Teen shoots 72 in PGA tourney

Michelle Wie, the 14-year-old phenom, made three birdies and finished at 2-over 72 in the PGA Sony Open. "If I make it to Saturday, I'm going to go at every flag," said Wie, who struck some impressive long drives. But the ninth-grader, believed to be the youngest player ever to play on the PGA Tour, probably won't make the cut. She was 45th among the 72 players who had morning tee times at Waialae Country Club, but was not in the top 100 as the first round headed for a conclusion. The top 70 and ties will advance.

A Big Bang of unbeatens here

Think this isn't the center of the college basketball universe? How about this fact: There are only four unbeaten Division I programs in the country - and two of them will be playing in Cincinnati on Saturday.

The Bearcats (12-0) will host TCU, and XU will host Saint Joseph's (14-0).

Xavier will reward its 100,000th fan

The Xavier women's basketball program this weekend expects to top the 100,000 attendance mark since moving to Cintas Center. The Musketeers host St. Joseph's today (7 p.m.) and Fordham on Sunday (2 p.m.). In 51 games over 3 1/2 years, XU has drawn 97,653 fans. Fan No. 100,000 will receive two airline tickets to anywhere in the continental United States and four women's basketball season tickets for 2004-05.

'Journalists' taped confession in '02

The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday that Pete Rose inadvertently admitted gambling on baseball Dec. 9, 2002, when he spoke to a California high school journalism class. After Rose confessed to the country last week, the Calabasas Courier's former co-editor in chief played the videotape for The Times. The editor said the student paper didn't report the statement "out of respect to (Rose) because he came in and did a favor for us."

Hall inductees knew Cincy well

Two of the three inductees announced Thursday for the International Tennis Hall of Fame had storied histories in Cincinnati's tournament, now called the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters.

Sweden's Stefan Edberg, a two-time winner here, holds nearly every Open Era record in this tournament, including most singles victories (45) and matches played (56).

American Dorothy "Dodo" Bundy Cheney won the 1944 women's event here.