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By TIMES WIRES
Published September 4, 2006

Sorenstam shoots record 62 for win

Annika Sorenstam, above, shoots 62 Sunday to tie an LPGA record and win the State Farm Classic in Springfield, Ill. At the start of play, she was five back. But she shot 10 under to tie the LPGA record for lowest final-round score by a tournament winner and beat Cristie Kerr by two strokes. Meanwhile, Vijay Singh shoots 10-under 61 at the Deutsche Bank Championship to lead Tiger Woods and Justin Rose by three. Singh and Woods are paired in today's final round (3 p.m., Ch. 28)

Roethlisberger out of Steelers' opener

The Steelers' defense of their Super Bowl title will begin without Ben Roethlisberger, the quarterback who led them to the championship. Roethlisberger had an appendectomy Sunday after becoming ill before practice. Coach Bill Cowher said Roethlisberger is out for the opener Thursday against Miami.

BUCS BIT

Tampa Bay, which starts the season Sunday against Baltimore, is 13-17 in openers. Just don't expect a shootout - the Bucs have scored more than 21 just twice in their past 15 openers and the Ravens have done it twice since the team started playing in Baltimore in 1996.

OUT OF BOUNDS

Ohio State football's ticket crunch has local Boy Scouts on the outside looking in. Scouts who worked as ushers for free tickets won't get them this year because students want the tickets, the university said. "Our students are our first priority. This year we had an increase in applications; about 30,000 wanted tickets. Usually we have 22,000 to 25,000 apply," associate athletic director Steve Snapp said. Scouts have worked as volunteer ushers at Buckeyes games for decades and last year began working throughout the game rather than taking seats after kickoff. "For many boys this was their only opportunity to see a game," said Ronald Green of the Boy Scouts' Simon Kenton Council.

QUOTABLE

Steve Spurrier, South Carolina coach, upon returning from Gainesville after attending the 10-year reunion of his Florida national title team:

"Men, if you win the SEC, I got a feeling we'll have a reunion like this every five years."

CLARIFICATION

Florida won its first SEC football championship game in 1993, but it won its first SEC football championship in 1991. A story Aug. 27 was unclear.

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