Sports in Brief: No. 1 seed out of Match Play

Ross McGowan, who got into the 64-man field for the Accenture Match Play Tournament only because Tiger Woods isn't playing, become the second golfer in the 12-year history of the event to knock out the No. 1 seed in the opening round.

McGowan rolled in a 30-foot par putt on the 19th hole yesterday at Dove Mountain in Marana, Ariz., to beat Steve Stricker, the top seed in Woods' absence.

No. 2 seed Lee Westwood beat fellow Englishman Chris Wood, and No. 3 Jim Furyk beat Ryder Cup teammate Scott Verplank.

JURISPRUDENCE: Joe Papp, the cyclist who was a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency witness against Floyd Landis in 2007 pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute human growth hormone and another performance-enhancing drug he imported from China in Pittsburgh.

A judge in Woburn, Mass., ruled that if the brother of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan posts bond, he can live in the house where he is accused of assaulting his father, who later died. Mark Kerrigan is being held on a $10,000 bond as he undergoes a psychiatric evaluation.

Oregon tailback LaMichael James was charged with domestic violence after his girlfriend said he grabbed her neck during an argument outside his apartment in Portland and pushed her to the ground. James, 20, pleaded not guilty.

Joan Becker testified that her son, Mark Becker, was hospitalized for mental issues three times before he was accused of gunning down Aplington-Parkersburg High football coach Ed Thomas in June. Mark Becker has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in Allison, Iowa.

NOTEWORTHY: Paraguay striker Salvador Cabanas was moved out of intensive care as he recovers after being shot in the head in a Mexico City bar on Jan. 25. The suspect, Jose Jorge Balderas, remains at large.

Andy Roddick topped James Blake, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3), in the first round of the Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis.