Friday's sports briefs

11 one-putts put Mickelson in lead at Fort Worth Phil Mickelson had 11 one-putts and converted all six of his sand saves Friday while shooting a 2-under-par 68 to take the lead at 7-under-par 133 in the second round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Fort Worth, Texas. Mickelson led Matt Kuchar (64), Brian Gay (65) and Johnson Wagner (71) by one stroke.

"It was probably the best putting round I've had all year," said Mickelson, who needed only 25 putts.

That's because Mickelson kept setting himself up with the short clubs. From the fairways, the rough and the bunkers.

Only four of his one-putts were 9 feet or longer (the longest was 18 feet). Three of those came at Nos. 3-5, the holes known as Colonial's "horrible horseshoe" because of the difficulty and layout of that stretch, where he hit his approach into greenside bunkers each time and saved par. That was part of his final nine holes.

Wagner, the first-round leader by two strokes, got a birdie on his second hole, the 611-yard 11th. But he needed three shots from 27 feet for bogey at the par-3 13th and took a double bogey after hitting his approach at No. 15 into a water canal. There were no more miscues, but he got only one more birdie.

Gay had a bogey-free round, including a 46-foot blast out of the bunker at the 171-yard 13th that was the first of his three birdies on the final six holes.

Kuchar, whose only victory on the PGA Tour came in 2002, started his round by making four consecutive birdies. He opened with a 25-foot putt before making a pair of 31-footers.

• Dina Ammaccapane, who had six birdies and three bogeys, shot her second consecutive 69 to gain a one-stroke lead after the second round of the LPGA Corning Classic at Corning, N.Y.

Ammaccapane was at 6-under 138. First-round leader Erica Blasberg (74), Janice Moodie (68), Wendy Ward (70) and Katie Futcher (69) were one shot back.

• Closing with a 25-foot putt for birdie, Tom Purtzer shot a 3-under 67 to take a one-shot lead over Jay Haas and Massy Kuramoto in the second round of the 69th Senior PGA Championship at Rochester, N.Y. Purtzer was at even-par 140 for the tournament. Haas shot a 2-over 72, and Kuramoto shot a 68.

• Tiger Woods decided not to play in the Memorial as he recovers from knee surgery, meaning he likely will go to the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines on June 9 without having played a tournament in two months.

Hamm has broken bone Olympic gold medalist Paul Hamm has a broken bone in his right hand, an injury that will keep him out of next month's Olympic trials.

His coach, Miles Avery, said Hamm would petition to make the team and be asked to prove his readiness before the Games.

Pacman pays gambling debt The Las Vegas district attorney said suspended NFL player Adam (Pacman) Jones has paid a $20,000 gambling debt to a casino and that the case is closed. Court documents filed Friday showed the DA was seeking a felony arrest warrant for the 24-year-old Jones unless he made good on the debt.

Barkley pays up, too A Clark County (Nev.) prosecutor says Charles Barkley has paid his $400,000 gambling debt and is off the legal hook. Barkley paid $400,000 to Wynn Las Vegas after the resort filed a May 14 civil complaint in Nevada state court. It alleged Barkley failed to repay four $100,000 casino markers.

• Memphis guard Antonio Anderson has withdrawn from the 2008 NBA draft and is returning to school for his final season of eligibility.

• Deanna Nolan had 33 points as the Detroit Shock beat the expansion Atlanta Dream 88-76 in a WNBA game in Atlanta.

Northwestern gains finals Northwestern will seek its fourth consecutive NCAA championship in women's lacrosse Sunday after beating Syracuse 16-8 in the semifinals in Towson, Md. Northwestern will play Penn, which beat Duke 9-8 in overtime.

• Duke will play defending champ Johns Hopkins in the men's semifinals today at Foxborough, Mass. The other semifinal is between No. 3 Virginia and No. 2 Syracuse.

Tommies second in track The St. Thomas men's track and field team led the scoring in the NCAA Division III meet in Oshkosh, Wis., after the second day. St. Thomas had 19 points to 16 for Monmouth (Ill.) and 13 for Wisconsin-Platteville. The Tommies got a victory Friday from senior Mark O'Connell, who won the hammer throw with a distance of 191 feet.

• Pedro Flores gave up five hits in seven innings and pitched Fort Worth to a 2-1 victory over the Saints in Midway Stadium. The Saints drew the 4 millionth fan in their history.

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