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Golf

Augusta's Parel qualifies for Open

Augusta's Scott Parel qualified for the U.S. Open on Tuesday with rounds of 66-66-132 at Ansley Golf Club's Settindown Creek course in Roswell, Ga.

Parel was the medalist at the sectional qualifying site. Thomas Levet of France and Ken Duke of Boca Raton, Fla., also secured spots in the Open, which will be held June 13-16 at Bethpage State Park's Black Course in Farmingdale, N.Y.

Three other players with Augusta ties did not qualify at Settindown Creek. Brooks Blackburn shot 74-78-152, Vaughn Taylor shot 78-80-158 and Kyle Bradley had rounds of 79-82-161.

Television

Woods heads list for awards show

Tiger Woods headed a list of nominees for the 10th Annual ESPY Awards.

Woods, who has won 11 ESPY Awards, is going for a three-peat in two categories: best male athlete - which he won the last two years - and best male golfer, which he won the last two years and three of the last four. He is also nominated for best record-breaking performance for winning four consecutive major tournaments.

The previous record holder, Michael Jordan with 10, was nominated for Best Comeback Athlete, an award he won in 1996. He would be the first two-time winner of that award.

Besides Woods, the best male athlete nominees are Lance Armstrong, Barry Bonds, Shaquille O'Neal and Cael Sanderson.

Nominees for best female athlete are Jennifer Capriati, Sarah Hughes, Lisa Leslie, Annika Sorenstam and Venus Williams.

The awards show will be broadcast on ESPN on Wednesday, July 10.

Football

Siragusa, Irvin join Fox Sports Net

Recently retired defensive lineman Tony Siragusa and former Dallas wide receiver Michael Irvin have joined a revamped Fox football show that will air Saturday nights and Sunday mornings in the fall.

Instead of the NFL This Morning, the show will now be called The NFL Show.

It will debut Saturday Sept. 8 after the network's college football coverage, and be re-shown Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. EDT.

Baseball

Gooden receives one-year probation

Dwight Gooden, 37, accused of drunken driving in February, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a reduced charge of reckless driving, and was placed on probation for one year.

Hillsborough County Circuit Judge James Dominguez also ordered the former All-Star to complete DUI school, and perform 21 hours of community service.

Gooden was arrested on Feb. 20 when Tampa police said they saw his car swerving on an expressway and subsequently found an open beer bottle in his car.

Gooden pitched 16 seasons for the New York Mets and Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros and Tampa Bay Devil Rays before retiring in March 2001 with a 194-112 record and 3.51 career ERA.

Georgia Games

Officials promote event awareness

In a presentation to the Augusta Commission, the Greater Augusta Sports Council and Department of Parks and Recreation announced plans for this summer's Georgia Games, which will be held in the area from July 12-21.

Augusta is the only city outside of Atlanta to host the games, which will require more than 2,500 volunteers and be "Olympic in style," officials said.

Opening ceremonies for the games will include a torch run and a performance by singer Edwin McCain. The mayor was presented with a framed poster, promoting the games during Tuesday's Augusta Commission meeting.