You know you've awakened to an alternate universe when Tiger Woods is happy with a 19th-place finish in a tournament. And not just any tournament, but Jack's tournament, an event he's won four times including last year.  It was his worst finish ever in the Memorial and he was 12 strokes off the winner, Justin Rose.  But the majors, and the pursuit of Jack Nicklaus' record, are the goal for Woods and he feels he may be swinging into shape for next week's U.S. Open.  It's a U.S. Open that he'll enter coach-free, coming off a sore neck and trying to reclaim both his game and his life after a turbulent six months.  But he's got his sense of humor back, laughing when asked what he discovered shooting rounds of 72-69-69-72.  "Well, I'm capable of playing four rounds in a row," said Woods, who battled a balky driver all week. "Thank you."  But Woods who is apt to pick apart his own 12-stroke win, was looking for a little something for the effort.  "I felt like this week I hit some really good shots, shots that I have been lacking," Woods said. "It's just one of those things where I still need some work at home."  He'll have a week to get himself ready for a major played at Pebble Beach, a course that he owns.  "I need to be able to shape the ball both ways comfortably. I was able to do that most of the week here this week, which was good," Woods said. "I hit some shots that I hadn't hit in a long time."  So in the lair of the "Bear" are we seeing a sleeping Tiger come awake?  While we wait for someone to poke a stick through the cage, here is some good work by some good people that we might have missed while sleeping or wonder where the Celtics found the fountain of youth.  No. 1 baseball draft prospect Bryce Harper has "some growing up to do."  Mark Sanchez turns to Rich Gannon.  Conference expansion talk keeps expanding.  Derek Jeter had a fan in John Wooden.  Is Tom Thibodeau the answer for the Chicago Bulls?  As we all predicted, Augusta State is your NCAA golf champion.  Dez Bryant talks about Deion Sanders and other things.  To locate Reid Cherner on Twitter, click here. To tap into Tom Weir's tweets, knock here. And to keep posted on the Game On! tweeter posts, tap here.  To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor  . For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to  . Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our corrections, go to
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