Bart Bryant thought for the briefest moment Friday that he was capable of another 62. By the end of the second round at the Tour Championship at Atlanta, he settled for a 68 and was thankful to be tied for the lead with defending champion Retief Goosen.

Goosen sprayed his tee shots all over the course and still managed to continue his mastery at East Lake, hitting only four fairways but posting a 4-under 66 to erase a five-shot deficit.

Tiger Woods only hit three fairways -- one shot wound up in a tent full of ice for the concession stand -- but scratched out a 67 and was three shots back along with Ben Crane (65) and Scott Verplank (66).

Six players tied atop Southern Farm Bureau leaderboard: John Cook closed with four straight birdies for a 7-under 65 to share the lead with five players after two rounds of the Southern Farm Bureau Classic at Madison, Miss.

The 11-time PGA Tour winner was tied with first-round leader Bob Tway (70), Kevin Na (68), Tag Ridings (66), Tom Pernice Jr. (68) and Jonathan Byrd (69).

Sorenstam one back in Japan: Annika Sorenstam got off to a fast start in her bid for her fifth straight victory in the Mizuno Classic at Otsu, Japan, shooting an 8-under 64 to finish the first round a stroke behind South Korea's Young Kim.

Just a couple of hours after earning the pole for the Nextel Cup Dickies 500, Newman captured his third Busch pole of the season with a lap of 189.500 mph for the O'Reilly Challenge.

Because of a wreck on his second lap in the Cup qualifying, Newman will have to start at the back of the field for that race Sunday. But he will get to start his Dodge from the front of the field today, when he will go for his record sixth straight Busch Series victory.

Bodine wins another NASCAR trucks race at Texas: Todd Bodine slipped under Mike Skinner with 23 laps to go and then held the lead after a final restart to win the NASCAR truck race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth.

Top-seeded Andy Roddick saved two match points before beating David Ferrer of Spain 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8) to reach the semifinals of the Paris Masters.

Roddick, who faced both match points in the third-set tiebreaker, will play sixth-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia today. Ljubicic reached with a 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-1 win over Spaniard Robredo.

Dementieva beats Peschke to clinch tournament berth: Elena Dementieva beat Kveta Peschke 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 to reach the semifinals of the Advanta Championships and claim the eighth and final berth in next week's WTA Tour Championships at Villanova, Pa.

The Bulldogs won't play in any postseason games next year as part of several self-imposed sanctions for violating National Collegiate Athletic Association rules, the athletic directors at Fresno State.

Former La Salle players acquitted of rape: A jury acquitted two former La Salle basketball players of rape, discounting prosecutors' contention that the woman involved was too drunk to consent to sex.

Attorneys for Gary Neal and Michael Cleaves maintained that the sex was consensual and that the woman, then 19, made up the allegation out of embarrassment after other female basketball players began to gossip.

Seattle Seahawks defensive coordinator Ray Rhodes, who had a mild stroke two months ago, was hospitalized after another "episode" and will miss Sunday's game at Arizona.

Owens apologized to the Philadelphia Eagles, one day after blasting the organization for not publicly recognizing his 100th career touchdown catch two weeks ago.

Steelers running back Staley to play Sunday: Duce Staley is going to carry the ball for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday for the first time in almost 11 months.

Ayanbadejo signs two-year extension: The Chicago Bears signed linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo to a two-year contract extension, a deal that keeps the special teams standout with the team through the 2007 season.

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