IN BRIEF
CHANDLER'S CROSS, England — Tiger Woods didn't have to work for his sixth straight PGA Tour victory. He just had to wait.
Woods matched his longest PGA Tour winning streak Sunday at the American Express Championship, where he redorded a 4-under 67 for an eight-shot victory.
It was his eighth victory of the year, making him the first player in PGA Tour history to win at least eight times in three seasons. Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan and Arnold Palmer each did that twice.
He finished at 23-under 261 to finish ahead of Adam Scott (69) and Ian Poulter (66).
LOS ANGELES — Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte and Miguel Tejada were among the players that a former major league pitcher accused of using performance-enhancing drugs, according to a federal agent's affidavit, the Los Angeles Times reported.The player reportedly making the accusations was Jason Grimsley, who used to play with Clemens and Pettitte on the New York Yankees and is now out of baseball.Clemens and Pettitte, now teammates on the Houston Astros, denied the allegations Sunday. Baltimore teammates Brian Roberts, Jay Gibbons and Tejada also were implicated in the sworn statement, the Times said Saturday on its Web site and in Sunday editions.In June, federal agents searched Grimsley's home in Arizona after the pitcher admitted using human growth hormone, steroids and amphetamines. Grimsley was later released by the Arizona Diamondbacks and suspended 50 games.
WASHINGTON — Pedro Martinez is going to be out far longer than this postseason: The New York Mets' ace will miss the start of 2007, too — because of an injured pitching shoulder.Already ruled out of the playoffs because of a bad left leg, the three-time Cy Young Award winner now will have right rotator cuff surgery next week and won't resume throwing off a mound until June, Mets general manager Omar Minaya said Saturday.
WASHINGTON — Frank Robinson will not return as the Washington Nationals' manager in 2007, the team announced Saturday, possibly ending the Hall of Famer's 51-year career in baseball.Robinson was told during the week he wouldn't be back, and made that clear to reporters, but the Nationals didn't make the news official until a few hours before Saturday's game against the New York Mets.The 71-year-old Robinson has managed the Expos-Nationals franchise for the past five seasons. As the most-recognizable member of a team that moved from Montreal to Washington before the 2005 season, he became the face of the franchise in the nation's capital.
