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Woods signs up for more events

Golf: Tiger Woods added two more tournaments Wednesday to a schedule that is not much different from previous years except for the timing.

Woods entered The Players Championship and the AT&T National, which benefits his foundation.

It was the second straight week that Woods made an early commitment to a PGA Tour event, allowing for more time to promote his appearance. For years, the world’s No. 1 player waited until the last few days before signing up.

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EWU recruit signs letter

Basketball: Rakim Brown, a 6-foot-6 forward from Central High School in Fresno, Calif., followed through on his oral commitment by signing a letter of intent with the Eastern Washington Eagles.

Brown led his team in points, rebounds, steals and blocks in a 21-5 conference-title season in 2009-10.

EWU coach Kirk Earlywine expects to sign one or two more players in addition to the five (four in the fall) who have signed.

Brooklyn arena holdout cashes in

NBA: The last holdout in a long-running land dispute with the developer of an NBA arena agreed to sell his home on the site for $2.4 million more than he paid for it a few years ago.

Daniel Goldstein and his family agreed to leave their Brooklyn condo by May 7 in a settlement in court with developer Forest City Ratner Cos.

Goldstein said he bought the condo for $590,000 in 2003 and will receive $3 million for it.

Ratner plans an arena for the New Jersey Nets, who will become the Brooklyn Nets, plus 16 residential and office towers. The 18,000-seat arena is to open in 2012.

Ratner last December finalized a deal to sell 80 percent of the Nets and 45 percent of the arena to Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov. Associated Press

ASU surrenders 44 victories

Baseball: Arizona State is vacating 44 of its 49 victories from the 2007 season and will be reducing scholarships as part of self-imposed sanctions for violating NCAA rules.

The NCAA has also begun its investigation into the violations, which include approximately 500 impermissible telephone calls by the baseball coaching staff.

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