Morning roundup: Preseason elite team announced
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Published: November 3, 2009
Preseason elite team announced
Notre Dame forward Luke Harangody and Kansas teammates Cole Aldrich and Sherron Collins are the leading vote-getters on The Associated Press’ preseason All-America basketball team.
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World Golf Hall inducts three
Lanny Wadkins, Jose Maria Olazabal and Christy O’Connor Sr. were inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame, a reward for hundreds of international victories and stellar performances under intense pressure in the Ryder Cup.
Joining them posthumously was President Dwight Eisenhower, whose love of golf has been credited for a surge in interest in the game while he was in office from 1952-1960.
The number of people who took up golf in those years more than doubled, and golf historians credit a good portion of that surge to Eisenhower’s visibility in playing the sport.
Serena’s earnings set record
Serena Williams set the record for single-season prize money in women’s tennis by topping $6.5 million in 2009.
Williams broke the WTA mark of slightly under $5.5 million, earned by Justine Henin in 2007.
The American won the season-ending tour championships Sunday, beating older sister Venus in the final, and ends the year ranked No. 1.
The younger Williams also won the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2009.
Williams’ career prize money is now at a record $28.5 million.
From wire reports
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