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A Tribune staff, wire report

Published: February 20, 2009

GOLF

Woods To Return Next Week

Eight months after winning the U.S. Open on one good leg, a healthy Tiger Woods is returning to golf.

The world's No. 1 player said on his Web site Thursday that he will defend his title next week in the Accenture Match Play Championship, believing his reconstructed left knee and his game are good enough to win.

"I'm now ready to play again," Woods said.

The Match Play Championship in Tucson, Ariz., begins Wednesday.

Woods will be ending his 253-day break from competition.

NBA

Rockets Trade Alston To Magic

The Houston Rockets traded point guard Rafer Alston to Orlando and acquired Magic forward Brian Cook and Memphis guard Kyle Lowry.

Memphis also received the Magic's first-round draft pick, guard Mike Wilks, center Adonal Foyle and cash considerations as part of the deal that was among the very last at a busy NBA trade deadline.

The three-team swap came one day after Rockets star Tracy McGrady announced on his Web site that he'll have season-ending microfracture surgery on his troublesome left knee.

The Magic, meanwhile, needed an experienced point guard after Jameer Nelson suffered a shoulder injury Feb. 2. Nelson will miss the rest of the season after having surgery Thursday.

INJURIES: Spurs star Manu Ginobili will be sidelined two to three weeks with a stress reaction in his right ankle. ... Pacers All-Star Danny Granger will miss up to three weeks with a partial tendon tear in the sole of his right foot.

BOXING

Dawson-Tarver Fight Postponed
Light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson's rematch with Tampa's Antonio Tarver in Las Vegas has been postponed after Dawson injured his hand during training this week.

The rematch wasn't immediately rescheduled.

MISC.

PREPS: Bloomingdale athletic director Danielle Shotwell has confirmed longtime volleyball coach Bonnie Hess will no longer be the program's head coach, saying the school is "moving in a different direction." .... Tampa's Lucy Sandelin has been named the Bowling Writers Association of America's Senior Female Bowler of the Year. ... Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach agreed to a five-year contract worth $12.7 million.

A Tribune staff, wire report

GOLF

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