Taiwan's Tseng wins fourth major golf title (AFP)

ROCHESTER, New York (AFP) – World No. 1 Yani Tseng of Taiwan captured her fourth major title on Sunday in overwhelming fashion, firing a final-round six-under par 66 to win the LPGA Championship by 10 strokes.

The 22-year-old Asian star became the youngest player to collect a fourth career major title, having previously taken last year's Kraft Nabisco and Women's British Open crowns as well as the 2008 LPGA Championship.

"I don't think about being the youngest," Tseng said. "I just focus on the shots and the tournament."

Tseng finished 72 holes on 19-under par 269 to complete a wire-to-wire victory for her eighth career LPGA crown.

Asked if she has ever played better, Tseng said, "I don't think so, especially because this is a major."

American Morgan Pressel was second on 279, one stroke ahead of compatriots Paula Creamer and Cristie Kerr and Norway's Suzann Pettersen. South Korean Meena Lee and American Stacy Lewis, the year's first major winner, were on 282.

Tseng also led this year's first major, the Kraft Nabisco, after 54 holes in April but touched the trophy before the start of the last round, went on to fire a 74 and lost to Lewis.

Tseng will have the chance to complete a career Grand Slam in two weeks at the US Women's Open in Colorado on the same Broadmoor course where Tseng's friend and role model, retired legend Annika Sorenstam, won her first major.

"I'm just going to talk to Annika, get some tips, go to the swimming pool and then head for the mountains," Tseng said. "I think I have a chance (to win for the career Slam) the way I'm playing now. That sounds really good."

Sorenstam, a 10-time major champion from Sweden, lives only a long chip shot from Tseng in Florida after Tseng bought Sorenstam's former home. Sorenstam warned current players that Tseng's best might very well be yet to come.

"She's playing some amazing golf. The way she is playing a major is really, really impressive," Sorenstam said. "She is the new face of the LPGA. She's great for the game.

"She still has some things to improve. Once she does, she is going to be hard to stop."

Tseng became the first player since retired Mexican star Lorena Ochoa in 2008 to win a major after winning her prior LPGA event, having won the State Farm Classic two weeks ago.

Taiwan prodigy Tseng is a former teen training partner of Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, who won his first major title last week at the US Open at age 22.

While McIlroy hopes to become a dominant figure on the men's side beyond a single triumph, Tseng has already served notice this is her era in majors as well as this season.

Tseng won her first four events of the year, the first in Taiwan, the next two in Australia and the LPGA season opener in Thailand.

After waking up with a five-stroke lead, Tseng appeared to open the door for her pursuers with a bogey at the first. But Tseng birdied the next three holes and birdied the sixth and par-5 eighth to pull away.

"I just told myself, 'It's only the first hole. It's better than a bogey on 10 or 18,'" Tseng said. "I just told myself to be patient and try to get it back."

Tseng also birdied the next par-5 hole, the 11th, before taking another bogey at the 13th. Tseng responded with a birdie at 14 and another at the par-5 17th to reach 19-under and stretch her lead to double digits.

Tseng marched up to the 18th green to applause to find her ball 15 feet from the cup for a closing birdie. The putt rolled up just short but she dropped in a two-footer to finish off the triumph, then raised her arms to celebrate.

"I had very good emotions," Tseng said. "I felt so many people supporting me. I really feel appreciated."

Pettersen was already playing to prepare for the US Women's Open because Tseng was so far ahead.

"I just tried to grind it out and find something for the Open," Pettersen said. "I found a little something but it was too late. Yani is playing really well out here. She's going to be a tough competitor all year around."

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Mavericks cool Heat, capture NBA title

(CNN) -- Jason Terry can keep the tattoo.

One of the many story lines in the NBA Finals won by the Dallas Mavericks Sunday night was Terry's bold tattoo. Terry said he had the Larry O'Brien championship trophy tattooed on his right bicep before the season began because he was confident the Mavs would clinch the title.

Losing would've been painful for Terry, literally, as he said he would have the tattoo removed.

The Mavs won 105-95, with Terry leading the team with 27 points.

It was the Mavs' first NBA championship in franchise history. Dallas clinched the series by a margin of 4-2. Prior to their Game 6 victory, no player on the Mavs had won an NBA title.

"When you did something as crazy as I did, you have to back it up," Terry said showing his tattoo to the television cameras. "This team never gave up when faced with adversity. We never gave up. Tonight we got vindication."

