ROCHESTER, Aug. 16 — Shaun Micheel has never won a major championship, but he has done something far more meaningful. He has helped save two lives. In 1993, while playing on a minitour in North Carolina, Micheel and another golfer, Doug Barron, were driving to a golf course to practice when they saw another car career off an embankment into water.

Alfonso Soriano studied Willie Randolph, the Yankees' third-base coach, as he touched his cap, his nose, his ear, his arm and his belt, and somewhere in Randolph's rapid collection of movements was a sign for Soriano to bunt. This happened three different times while the Yankees played the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park last month. Each time, Soriano looked inept as he failed to produce a sacrifice.

It's a battle of Big 12 division leaders and the conference's past two champions, who haven't met since 1999. Oklahoma, a popular preseason choice for No. 1, has not disappointed, beating arch-rival Texas and demolishing highly ranked Iowa State its past two games.

PARIS (AP) -- Andre Agassi lost his temper and his quarterfinal match at the Paris Masters on Friday, exiting the tournament after a 6-4, 6-4 defeat to Spain's Carlos Moya.

TOKYO (AP) -- Let the bidding begin. Two days after winning the Japan Series, Yomiuri Giants slugger Hideki Matsui said Friday he wants to go to the North American major leagues.