SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) - The PGA Championship gets under way todayat Whistling Straights in Wisconsin with Tiger Woods still tryingto get in the win column for 2010. Woods is coming off a horribleshowing last weekend at the Bridgestone Invitational, where hefinished 18-over par and beat just one player in the 80-man field.Woods tees off at 9:20 a.m. (EDT) along with defending championY.E. Yang and Vijay Singh (sing).
NEW YORK (AP) - Police say Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez wascharged with third-degree assault late Wednesday night afterscuffling with his father-in-law at Citi Field. Rodriguez wasarrested and being held at the ballpark early Thursday. Hisfather-in-law was hospitalized with a scrape on his face and a bumpon his head.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Phillies second baseman Chase Utley has beencleared to start hitting, six weeks after surgery on his rightthumb and the club says it's sticking to its original timetable forUtley's return. Utley tore a ligament in his thumb sliding intosecond base in a game at Cincinnati on June 28 and was expected tomiss at least eight weeks.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Starting next year, the aluminum batsused by California's high school baseball teams will have to meetnew safety standards. The changes announced Wednesday came after a16-year-old pitcher from Marin (muh-RIHN') County suffered a majorhead injury when he was hit in the head last March by a line driveoff a metal bat.
WEMBLEY, England (AP) - It appears David Beckham's internationalcareer is over after England coach Fabio Capello said Wednesday theformer captain is too old to play for the national team -- withoutnotifying him first. Capello said the 35-year-old midfielder willhave the chance to play in a friendly "farewell game" but willnot be part of England's team in qualifying for the 2012 EuropeanChampionship.