The team worked so long and so hard. The team deserves this. The Mavs nation deserves this.
--Dirk Nowitzki

The Mavs used furious scoring barrages by Terry and weathered an uneven game by star forward Dirk Nowitzki to win. In the end, Miami could not overcome Dallas' zone defense.

"I still really can't believe it. The team worked so long and so hard. The team deserves this. The Mavs nation deserves this," Nowitski said. "I could not get in a rhythm today but the team carried me to this win."

"I gotta give it up for the fellas," Nowitski said.

Despite a poor shooting night, Nowitzki still had 21 points.

The Mavs held a slim 53-51 lead at halftime and were able to grow the lead. They led by nine at the end of the third quarter. They pulled away in the fourth quarter, helped by Miami's sloppy play and turnovers.

The loss was devastating for Miami, a team that seemed to be put together for a championship.

Before the season, the Heat added perennial all-star forward Chris Bosh and superstar forward LeBron James to a team that was headed by talented guard Dwayne Wade.

A dejected James shook a few hands before quickly walking off the floor. The rest of the Heat stayed out to shake the hands.

"It hurts, of course. But I am not going to hang my head low," James told reporters after the game.

The win not only means the first championship for star power forward Nowitzki, it also means his Mavericks avenged their crushing loss against the Heat in the 2006 NBA Finals.

That year, Nowitzki and the Mavericks watched a 2-0 series lead in the NBA Finals evaporate at the hands of Wade and the Heat.

For 38-year-old Dallas point guard Jason Kidd, Sunday's victory was a long-time coming.

"It's something that you always dream of when you come into the league," Kidd said shortly after the victory. "And it just shows the character of this team... I guess the third time's a charm."

The post-game celebration resulted in at least 14 arrests in downtown Dallas, according to police, including four for disorderly conduct and six for public intoxication.

CNN's Benjamin Gottlieb and Vivian Kuo contributed to this report

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Butler Bulldogs Lost The Title Because Of A Weak Defence

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Bulldogs have lost in the final of NCAA consecutively for second time. Butler Bulldogs could not get a lead in score over Huskies due to strong defence of Huskies. At the other side, Connecticut Huskies main reason of success was that they had a very good defence as compared to Bulldogs.
Huskies are now the winners of college basketball championship. Connecticut Huskies defeated Butler Bulldogs with a good margin. Kemba Walker’s points at the end of match were 16; he led Connecticut Huskies against the Butler Bulldogs; score position at points table was 53-41 by the end of match. Jim Calhoun who is the coach of Connecticut Huskies has become the fifth coach in history of NCAA whose three coached teams have won the national trophy.

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Yale probed for alleged Title IX violation

Yale under federal investigation for alleged Title IX violation From Jordana Ossad, CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTSYale is under investigation for claims school policies permitted a "sexually hostile environment"The complaint says the school has an insufficient process for addressing Title IXYale says it cannot respond to the accusations because it has not yet received the complaintThe university says, "Yale takes extremely seriously all allegations of sexual harassment" (CNN) -- Yale University is under federal investigation after a complaint was filed that claims it's policies have allowed a "sexually hostile environment" to exist on campus, officials said.

The complaint blames the prestigious university for failing to adequately respond to alleged incidents of harassment, U.S. Department of Education spokesman Jim Bradshaw quoted the complaint Friday as saying.

The school is accused of providing an insufficient grievance process for addressing the federal gender-equity law, Title IX, which allegedly resulted in "the denial of equal opportunity to education for numerous university students," he said.

Yale spokesman Thomas Conroy told CNN that the university cannot respond to the accusations because it has not yet received the formal complaint.

"We will respond fully to the investigation, and cooperate with the (Department of Education) Office of Civil Rights," Conroy said.

He added, "Yale takes extremely seriously all allegations of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct, including allegations of a 'hostile environment.'"

The investigation comes on the heels of a controversial YouTube video released in October that revealed chants encouraging rape, allegedly being expressed by Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity's new recruits as they marched through the Yale campus in New Haven, Connecticut.

In a statement by the board of directors of Delta Kappa Epsilon, the international fraternity said it strongly condemns the actions of the Yale chapter and acknowledges that the sentiments expressed were offensive.

The complaint also follows reports of a party in which undergraduate students were allegedly asked to strip naked.

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