CANTON, Ohio — A Columbus woman says the Internet auction site eBay has shut down the sale of two tickets to Saturday's Michigan-Ohio State game that she and her husband had hoped would help them raise money to adopt a boy from Guatemala.

Kristie Sigler and her husband, Ken, have season tickets about 10 rows from the field in the closed end of Ohio Stadium. They put the tickets up for auction, hoping the payout would help defray the $12,500 cost to begin processing their adoption paperwork.

But Sigler said eBay canceled the sale Wednesday, saying it violated its policy on charitable auctions.

"They never called, never e-mailed us or anything. They took it off and said because we were using the auction as fundraiser for the adoption, it violated their policy," Kristie Sigler told The (Canton) Repository.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Bob Geren will be promoted from bench coach to manager of the Oakland Athletics, ending a monthlong search for Ken Macha's replacement.Two A's players told The Associated Press Thursday that Geren called them after he was hired. The team scheduled a news conference for today to formally introduce Geren as their new manager.

MIYAZAKI, Japan — Tiger Woods overcame a slow start and shot a 3-under 67 to sit two strokes behind leader Shingo Katayama after the first round of the Dunlop Phoenix today.Katayama, the highest ranked Japanese player in the world standings, had seven birdies and was one shot ahead of Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano. Woods, the two-time defending champion, shared third place in the with Ireland's Padraig Harrington and Toshi Izawa, Satoru Hirota and Hisayuki Sasaki of Japan.

DAVIE, Fla. — Daunte Culpepper says he still feels sharp pain in his reconstructed right knee a year after surgery, and isn't sure whether he'll play again this season.The Miami Dolphins' quarterback will sit out Sunday's game against his former team, the Minnesota Vikings. It's the sixth consecutive game he'll miss after struggling through the first four.

CANTON, Ohio — Former Pro Bowl offensive lineman Bruce Matthews was one of three newly eligible players to make the list of 25 semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2007 Thursday.Also chosen were Denver Broncos running back Terrell Davis and Minnesota Vikings guard Randall McDaniel.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Ai Miyazato held a one-shot lead Thursday after the opening round of the ADT Championship, the season-ending event on the LPGA Tour.Miyazato shot a 4-under 68 at Trump International, one shot better than Il Mi Chung.