Fast Break
Golf
Sorenstam given engaging present
In a year without victories on the golf course, Annika Sorenstam had plenty of reason to celebrate Saturday when she announced she is getting married.
“What a lovely surprise,” Sorenstam said. “I’m as happy as I can be.”
Sorenstam said Mike McGee, her boyfriend of two years, popped the question Saturday morning at their home in Orlando, Fla. They have not set a date.
It will be the second marriage for the 36-year-old Swede, who filed for divorce from David Esch in February 2005. She began seeing McGee, a former sports agent and son of golfer Jerry McGee, later that summer.
Sorenstam lost her No. 1 ranking to Lorena Ochoa earlier this year and has failed to win on the LPGA Tour for the first time since her rookie season.
Men’s basketball
Cougars will be hitting road
Washington State will be taking to the road more often this season as evident by the schedule the Cougars released Saturday.
WSU will play 16 home games, but only 12 of those are in Pullman. There is a three-game tournament at the Spokane Arena (Nov. 23-25) that includes Air Force, Montana and Mississippi Valley State and a game at Seattle’s KeyArena (Dec. 20) against The Citadel.
The Cougars open their season Nov. 9 with a home game against Eastern Washington. The teams haven’t met since the 1998-99 season.
The schedule also includes a Dec. 5 matchup at Gonzaga. WSU’s Pacific-10 season opens Jan. 5 at the University of Washington.
Schedule in Scoreboard, C11.
Arena football
Tulsa wins af2 championship
Diminuative wide receiver Jeff Hughley was the big man for Tulsa as the Talons outlasted the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers 73-66 in the ArenaCup championship game in Bossier City, La., Saturday night.
Hughley scored four touchdowns, two on kickoff returns. He caught nine passes for 143 yards and returned seven kickoffs for 203 yards. His 346 all-purpose yards is an ArenaCup record.
The teams combined for 139 points, another Arena Cup record. The old record was 127 by Quad City (68) and Tennessee Valley (59) in 2000.
Hughley gave the Talons the lead for good on a 55-yard kickoff return for a 66-59 lead. Tulsa quarterback Justin Allgood scored the Talons’ final points with a rushing touchdown with a minute left.
The Pioneers came back to score on Luke Phillips’ kickoff return with 52.2 seconds to play and then recovered a fumble with 44 seconds left. But the Talons’ defense stiffened and the Pioneers last pass attempt fell incomplete with 3.8 seconds remaining.