1.   Jimmy Kirkwood improved greatly as the tournament went on while Rick Johnson was a revelation in midfield -- so it certainly was not all negative in Poznan.

2.   Although the results do not count in the standing, the holiday tournaments are going to test these surprise teams.

3.   And so went the tournament.

4.   A Lunar New Year international soccer tournament will go ahead as planned, at the end of January, said Urban Council chairman Dr Ronald Leung Ding-bong.

5.   A golf tournament in Alpharetta went off fine Wednesday.

6.   China and Norway are playing better as the tournament goes along.

7.   How can you possibly pay attention when the NCAA tournament is going on?

8.   I wish the golf tournament was going on.

9.   In the latest incarnation, the tournament goes to the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Tarzana.

10.   Laura Davies, a former Chick-fil-A champion, said she wonders when the tournament is going to get a weather break.