13.5 points last season.
IN OTHER NBA NEWS
Sarunas Jasikevicius was waived by the Golden State Warriors, who agreed to a contract buyout with the disgruntled guard.
tennis
Roddick and blake face swedes today
GOTEBORG, Sweden [bar] Andy Roddick will face Joachim Johansson and James Blake will play Thomas Johansson as the United States takes on Sweden today in Davis Cup play.
In Saturday's doubles, Sweden's Simon Aspelin will team with veteran Jonas Bjorkman against top-ranked Bob and Mike Bryan.
In Sunday's reverse singles, Thomas Johansson plays Roddick and Joachim Johansson faces Blake.
IN OTHER TENNIS NEWS
Lindsay Davenport advanced to the quarterfinals of the China Open by defeating Eleni Daniilidou 7-5 6-3 in Beijing. Davenport next will play fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva, who cruised past Tamira Paszek 6-2, 6-0.
Daniela Hantuchova, the second seed, defeated Anastasia Rodionova 6-2, 6-1 in 57 minutes to reach the quarterfinals of the Sunfeast Open in Calcutta, India.
Katarina Srebotnik routed Meghann Shaughnessy 6-2, 6-0, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Slovenia Open in Portoroz, Slovenia.
soccer
world cup field is down to eight
TIANJIN, China [bar] Norway, Australia, Brazil and China reached the Women's World Cup quarterfinals, completing the eight-team field.
Norway routed Ghana 7-2; Australia, needing only a tie to advance, rallied to draw 2-2 with Canada; China edged New Zealand 2-0, and Brazil defeated Denmark 1-0.
On Saturday, the No.1-ranked United States will face England, and defending champion Germany faces North Korea. On Sunday, Norway faces China, and Brazil plays Australia.
IN OTHER SOCCER NEWS
Steve Nicol, coach of the New England Revolution, was fined $1,000 for criticizing MLS officiating after the Revolution's 4-2 loss to D.C. United on Sept. 9.
in other news
Ellis Lankster, a corner-back, and linebacker J.T. Thomas, arrested last month for receiving stolen property, were reinstated by the West Virginia football team after they agreed to enter a pretrial diversion program.
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed a lease Thursday committing the NHL team to its yet-to-be built, $290 million arena until 2040.
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