Sorenstam ends season without win

Annika Sorenstam's worst year since she was a rookie offered one last hope yesterday afternoon in the ADT Championship when she was among three players desperate to claim the last two spots in the chase for $1 million. Sorenstam hit a quick hook with a 5-iron into the face of a bunker, blasted over the green, and was eliminated in a 3-for-2 playoff at Trump International in West Palm Beach, Fla., ending her year without a victory for the first time since 1994. "I'll get over it," she said tersely. "I'll be back." Just not for the weekend, where the 16 players who advanced will start the third round today with their scores wiped clean . . . Defending champion Padraig Harrington shot a 5-under-par 65 for a share of the lead with Ian Poulter at 7-under 133 in the Dunlop Phoenix in Miyazaki, Japan . . . Robert Karlsson shot his second straight 6-under 64 to take a four-stroke lead in the Hong Kong Open.

Larry Hughes, Cleveland's fragile guard, will miss at least four weeks with a deep bone bruise in his left leg. Hughes hurt his leg during a game Nov. 4 at Phoenix when he collided with Suns guard Leandro Barbosa. The 6-foot-5-inch, 185-pound Hughes has spent a large chunk of his career on the sideline with an assortment of injuries. "I've dealt with enough broken things and body things that I know that it takes a little while," Hughes said.

Quarterback Dennis Dixon will have surgery on the left knee that buckled early in No. 2 Oregon's upset loss at Arizona Thursday night, costing the Ducks a shot at the national championship and likely spoiling his chance to win the Heisman Trophy. Dixon tore his anterior cruciate ligament during Oregon's Nov. 3 victory over Arizona State, according to coach Mike Bellotti, but he had rested it and felt like he was ready to play against the Wildcats.

Players must notify officials within 48 hours if they hear any information about gambling or match-fixing under a new ATP rule. The measure was approved during a three-day ATP board meeting. "To us, nothing is more important than the integrity and honesty of the sport," ATP president Etienne de Villiers said . . . Roger Federer overwhelmed Andy Roddick, 6-4, 6-2, in a round-robin match at the Masters Cup in Shanghai in which both players were already assured of reaching the semifinals. Federer will play No. 2 Rafael Nadal; Roddick faces No. 6 David Ferrer, who went undefeated in his group.

Suffolk Downs posted significant increases in daily attendance and on-track live handle for the 2007 meet, which ended last Saturday. Average daily attendance for the 100-day live racing meet increased 22 percent over last year, from 2,687 to 3,288, while average daily handle was up 14 percent, from $107,385 to $122,702. Total purses went up 12 percent, from $10.9 million to $12.2 million . . . A local investor group trying to buy the Nashville Predators reached an agreement with city officials on changes to the arena lease. In the deal, Mayor Karl Dean said the team would be required to stay in Nashville for five years or it would have to pay back the city its investment in the operations of the Sommet Center.