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Scott Halleran/Getty Images(MARANA, Arizona) -- Tiger Woods defeated Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano of Spain in the first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship Wednesday, 1 up.

The 14-time major champion took the lead for good on the 16th hole with a par putt.

“I had a hard time reading these greens,” Woods said. “You have the slope of the greens, there is the valley down there but then the grain on the greens isn’t matching up with the valley. Lot of times it goes with the slope of the greens.

Up next for Woods is a second-round match against Nick Watney Thursday.

Meanwhile, top seeded Luke Donald has been sent packing by Ernie Els, 5-and-4. Donald is just the third No. 1 seed to lose in the opening round of the event.

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Carolina Hurricanes/NHL(RALEIGH, N.C.) -- Carolina Hurricanes forward Tuomo Ruutu has agreed to a four-year, $19 million contract extension with the club.

Under the new deal, which runs through the 2015-16 season, the 29-year-old Ruutu will earn $4 million next year and $5 million the following three seasons.

Ruutu has 17 goals and 13 assists on the season. The Hurricanes acquired the former first-round pick from the Chicago Blackhawks on February 26th, 2008, in exchange for Andrew Ladd.

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Ezra Shaw/Getty Images(DENVER) -- Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow rose from third-string quarterback to playoff hero during the season, but in doing so he may have rubbed some of his teammates the wrong way. In an interview with GQ Magazine, Broncos backup quarterback Brady Quinn vented over "Tebowmania" and all that came with it during this past season.

"I felt like the fans had a lot to do with that," Quinn said regarding Tebow taking over as the starting quarterback. "Just 'cause they were chanting his name. There was a big calling for him. No, I don't have any billboards. That would have been nice."

"If you look at it as a whole, there's a lot of things that just didn't seem very humble to me. When I get that opportunity, I'll continue to lead not necessarily by trying to get in front of the camera and playing but by praying with my teammates, you know?"

Quinn later retracted his comments that could have come off as overly critical.

"The comments attributed to me in a recent magazine article in NO WAY reflective of my opinion of Tim and the Broncos," Quinn tweeted. "Tim deserves a lot of credit for our success and I'm happy for him and what he accomplished. Most importantly, he is a great teammate. The story was conducted three months ago, and the resulting story was a completely inaccurate portrayal of my comments."

Since joining the Broncos before the 2010 season, Quinn has yet to take a snap in a regular season game with the team.

iStockPhot?o/Thinksto?ck(NEW YORK) -- Tom Martinez, the man who helped mold New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady into the player he is today, died Tuesday -- on his 66th birthday.

Martinez, who worked with Brady as recently during the week leading up to the Super Bowl, reportedly died from a heart attack he suffered during a dialysis session.

"He's obviously a great friend of mine and a great friend of my family's, and has been for a long time," Brady said of Martinez before the Super Bowl. "He taught me how to throw the football at a young age. I'm forever indebted to him."

"Talk about a perfectionist, he's a perfectionist and he doesn't let anything slide with me. I owe so much to him. I love him. I love his family. He's got a great family, and I enjoy being with him and working with him."

Last summer, Martinez was given just months to live but managed to fight on; he suffered from kidney and heart problems.

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Christian Petersen/Getty Images(GLENDALE, Ariz.) -- If Milwaukee Brewers outfielder and reigning National League MVP Ryan Braun loses his appeal for an alleged positive test for performance enhancing drugs, Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp wouldn't want the award.

The 27-year old Kemp -- who placed second in the ratings -- had a tremendous season in 2011. He hit .324 with 39 homers, drove in 126 runs, stole 40 bases, and scored 115 runs. Despite Kemp's individual success on the field, the Dodgers missed the playoffs.

Meanwhile, Braun hit .332 with 33 home runs, drove in 111 runs, and scored 109 runs. Unlike Kemp, Braun's team won their division and made it to the playoffs.

"I feel like that would be by default," Kemp said if he was given the title if it's somehow stripped from Braun. "I wish I would've won it just by them voting me and me being the MVP. That would special. But hopefully, I will have the same type of year or even better and win it straight up this year, with us making the playoffs."

The Baseball Writers' Association of America, who are the ones who handed out the award, have already said that even if Braun loses his appeal, his award will not be revoked.

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Mitchell Layton/Getty Images(COLUMBIA, Mo.) -- For the second time this season, the Kansas State Wildcats (19-8) upset the No. 3 Missouri Tigers (25-3) on Tuesday night, 78-68.

Rodney McGruder scored 24 points to lead his Wildcats past the Tigers and another win over a top ranked team in less than a week.

"We had a lot of confidence," McGruder said. "And we felt like, 'Why not come in here and get a victory?'"

Head coach Frank Martin could not be happier of his team's performance over the last week.

"A week ago, I was trying to find a building that's more than six stories height-wise so I could jump," Martin joked after the game, although he wasn't smiling. "And these guys, they gave me energy to come in and coach them in practice because they were so positive even though we had just lost two tough games at Texas and [against] Kansas. They've been awesome, and I couldn't be happier that they've been rewarded these last two games."

Jordan Henriquez put the game away with an alley-oop dunk with 2:21 left in the game to give Kansas State a six point edge.

Miami Heat/NBA(MIAMI) -- Dwyane Wade had a huge night for Miami. Wade torched the Sacramento Kings (10-22) for 30 points and 10 assists in Miami's 120-108 win on Tuesday night.

"It was a good game for me, just trying to be aggressive and was able to get my teammates some shots," said Wade, who tied his career-best with 11 straight games of shooting 50 percent or better, matching a run from his rookie season. "And I was also able to continue do what I've been doing the last couple games, just taking high-percentage shots and making them."

Chris Bosh also provided a spark with 20 points and 10 rebounds of his own in the victory.

LeBron James chipped in 18 points to round out a total of 68 for Miami's Big Three.

This is now the seventh straight win for Miami and sit atop the NBA with a league best 26-7 record.

Next up for Miami will be the New York Knicks and league sensation Jeremy Lin on Thursday.

KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images(SURPRISE, Ariz.) -- Let the Darvish mania begin. The Texas Rangers arrived at Spring Training on Tuesday along with their Japanese star pitcher Yu Darvish in Arizona.

As Darvish approached the mound for his first session, the Japanese media flashed their cameras but were not able to get a word with him.

Catcher Luis Martinez was the first to get a look at the Rangers' new star on the mound who threw 30 pitches.

"I was excited and happy to catch him," said Martinez, who admitted that it was "a bit overwhelming," too. "He had a bunch of pitches, great stuff and stayed down in the zone. He threw curveballs, sliders, changeup, splits. He did really well."

One person who did get to chat with Darvish was pitcher Derek Holland.

"He's practicing it," Holland said of Darvish's English vocabulary. "He said, 'Please teach me English.' I told him I'm not the best guy to be teaching English. We were joking. He was getting a feel for it."

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