Woods hit two ceremonial drives at The Cliffs at High Carolina, both of which sailed into the trees. He then offered the crowd of more than a hundred spectators the opportunity to tee it up and try to outdrive him. Nobody took the challenge -- until young golfer Mark Benevento Jr. stepped up.

With all eyes on him, the 12-year-old calmly whacked a 200-yard drive straight down the fairway.  Tiger said he'd like to see that shot again, and Mark obliged, sending another shot straight and true.

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Iuliia Arkhipova of Kyrgyzstan, the women's winner

Alphonce Yatich of Kenya, the men's winner

A pack of runners during Saturday's race, including three of the top four runners.

A strange occurrence took place Sunday. I -- a Browns fan -- was consoling a Steelers fan. Scary, huh?

I stressed not to panic after the Steelers' 23-20 loss to Cincinnati. Sure Baltimore is 3-0, but two of those wins came against bad teams, including my pathetic Browns.

There also was a silver lining in the Steelers falling to 1-2. That was Willie Parker and the running game showing some life. If you ask me, that's concern No. 1 if the Steelers hope to have a chance at repeating.

-- Matt Goul

So Michigan beats Notre Dame in a game pitting my two least favorite college football teams (and I'm guessing I'm not alone in that opinion).

For the benefit of Big Ten reputation, I half-heartedly pulled for the Wolverines to beat the Golden Domers, which they did thanks to Tate Forcier's touchdown toss and some shoddy Irish defense.

But then Michigan's Jonas Mouton throws a punch and connects on the chin of Notre Dame's Eric Olsen. At first, Rich Rod denies knowledge of it and then doesn't bother to discipline the linebacker. What a joke!

He sure has embraced the Michigan way, hasn't he?

--Tom Hunt

That's the question many Philadelphia Eagles fans -- and indeed fans all around the league -- must be asking themselves now. No doubt the Eagles signing of Michael Vick came as a huge shock, and it certainly sparked the anger of many fans and animal rights activists, including some in York County.

But Vick is trying to show the public he is, indeed, a different person. He has partnered with the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) to try and educate inner-city youths about the evils of dogfighting and animal torture.

While reporting for our local reaction story on Vick on Friday, I stumbled onto an interview with HSUS' Chief Operating Officer, Michael Markarian, who offered an interesting take on Vick's efforts with the HSUS, and just how much he could mean to the effort to stop dogfighting.

"It seemed to have a big impact," Markarian said of Vick's appearances. "We talked to kids afterward who said they've seen dogfights in their own neighborhoods. We think that Michael Vick's participation could really turn this problem around."

Of course there's a big "if" to all this. That's if Vick sticks with the program, and if all the remorse he's shown isn't just a ploy to win back his spot in the NFL.

"It's hard to know what's in a man's heart, but it seems to us like he's very sincere," Markarian said. "He knows what he did is terrible and he wants to make amends. He said to the group in Chicago if I can reach 50 kids or 100 kids, maybe I can save more dogs than I hurt.

"We were skeptical frankly. No one was tougher on Michael Vick than we were. But we also want people to be able to change and be better. We want to give people the opportunity."

Markarian understood that there will be some who never forgive Vick for his sins, but said he hopes to "channel that anger into something that's productive and stops animal cruelty."

"We believe that nothing can be changed by continuous punitive treatment. But a lot can be gained if Michael Vick becomes an ambassador and something against dogfighting. We think that can change a lot of lives. Lives of dogs and lives of young men.

"It's up to Michael to show that he's serious. Serious about the work and serious about sticking it out."

Teammates Hali Flickinger (4:52.51) and Julia Kucherich (4:53.24) finished 11th and 14th respectively in the women's 400 individual medley.

Both Flickinger and Kucherich swam Olympic Trial cut times as did Stewart in the 100 fly.

These are great performances against some of the nation's best at the meet which runs through Friday.