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Tiger grabs share of lead at HSBC; Mickelson in group 1 shot behind
Tiger Woods made five birdies over the final 10 holes to surge into a share of the 36-hole lead with Nick Watney after two rounds of the HSBC Champions event in Shanghai. The two are at 10-under-par 134.
Watney birdied his last two holes for a 70 for the day.
Phil Mickelson is part of a crowd at 9-under 135. He is joined by Alvaro Quiros, the Spaniard reputed to be golf's biggest hitter who shot a 66; and Ryan Moore.
Colleges
* Two or more buses carrying members of the Grambling State marching band were involved in a traffic crash in Arkansas, injuring at least six people. Grambling's football team is scheduled to play at Arkansas-Pine Bluff today.
* The final regular-season ballot of every voter in the USA Today college football coaches' poll will remain public. Coaches had considered making the vote confidential. The poll helps decide which teams play in the BCS national championship game.
* Oklahoma State wide receiver Dez Bryant, who was declared ineligible for the season after lying about contact with former NFL star Deion Sanders, will enter the NFL draft this spring.
* Stanford linebacker Clinton Snyder will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury suffered in practice Tuesday.
* Kellen Moore threw for 354 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 5 Boise State (9-0, 4-0 Western Athletic Conference) held off host Louisiana Tech, 45-35.
* Florida coach Urban Meyer was fined $30,000 by the Southeastern Conference for saying referees missed a late hit against quarterback Tim Tebow in No. 1 Florida's 41-17 win against Georgia on Saturday.
* Two players for No. 12 Connecticut, senior guard Jerome Dyson and junior guard Donnell Beverly, were cleared to play basketball this season after the school's compliance office reviewed unspecified documents for their eligibility.
* New Mexico women's soccer player Elizabeth Lambert was suspended for her actions during a 1-0 loss to BYU in a Mountain West Conference semifinal Thursday. She is seen in video from the game throwing elbows, colliding with several players and then yanking the ponytail of a BYU player.
Sport Stops
* The United States reached the gold-medal game of the World Junior A Hockey Challenge in Prince Edward Island, Canada, with a 6-3 win over Russia. The Americans will play tomorrow against Canada West, a 9-1 winner over Canada East.
* American Shani Davis shattered the course record in winning the 1,000-meter race at the season-opening speedskating World Cup in Berlin with a time of 1 minute, 8.53 seconds.
* The United States beat Canada, 3-2, in group play at the women's ice hockey Four Nations Cup.
* Track star Usain Bolt's coach, Glen Mills, will continue working with the Olympic champion and world recordholder, but is stepping down as Jamaica's national team coach after 22 years. *
