Woods will continue to play overseas

Woods will continue to play overseas

Despite pulling out of the Lancome Trophy in Paris, Tiger Woods still has plans for an international schedule at the end of the PGA Tour season.

Mark Steinberg, his agent at IMG, said Woods is scheduled to play a two-day exhibition Nov. 10-11 in Hong Kong before going to the World Cup in Japan, where he and David Duval are the defending champions.

Then, it's off to Hawaii and the PGA Grand Slam of Golf for major championship winners, followed by the Skins Game in a field that now includes Colin Montgomerie, Greg Norman and Jesper Parnevik. His final event of 2001 will be his Williams World Challenge.

Steinberg said Woods still plans to play the New Zealand Open in January.

As for Woods' immediate plans, there is a slight chance he will add the Las Vegas Invitational in two weeks. After that is the National Car Rental Classic at Disney and the season-ending Tour Championship in Houston.

Tests show Bledsoe avoided major injury

BOSTON -- Drew Bledsoe escaped damage to his internal organs when he was knocked out of Sunday's game, New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick said Tuesday.

Belichick added that Bledsoe could leave the hospital Wednesday and still is projected to miss at least the next two games.

"There's no damage that's been detected to any internal organ or ribs or anything like that, or lungs," Belichick said on a conference call. "The chest tube will probably be removed (today). Assuming that all continues to go well, my guess is that he'll be discharged in the next day or two."

Bledsoe was injured when linebacker Mo Lewis hit him full-speed in the fourth quarter of New York's 10-3 victory on Sunday.

SEMO soccer ranks high in NCAA stats

Southeast Missouri State University's unbeaten, unscored on soccer team ranks high in several NCAA Division I statistical categories.

Beth Guccione is one of 11 goalkeepers in the nation ranked No. 1 in goals-against average (0.00).

Erika Todd is 13th in assists per game (.83) and her four assists against Jacksonville State earlier this year is tied for first for assists in a game.

As a team, the 6-0 Otahkians are one of only three squads in the country to have not allowed a goal this season. The others are North Carolina and Princeton.

Iverson, McKie both undergo surgery

PHILADELPHIA -- Allen Iverson and Aaron McKie both had surgery Tuesday and will not be able to play for the Philadelphia 76ers for at least a month.

Iverson, the NBA's MVP who led the 76ers to the Finals last season, is expected to miss 4-to-6 weeks after an arthroscopic operation on his right elbow.

McKie, the league's top sixth man, had a similar procedure on his right shoulder and will be out 6-to-8 weeks.

Indians' skipper hospitalized again

CLEVELAND -- Indians manager Charlie Manuel was hospitalized Tuesday with stomach pains, the latest in a series of health problems.

Manuel had been suffering flu-like symptoms for the past couple of weeks. Team spokesman Bart Swain said the manager was to undergo tests and evaluation at the Cleveland Clinic for a possible abdominal infection and that no timetable had been set for his return.

Bench coach Grady Little managed the Indians for Tuesday night's game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Augspurger cards ace at Kimbeland C.C.

Stephanie Augspurger of Jackson sank her first career hole in one Tuesday at Kimbeland C.C.

Augspurger used a 7-iron to ace No. 4, a par 3 playing 110 yards.

Witnesses to the shot were Lillian Schneider and Dixie Jones.

-- From staff, wire reports