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May 13, 2008

Tiger Woods is chipping and putting again, and he hopes to play in the Memorial in two weeks.

Woods had surgery on his left knee April 15 for the second time in five years, this time to clean out some cartilage. He has not played since finishing three shots behind Trevor Immelman at the Masters.

Doctors said the recovery would be four to six weeks, and Woods said his rehabilitation was going well.

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Woods has been able to chip and putt, and he said he hopes to work his way through the bag to hit fuller shots as he regains strength.

• Landis case // The World Anti-Doping Agency has spent more than $1 million helping fight the appeal by Floyd Landis of the decision stripping him of the 2006 Tour de France title for a doping offense. WADA president John Fahey said the organization has contributed $1.3 million - 5 percent of its total budget of $26 million - to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's case against the American cyclist.

• Varsity // Archbishop Spalding has named William Rosemond Jr. girls basketball coach. Rosemond most recently served on the coaching staff at Severna Park and has been coach of the Amateur Athletic Union's Maryland Hurricanes program the past five years.

• Sailing // Defending America's Cup champion Alinghi of Switzerland came up a winner off the water when a New York judge ruled that a showdown against the United States can't begin until mid-March. New York State Supreme Court Justice Herman Cahn settled a dispute between billionaires when he ruled that the 10-month challenge period for San Francisco's Golden Gate Yacht Club, which backs BMW Oracle Racing, began yesterday. That would make March 12 the earliest possible date for the start of a rare best-of-three showdown.

• Auto racing // Veteran Jeff Simmons was hired to drive the second A.J. Foyt Racing entry in the Indianapolis 500. The No. 41 Dallara was originally assigned to Foyt's son, Larry Foyt, who instead will focus on his job as team director.

• Tennis // Australian Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga rallied to beat Nicolas Mahut, 0-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2, in the first round of the Hamburg Masters. Also, 12th-seeded Juan Monaco advanced when Filippo Volandri retired with a knee injury with Monaco leading 6-1, 4-0, Nicolas Kiefer upset 16th-seeded Paul-Henri Mathieu, 6-4, 6-4, and No. 15 Andy Murray topped Dmitry Tursunov, 6-4, 6-1.

• More tennis // Maria Sharapova reached a compromise with the WTA Tour and completed a promotional photo shoot before the Italian Open began yesterday. The second-ranked Russian, who was opposed to the shoot because she does not like distractions before tournaments, claimed the WTA threatened to fine her more than $300,000 if she refused. ... The U.S. Open's cable TV coverage is leaving USA Network after 25 years and moving to ESPN and Tennis Channel in 2009. The six-year deal runs through 2014.

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