Fast Break
Golf
Surgery to keep Woods out month
Tiger Woods had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Tuesday to repair cartilage damage, his second operation in five years on the same knee. He is expected to miss at least a month while he recovers.
The surgery, announced on his Web site, came two days after Woods finished two shots behind Trevor Immelman in the Masters. He likely will miss The Players Championship, but should return in time to play the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines.
“I made the decision to deal with the pain and schedule the surgery for after the Masters,” Woods said. “The upside is that I have been through this process before and know how to handle it. I look forward to working through the rehabilitation process and getting back to action as quickly as I can.”
Women’s basketball
Newlee named coach at Idaho
Jon Newlee will become the ninth head coach in University of Idaho women’s basketball history, Idaho athletic director Rob Spear confirmed.
Newlee makes the move to Moscow following a successful six-year stint at Idaho State. He took ISU to the postseason four times in the last five seasons and compiled a 93-82 overall record and 54-34 conference mark at ISU.
In 2006-07, Newlee’s Bengals took the Big Sky Conference Tournament title and earned the second NCAA bid in school history.
At Idaho he will inherit a team that finished 4-25 last season.
“I’m a real up-tempo kind of coach. I’m going to try to get some athletic kids in who can shoot the 3,” Newlee said. “I’m going to definitely be looking for a couple big posts who can bang around the rim. I want up-tempo point guards who can push the pace and some people on the perimeter who can get out and guard somebody.”
Newlee is a 1982 graduate of San Diego State. He has a 3-year-old daughter named Bailey.
Men’s basketball
Memphis’ Rose takes NBA route
Memphis freshman Derrick Rose announced he was jumping to the NBA, the same day coach John Calipari agreed in principle to a contract extension with the school.
Rose capped his spectacular first season by leading Memphis to the national championship game, where they lost to Kansas in overtime.
The 6-foot-3 guard from Chicago averaged 20.8 points in six NCAA tournament games and will likely be taken with one of the top picks in the draft.