Korda cracks top 100 in women's rankings
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02/13/2012 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Following her playoff victory at the Women's Australian Open on Sunday, Jessica Korda jumped 203 places in this week's women's world rankings.
Korda, who birdied the second playoff hole to defeat five other players and earn her first LPGA title, rose to 82nd this week.
There was little movement at the top of the rankings, as the top seven places remained the same.
Yani Tseng, who will defend her title at the Honda LPGA Thailand this week, remained No. 1 and was again followed by Suzann Pettersen, Na Yeon Choi, Cristie Kerr, Paula Creamer, Sun Ju Ahn and Jiyai Shin.
Brittany Lincicome and Stacy Lewis -- who were both in this weekend's playoff -- each rose a spot to eighth and ninth, respectively. I.K. Kim dropped two places to 10th.
Ai Miyazato remains the No. 11-ranked player, still followed by Amy Yang, Shanshan Feng, Chie Arimura, Ji-Hee Lee and Morgan Pressel.
Michelle Wie moved up one place to 17th as Angela Stanford dropped down to 18th. Catriona Matthew and Karrie Webb also switched spots, with Matthew moving up to 19th.
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<< Tretschok, Covic take charge of Hertha temporarily
Berlin, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former Hertha Berlin players Rene Tretschok
and Ante Covic have been named caretaker managers of the club following the
departure of manager Michael Skibbe on Sunday.
Skibbe took charge over the winte
<< Jets, Ducks swap centers
Winnipeg, MB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Winnipeg Jets have acquired center Maxime
Macenauer from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for center Riley Holzapfel.
Macenauer appeared in 29 games for the Ducks this season and has picked up a
goal with
<< Nets' Bogans has successful season-ending surgery
East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New Jersey Nets guard Keith Bogans
underwent successful season-ending surgery on Monday.
The procedure repaired a torn deltoid ligament as well as a fractured left
ankle, injuries which Bogans
<< In the FCS Huddle: Combine a chance for FCS prospects to wow 'em
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - There are FCS prospects not headed to the
NFL Combine who figure to be drafted in April.
Last year, eight players were left on the sideline and still got the call on
draft day.
But the 22 FCS playe
Heerenveen, Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former Netherlands international Marco van Basten has agreed to take over as manager of Heerenveen in the summer after agreeing to a two-year contract. Van Basten will take over for Ron Jan
Ivanovic, Kuznetsova among first-day winners in Doha >>
Doha, Qatar (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ana Ivanovic of Serbia and Svetlana Kuznetsova
of Russia were among the winners Monday on the first day of main draw action
at the Qatar Open.
The 13th-seeded Ivanovic was ahead 6-1, 4-1 when Spain's Carla
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The Sixth Man: Lin proving the skeptics wrong >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - If an unproven scriptwriter took Jeremy
Lin's story to Hollywood a month ago, he would have probably been thrown out
on his ear.
"Too unrealistic, kid," a jaded Tinseltown exec likely would have told the
Smith, Malkin, Perron named NHL's 'Three Stars' >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Phoenix Coyotes goaltender Mike Smith,
Pittsburgh center Evgeni Malkin and St. Louis left wing David Perron have been
selected as the NHL's 'Three Stars' for the week ending February 12.
Smith won eac
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