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With his victory Sunday in the Kaanapali (Hawaii) Classic on the Senior PGA Tour, Hale Irwin pushed his season earnings to $2,131,364, the most by any player on any tour in one year… . Japanese boxer Akira Taiga, who fell into a coma after being knocked out Oct. 14 in a national junior welterweight title match, died Sunday in Tokyo… . Shawn Boskie, who underwent arthroscopic surgery to remove a bone chip from his right elbow on Sept. 26, became a free agent when the Baltimore Orioles failed to exercise his contract option.