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08/02/2007 - Akron, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jim Furyk withdrew from the Bridgestone Invitational before Thursday's first round with a back injury.
Furyk was coming off a successful title defense at the Canadian Open last weekend, his first win of the season. It moved him to No. 2 in the latest world rankings.
He said he aggravated the back injury while hitting balls at Firestone Country Club on Tuesday.
"I'm very stiff right now, don't have a lot of movement in my upper back and then into my neck because of the connection," Furyk said on Wednesday, adding he would be disappointed to miss one of his five favorite events of the season.
Furyk's withdrawal from the World Golf Championships event leaves in doubt his status for next week's PGA Championship at Southern Hills.
"I would love to try to be prepared and ready to go at the PGA, but if that's not the case, just get healthy and get strong," he said Wednesday. "I've had a good stretch the last few months of playing, so it's a little easier to handle."
Despite winning just once, Furyk has been perhaps the steadiest golfer in the world this season. He has eight top-10 finishes and has not finished lower than 13th in any of the first three majors.
<< Mariners beat Angels in 12, climb within three of first
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Yuniesky Betancourt's RBI single in the 12th
gave the Seattle Mariners a 8-7 win over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in
the finale of a three-game set at Safeco Field.
Ichiro Suzuki had four of Seattl
<< Cubs beat Phillies on wild pitch to move into first place
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Matt Murton scored on a bases-loaded wild pitch
in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Chicago Cubs over the
Philadelphia Phillies, 5-4, and into first place in the National League
Central
<< Wild pitch lifts Cubs over Phillies
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Matt Murton scored on a bases-loaded wild pitch
in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Chicago Cubs over the
Philadelphia Phillies, 5-4, and into first place in the National League
Central
<< Royals top Twins in 10 on emotional night at Metrodome
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Alex Gordon's two-run homer in the 10th
inning gave the Kansas City Royals a 5-3 win over the Minnesota Twins on a
somber night at the Metrodome.
The Twins postponed Thursday afternoon's game ag
Bucs shoot for rare win streak in matinee with Cards >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Pittsburgh Pirates will try for consecutive wins for the
first time in almost a month when they wrap up a three-game series against the
St. Louis Cardinals this afternoon at PNC Park.
The Pirates ended a four-game l
Hard-hitting Yanks go for sweep of White Sox >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Yankees are still rolling despite the recent
woes of Alex Rodriguez and will shoot for a series sweep of the Chicago White
Sox this afternoon in the finale of a three-game set at Yankee Stadium.
New York
Rejuvanated Braves try for sweep of Astros >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mark Teixeira had an impressive debut for the Atlanta
Braves and will try to duplicate his success in this evening's finale of a
three-game series with the Houston Astros at Turner Field.
Acquired from the Te
Brewers try to recover in finale with Mets >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Milwaukee Brewers try and get back on top in the NL
Central this afternoon when they play the rubber match of their three-game
series with the New York Mets at Miller Park.
Milwaukee fell a percentage point behind Chic
NEW YORK (AP) -By staying away from the cupcakes, Southern California earned itself a slim new ranking.
No. 1 always seems to fit USC.
Southern California jumped two spots to No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Tuesday, rewarded by voters for opening the season with a dominant performance on the road against a BCS conference opponent.
Georgia and Ohio State, the preseason Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, started their seasons with glorified scrimmages at home against FCS (formerly I-AA) teams. USC, however, traveled across country to face Virginia and could not have been more impressive in a 52-7 victory.
Georgia fell to No. 2 and Ohio State to No 3.
"We realize that rankings so early in a season are certainly fluid. But rankings do help establish a pecking order for things later in the season," USC coach Pete Carroll said in a statement. "As for moving into the No. 1 spot, it's nice to know that people think highly of our team."
Since reaching No. 1 on Dec. 7, 2003, the final-regular season AP poll of that season, USC has been No. 1 in 39 polls, by far the most of any team during that time.
"Some have said the voters are taking our schedule into consideration," Carroll said. "Our philosophy has always been to schedule outstanding opponents. We need to play challenging games like we just did, traveling across the country to open the season at Virginia. Games like that bring out our best and make us stronger as a team."
The latest voting was close. USC received 21 first-place votes and 1,539 points from the 65-member media panel. Georgia had 20 first-place votes and 1,506 points. Ohio State got 15 first-place votes and 1,497 points.
"I'd say we've evolved as pollsters," said Stewart Mandel of SI.com, who moved USC up to No. 1. "In the past, voters just kind of automatically moved teams up and kept teams where they were if they won."
Georgia beat Georgia Southern 45-21 on Saturday and Ohio State opened with a 43-0 win over Youngstown State.
"There's a bit of a growing backlash for the amount of teams that open with I-AA cupcakes," said Mandel, whose book "Bowls, Polls and Tattered Souls" chronicles college football's controversies. "To see a team [USC] go on the road and play a New Year's Day bowl team from last season, and not only play them but destroy them, how could you not reward that team?"
USC also jumped past Georgia to No. 1 in the USA Today coaches' poll, which has the same top five as the AP poll.
"It's definitely a privilege to be No. 1. But it's not heartbreaking to me if we drop," Georgia offensive lineman Josh Davis said. "It doesn't matter right now what we're ranked. What matters is our next game and right now, that's Central Michigan. The only time the polls matter is in December. That's when the polls matter."
While the Bulldogs opened easy, their schedule ultimately should be as difficult as any team's. Georgia's big nonconference test is at No. 15 Arizona State on Sept. 20. The Bulldogs also face six Southeastern Conference rivals that've been ranked in the first two polls.
As for Ohio State, the Buckeyes play at USC on Sept. 13 before getting into the Big Ten schedule.
But of the teams in this week's top 10, USC and Texas are the only ones that don't play an FCS opponent, and the Trojans are the only team that doesn't play a team from a non-BCS conference.
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The last team to drop from No. 1 after a victory was USC last season. LSU jumped from No. 2 to No. 1 when it beat Tulane 34-9, the same week the Trojans edged Washington 27-24 on the road.
The last preseason No. 1 team to lose the top spot after winning its opening game was Florida in 2001. The Gators beat Marshall 49-14, but preseason No. 2 Miami opened with a 33-7 victory over Penn State and the Hurricanes jumped to No. 1 with Florida slipping to second.
The next four teams in the new Top 25 stayed the same: No. 4 Oklahoma (two first-place votes), No. 5 Florida (five first-place votes), No. 6 Missouri (one first-place vote), No. 7 LSU (one first-place vote) and No. 8 West Virginia.
No. 9 Auburn and No. 10 Texas each moved up a spot, taking advantage of Clemson's big drop. Clemson, ninth in the preseason, fell out after losing 34-10 to Alabama on Saturday.
Also falling out after losses were Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh and Tennessee.
Moving into the rankings were No. 21 Fresno State, No. 22 Utah, No. 23 UCLA and No. 24 South Carolina.
Alabama moved up 11 spots after its big victory over Clemson.
The second 10 started with No. 11 Wisconsin, followed by Texas Tech, Alabama and Kansas. BYU and Arizona State were tied for 15th. Rivals BYU and Utah are both ranked for the first time since 1996.
South Florida was No. 17, ahead of Oregon, Penn State and Wake Forest at No. 20.
The final five were all the teams to move into the ranking, except for Illinois, which dropped four spots and tied South Carolina for No. 24.
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