SAN DIEGO — D.A. Points avoided a shaky start with a series of good par saves, then closed with an eagle and a birdie over the final four holes on the South Course at Torrey Pines for a 7-under-par 65 and a share of the second-round lead Friday with Ryuji Imada (68—133) in the Farmers Insurance Open.
They were two strokes ahead of Matt Every, who had a 70 on the South, and Michael Sim, who had a tournament-best 62 on the North Course and finished with an eagle.
Robert Allenby, who opened with a 67 on what he called the “real course” — the South — didn’t fare quite as well on the North as he struggled on the bumpy greens. He still had a 69 and was three shots back going into the weekend.
Phil Mickelson finished with a flourish for a 67 that left him four shots behind in his first tournament of the year. John Daly missed the cut by nine strokes after a 71 and said he was done with golf.
Nike ad features gun language
NEW YORK — An advertisement featuring two of the NBA’s biggest superstars includes a gun reference, the same week Washington Wizards Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton were suspended for carrying firearms to the locker room.
The Nike ad has LeBron James on one page and Kobe Bryant on the other. Along with the slogan, “Prepare For Combat,” is a quote from each player showing how tough he is. Bryant’s blurb says: “I’ll do whatever it takes to win games. I don’t leave anything in the chamber.”
Footnotes.
Crystal Cox, a member of the 1,600-meter gold-medal relay team at the Athens Olympics, accepted a four-year suspension and disqualification of her results for using anabolic steroids. Cox, who ran in the preliminaries, almost certainly will have her gold medal stripped, while the consequences for her U.S. teammates are unknown.
• The Seattle Mariners signed outfielder Eric Byrnes, who is coming off two injury-filled seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
• Texas Rangers right-hander Scott Feldman, a 17-game winner last season, agreed to a one-year contract worth $2,425,000.
• Right-hander Michael Wuertz agreed to a $5.25 million, two-year deal with the Oakland Athletics.
• Rafael Nadal will miss up to four weeks of competition to recover from a knee injury that forced him to quit in the third set of his Australian Open quarterfinal against Andy Murray.
• The Obama administration is considering several steps that would review the legality of the controversial Bowl Championship Series, the Justice Department said.
• Minnesota football coach Tim Brewster agreed to a two-year extension through the 2013 season.
• Bad weather forced Mississippi to postpone its men’s basketball game today against Arkansas until Sunday night.
• NASCAR has alleviated some of the financial strain on racetracks during the rough economic climate.
• Justice Shirley Kornreich of the New York State Supreme Court told two-time defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland and American challenger BMW Oracle Racing to go sail their best-of-three nautical grudge match scheduled to begin Feb. 8 in Valencia, Spain, in giant multihulls.
The Associated Press
