Originally published Monday, July 2, 2012 at 7:32 PM
Tiger Woods' victory generates 188 percent rating increase | Golf
Tiger Woods' victory Sunday in the AT&T National produced a TV rating increase of 188 percent from last year's final round of the PGA Tour event at Congressional in Bethesda, Md.
Golf
Woods is a ratings magnet
Tiger Woods' victory Sunday in the AT&T National produced a TV rating increase of 188 percent from last year's final round of the PGA Tour event at Congressional in Bethesda, Md.
The overnight rating on CBS was 4.6 and it peaked at 6.8 near the end of the telecast, when Woods' 74th Tour victory was assured.
Nick Watney won the event last year, beating a field that did not include Woods.
College football
Paternos: release all emails
Joe Paterno's family has called on former FBI Director Louis J. Freeh and Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly to release all emails and records related to their investigations into the Penn State child sex-abuse scandal.
Family lawyer Wick Sollers' statement came after reports of leaked emails between administrators about graduate assistant Mike McQueary's 2001 account of an encounter between former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky and a boy in the showers of the football building. CNN reported one email outlined a change in plans among administrators after athletic director Tim Curley spoke to Paterno.
"With the leaking of selective emails over the last few days, it is clear that someone in a position of authority is not interested in a fair or thorough investigation," Sollers said in the statement.
Paterno was fired in November and died of cancer less than three months later.
Freeh is leading the school's internal investigation into the scandal.
Sandusky, 68, was convicted last month of 45 counts of sexually abusing 10 boys.
Gaffney opts for baseball
Stanford running back Tyler Gaffney will give up his final year of eligibility in football to pursue a career in pro baseball. Gaffney, an outfielder, was a 24th-round selection by the Pittsburgh Pirates in June.
NFL
Bucs' Wright is arrested
Tampa Bay cornerback Eric Wright, 26, was arrested in Los Angeles for investigation of driving under the influence after police said he was involved in a crash.
Wright, who wasn't injured, refused to take sobriety tests, authorities said. He was booked for investigation of felony DUI and bail was set at $100,000.
Soccer
Spain celebrates title
Hundreds of thousands packed central Madrid to give a hero's welcome home to the Spain team that won the Euro 2012 title, beating Italy 4-0 in the final Sunday in Kiev, Ukraine.
The match got a 3.0 overnight rating on ESPN, down from 3.1 for the Euro 2008 final won by Spain and shown on ABC.
Beckham isn't selected
Britain's first men's Olympic team since 1960 includes Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs, 38, but is missing former England captain David Beckham.
The decision was expected after Beckham, 37, said Thursday he had failed to make the cut. Each Olympic team gets three players older than 23.
Auto racing
Penalty costs Dillon 6 points
NASCAR officials penalized driver Austin Dillon because his car failed inspection after his Nationwide Series victory Friday in Sparta, Ky. NASCAR ruled the car was too low.
Dillon was docked six points in the standings and dropped to second place, four points behind leader Elliott Sadler.
Elsewhere
• NHL goaltenders Carey Price, 24, and Martin Brodeur, 40, are staying put.
Price signed a six-year, $39 contract with the Montreal Canadiens. His pre-NHL career includes 193 games with the Tri-City Americans of the Western Hockey League.
Brodeur got a two-year, $9 million deal with New Jersey.
Forward Jiri Hudler, 28, signed a four-year, $16 million contract with Calgary. He scored a career-high 25 goals for Detroit last season.
• NHL commissioner Gary Bettman cut four games off a 25-game suspension given to Phoenix forward Raffi Torres during the playoffs.
Torres was suspended April 21 and missed the Coyotes' final 13 playoff games after he left Chicago forward Marian Hossa with a concussion from a high, hard hit. Torres, 30, will sit out the first eight games of the 2012-13 regular season.
• Vitali Klitschko (44-2) of Ukraine will defend his WBC heavyweight title against Manuel Charr (21-0) of Germany on Sept. 8 in Moscow.
• Ex-NFL wide receiver Johnnie Morton Jr., 40, was sentenced to two years of probation for lying to a grand jury in 2009 during a criminal probe of his California business associate, Neang Chhorvann, federal authorities said.
• Muffet McGraw, 56, women's basketball coach at Notre Dame, signed a 10-year contract extension through the 2021-22 season.
• The United States beat Australia 3-0 in Oklahoma City to win its sixth straight World Cup of Softball championship.
• Doris Sams, a pitcher/outfielder who helped inspire the movie "A League of Their Own," died at age 85 Thursday after a battle with Alzheimer's. Her funeral was Sunday in Knoxville, Tenn.
Sams was a leading player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and was voted its player of the year in 1947 and 1949.
Seattle Times news services











Start the conversation >