Sports in brief

GOLF

Woods rallies to shoot 68

Tiger Woods ran off three straight birdies early in his round and survived a bumpy patch in the middle for a 3-under-par 68 Friday in the Frys.com Open in San Martin, Calif. He was seven shots behind leader Paul Casey. Woods at least will make it to the weekend, ending a streak of six straight rounds in which he failed to break par. He has played so little this year that it was the first time since the Masters that he made a 36-hole cut.

WNBA

Lynx sweeps Atlanta

Seimone Augustus had 16 points and Maya Moore, returning to her Atlanta home, had 15 -- including a key three-pointer late in the game -- to lead a balanced scoring attack as the Minnesota Lynx won its first WNBA title with a 73-67 victory Friday night over the host Atlanta Dream for a three-game sweep. Atlanta's Angel McCoughtry had 22 points, including nine in the fourth quarter, but she made only 9 of 25 shots as the Dream was held to 34.6 percent shooting.

NBAReport: League insists on 50-50

A person close to the NBA players' association says the league is refusing to meet with the union unless it agrees to a 50-50 split of revenues. The union is seeking a session with league negotiators before Monday's deadline to avoid canceling games. Commissioner David Stern has said the first two weeks would be canceled without a deal by Monday.

COLLEGESMore Buckeyes suspended

The NCAA suspended Ohio State wide receiver DeVier Posey for five games, and three other Buckeyes for one game for taking too much money for a summer job. Offensive lineman Marcus Hall, defensive lineman Melvin Fellows and last year's leading rusher, Daniel Herron, will miss this week's game at No. 14 Nebraska on Saturday. Booster Bobby DiGeronimo has been banned from further contact with Ohio State athletes.

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Big ratings for Game 5

Game 5 of the Tigers-Yankees Division Series on Thursday night on TBS averaged 6.2 percent of homes nationally and 9.72 million viewers, making it the most-watched LDS game in cable TV history and the most on any channel since Game 5 of the 2005 series between the Yankees and Angels.

In the New York area, an average of 18.3 percent of homes were tuned in; in Detroit, the figure was 27.6 percent.