LEWISBURG — Mars senior Jeff Gavin placed third in the boys 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4 minutes, 45.72 seconds at the PIAA Class AA swimming championships, Thursday night at Bucknell University.

Freeport's Andrea McQueen placed sixth in the 100 freestyle (53.07) and 14th in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.68).

Knoch's Rachel Tano was 21st in the breaststroke event at 1:10.17, and Freeport's Gail Erickson was 24th in the 100 backstroke (1:03.39).

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Former commissioner Bowie Kuhn, who lorded over baseball during 15 tumultuous years that saw players gain free agency and start the spiral of multimillion-dollar salaries, died Thursday. He was 80.Kuhn died at St. Luke's Hospital following a short illness, said his spokesman Bob Wirz.When Kuhn took over as commissioner from William Eckert on Feb. 4, 1969, baseball just had completed its final season as a tradition-bound 20-team sport with no playoffs, a reserve clause and an average salary of about $19,000.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Ending a peculiar drought at a tournament he won four straight times, Tiger Woods shot 6-under 64 in the Arnold Palmer Invitational Thursday for his first sub-70 round in three years to share the lead with Vaughn Taylor and Paul Casey.Woods played his best golf in nearly six months, giving himself a birdie opportunity on all but one hole.