American Jones sets early pace at Pebble Beach
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PEBBLE BEACH, California  - Little-known American Kent Jones upstaged some of the biggest names in the game by charging into an early one-shot lead at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on Thursday.
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Phil Mickelson keeps hitting it long and going low. Fresh off a career-low 60 last week in Phoenix that led to his first victory of the year, Mickelson broke the course record at Spyglass Hill &#151; the toughest course in the rotation &#151; with a 10-under 62 that gave him a three-shot lead Thursday in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
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SAN DIEGO, California  - Tiger Woods shrugged off a scrappy display with his driver to charge into early contention in the Buick Invitational first round on Thursday.
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Tiger Woods did not show up at Pebble Beach. Attendance and other numbers used to measure success will be down this year, and tournament director Ollie Nutt won't have to look hard to place the blame &#151; the weather.
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PEBBLE BEACH, California  - Jim Furyk fired a seven-under-par 65 to take the clubhouse lead in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am second round on Friday.
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Phil Mickelson continued his inspired  play at the Pebble Beach National Pro Am Friday, carding five  birdies on the front nine of his second round to widen his lead  to six shots.
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Controversial triple Olympic champion Marion Jones will try to claim the two titles she missed out on in 2000 when she competes in the long jump final and, hopefully, the 4x100 metres relay at the Athens Games on Friday.
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By DOUG FERGUSON  PEBBLE BEACH, Calif.  - The weather is getting worse. Phil Mickelson feels he is getting better.  Mickelson shot a 2-under-par 70 on Saturday at Spyglass Hill in the most miserable conditions of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
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Jacque Jones sprinted all the way around the bases, as if he couldn't wait to share the moment.
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Jazz singer/pianist Norah Jones' first album in three years opened at No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts Wednesday, but its first-week sales were less than half those of its predecessor, according to Billboard.
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Phil Mickelson took all the thrills out of Pebble Beach, and that was just fine by him. Despite back-to-back bogeys that gave the final round Sunday about five minutes of intrigue, Mickelson won for the second straight week by closing with a 1-over 73 to become the first wire-to-wire winner in the 68-year history of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
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The chance of rubbing  shoulders with celebrities such as Kevin Costner and Bill  Murray is a major attraction for fans at this week's Pebble  Beach National Pro-Am.
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PEBBLE BEACH, California  - Masters champion Phil Mickelson rolled in a downhill, 18-foot eagle putt on his final hole to vault into a three-way tie for the lead at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Thursday.
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ATHENS, Greece &#151; For two weeks in Greece, they were mostly missing in action: Marion Jones and the U.S. boxing team.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - World Anti-Doping Agency chairman Dick Pound believes the doping controversy involving American track star Marion Jones could be a watershed moment in the fight against drugs in sports.
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The celebrity watch at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am took place everywhere but the top of the leaderboard Thursday.
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SALVO, North Carolina  - Former triple Olympic  champion Marion Jones's training for next season is going  "quite well," her new coach said on Tuesday.