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Woods on top of the world again\nCARLSBAD, Calif. -- Tiger Woods simply has no match.\nSpraying his tee shots all over the course, Woods went 25 holes before he finally took the lead Sunday, then roared past Davis Love III with key putts to win the Match Play Championship for the second straight year, 3 and 2.\n"I was in quite a few places where I was in trouble," Woods said. "The good ol' flat stick is the great equalizer."\nWoods won for the 40th time on the PGA Tour in just his 149th start, the quickest anyone has reached that milestone. Jack Nicklaus played 221 events before he won his 40th tournament.\nWoods earned $1.2 million, the biggest prize to date on the PGA Tour, and reminded everyone who's No. 1 in the world -- and who's the best when the world gets together.\nHe won for the eighth time in the 14 official World Golf Championships he has played.\nEven more impressive are his back-to-back victories in the Accenture Match Play Championship, the most unpredictable format in golf because of the five 18-hole matches required to get to the finals.\nWoods thrives on this format.\n"Right from the first tee, it's eyeball-to-eyeball," he said. "That, to me, is a great rush."\nWhite House proposes steriod summit\nThe White House wants to organize a summit of representatives from the major sports leagues and the U.S. Olympic Committee to discuss steroid use by athletes.\nOfficials from major league baseball, the NFL, NBA, NHL and USOC confirmed Sunday they were contacted by the White House about such a meeting.\nThe White House had no immediate comment Sunday.\nSpokesmen for the NFL, NBA and baseball said those sports would participate but added no date had been set. NHL spokesman Frank Brown would not say if the league plans to take part.\nNFL Players' Association Executive Director Gene Upshaw said he would be interested in taking part in the meeting -- but only if others participate.\n"We're not looking to be in a position to be the only ones at a summit," Upshaw said in a telephone interview.\nThe USOC said it welcomed a chance to participate.\n"We look forward to working with the White House in this important endeavor," USOC spokesman Darryl Seibel said. "There is no room for the use of banned or illegal substances in sport."\nThe Washington Post first reported on the proposed summit Sunday, saying officials from the major sports leagues tentatively agreed to attend the meeting. Citing administration officials, the newspaper reported there has been resistance to the meeting from the baseball players' union.\nGene Orza, associate general counsel of the union, did not immediately return several calls Sunday.