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 Woods said he was on the course playing multiple holes for the
first time since a third surgical procedure on his back and went
five holes with friend Mark O'Meara at the Houston-area track. He
fired a ceremonial tee shot down the middle of the fairway and
played out the 10th hole with a par following a wedge and two-putt.
"I'm definitely a little tired but I feel pretty good," Woods said
Monday. "I haven't been out here playing like this. I hadn't played
any holes until today. I know people have said I've played holes
back at Medalist, but I haven't. This is actually the first time
I've played holes since Wyndham. It's been awhile."
The Wyndham Championship in August was Woods' last event before he
went back under the knife. He finished 10th.
TENNIS
Tennis star Rafael Nadal, tired of being dogged by doping
accusations, has requested that the International Tennis Federation
make all his drug-testing results public.
 Nadal made the request in a letter to ITF president David Haggerty
on Monday, the same day he filed a defamation suit against Roselyne
Bachelot, France's former minister for health and sport, for
comments that suggested he had been doping.
"I know how many times I am tested, on and off competition," Nadal
wrote in the letter obtained by the Associated Press. "Please make
all my information public. Please make public my biological
passport, my complete history of anti-doping controls and tests."
Nadal went on to request that the ITF "start filing lawsuits if
there is any misinformation spread by anyone."
--The top five seeds won opening-round matches on Tuesday in the
Prague Open.
Top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-0,
5-7, 6-1 and second-seeded Lucie Safarova battled back to beat
Mariana Duque-Marino 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Third-seeded Karolina Pliskova downed Stefanie Voegele 6-1, 6-3,
fourth-seeded Samantha Stosur advanced past qualifier Sorana Cirstea
3-6, 6-4, 6-2 and fifth-seeded Barbora Strycova bested Olga
Govortsova 6-3, 7-5.
Seventh-seeded Dominika Cibulkova was ousted by Barbora Krejcikova
6-2, 6-2.
NHL
Philadelphia Flyers forward Brayden Schenn will sit out the first
three games of the 2016-17 season.
Schenn was suspended Tuesday by the NHL Department of Player Safety
for his hit on Washington Capitals forward T.J. Oshie during Game 6
of a first-round playoff series on Sunday.
The play took place at 12:24 of the second period in the Flyers' 1-0
loss to the Capitals, who advanced to the next round of the playoffs
to face the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Oshie left the game but returned moments later. Schenn was not
penalized on the ice by game officials.
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SOCCER
Two NBA owners are coming together as business partners in an
attempt to lure Major League Soccer to Detroit.
Pistons owner Tom Gores and Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert
have been working on the project for several months, MLS said.
According to reports, plans are to build a soccer stadium in
downtown Detroit.
MLS commissioner Don Garber is supportive of their efforts to bring
an expansion franchise to the Motor City.
MLS has continued to expand rapidly. The league currently has 20
teams and Garber has hopes to bring the total to 28.
TELEVISION
Broadcaster Skip Bayless is leaving ESPN when his contract expires
in August, the network announced.
Deadspin reported that Bayless will move to Fox Sports. His final
appearance as co-host of First Take on ESPN will be the day after
the NBA Finals end.
The 64-year-old Bayless joined First Take when the show launched in
2007. Co-host Stephen A. Smith joined him in 2012.
AUTO RACING
Cable network Nickelodeon shelled out the sponsorship cash for the
annual Sprint Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., and
will stage the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400 on Sept. 18.
Danica Patrick will drive a car painted with a Ninja Turtles paint
scheme, not unlike the Sponge Bob Square Pants 400 at Kansas
Speedway in 2015.
No other TMNT-themed cars have been announced but there are likely
to be at least four others. Patrick's car will be a tribute of sorts
to the character April O'Neil, who was a TV reporter in the series
but became a friend of the shell-backed characters.
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