GALLOWAY, N.J. (AP) Two-time champion Anna Nordqvist shot a 5-under 66 on Friday for a share of the first-round lead with Laura Diaz and Celine Herbin in the ShopRite LPGA Classic.

Nordqvist won the 54-hole event in 2015 and 2016 on Stockton Seaview’s Bay Course and finished second last year. Teeing off Friday in the afternoon when the wind was stronger, the 30-year-old Swede closed her bogey-free round with a birdie on the par-5 ninth.

The 43-year-old Diaz made the field as an alternate. She played in the morning when the greens were smoother and the wind more benign.

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Herbin birdied the final two holes.

Lydia Ko, In-Gee Chun and ANA Inspiration winner Pernilla Lindberg were at 67 with Sandra Gal, Su Oh, Beatriz Recari, Amy Yang and Wayne, New Jersey native Marina Alex. Defending champion I.K. Kim had a 68.

Shanshan Feng, at No. 4 the top-ranked player in the field, shot 69.

Leona Maguire, the former Duke star from Ireland, had a 69 in pro debut.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Bernhard Langer returned for a three-week break to shoot an 8-under 64 and take the first-round lead Friday in the PGA Tour Champions’ Principal Charity Classic.

Langer closed the bogey-free round with a 12-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th at Wakonda Club. The 60-year-old German star took the brief break in part to attend his son’s high school graduation.

”I think I have a pretty good idea now how to play the golf course,” Langer said. ”When I had to get up and down I got most of them up and down, and just bogey-free is always fun.”

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Glen Day and Woody Austin were a stroke back, and defending champion Brandt Jobe was at 66 with Jerry Kelly, Tom Lehman and Doug Garwood.

Day opened 66-67 last year at Wakonda, then faded with a 76.

”That was real easy. I had about three Coors Lights, we got in the car, drove home. It was no big deal,” said Day about moving past his finish in 2017. ”That’s long gone.”

On Friday, he had four birdies ..

Ethan MillerWell, it actually happened. Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals finally won the Stanley Cup. And while that's incredibly painful to write out as a New York Rangers fan, you couldn't help but smile for the Great 8 on Thursday night when he lifted the greatest trophy in sports and screamed his lungs out as he often does.
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If you know anything about Ovi, you know the real good stuff was going to come off the ice in the postgame celebration, as is tradition for any team that wins the Cup. But when Ovi finally got his hands on it, in VEGAS of all places, you knew the after-party was going to be special, and it started off with a BANG when the team was still on the ice.
The flash seen 'round the world kicked off a party of epic proportions that is really just getting started considering Ovi & co. have a whole year with Lord Stanley. We felt it was only right to round up all the ..

Lachlan CunninghamHAYWARD, CA – AUGUST 03: Stephen Curry look on from the ninth hole during round one of the Ellie Mae Classic at TCP Stonebrae on August 3, 2017 in Hayward, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)Stephen Curry's bid to win NBA Finals MVP took a bit of a hit on Wednesday night when the Warriors star had a rare off night shooting in Golden State's Game 3 win against Cleveland. But if shooting low golf scores while playing for a championship counts for anything, Curry has already locked up the award.
As we've seen in the past, Curry, who maintains a handicap around scratch, is on top of posting his scores when he plays. And that hasn't changed during the most important couple weeks of the NBA season. The USGA's GHIN system doesn't show what exact day a score was shot, but Curry has posted three scores in June thus far and the NBA Finals began on May 31, so you do the math.
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There were only five players on the Forbes' list, and their low ranking compared to year's past was a surprise. But there's no need to panic, and here's why

NurPhotoMost of humanity spends their formative years running from their gene pool, dodging dad's hardwired road rage and mom's Thanksgiving guilt trips along the way. When you're dad is Cristiano Ronaldo, however, you grab that double helix and wring it for every last drop of DNA. Just ask Cristiano Jr., who took the field after Portugal's 3-0 friendly victory on Thursday afternoon to prove that he is definitely a chip of the old block, sweeping a fabulous free quick into the top corner with a right foot that looks a hell of a lot like dad's:
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But while the finish is special, CR senior's reaction is even better, beaming with pride and the recognition of his own endearingly cocky self in his eldest son. Even if you can't stand Ronaldo (looking at you Barça, fans)..

We talk a lot of the Hockey Guy™ on here—a rare breed of sports maniac who values teeth like tic-tacs, says “aboot” even though he grew up on Long Island, and hasn't asked a barber to “touch the back” since 1991. Less publicized, however, is the Hockey Chick™, who, in addition to honeymooning in Edmonton and kicking the ass of the Hockey Guy™ mansplaining forechecking to her at the bar, is also totally comfortable pressing her, uhh, cups against the glass when the Caps, after decades of ulcer-inducing heartbreak, finally win the Cup. If that sounds oddly specific, that's because it actually happened:
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The lions share of the credit for this iconic hockey moment goes to this courageous woman, who put her job/love life/future children's elementary school torment on the line all in the name of Lord Stanley, but a quick shout to the Caps players as well, who matched th..

SOUTHAMPTON, New York (AP) A capsule look at 10 top contenders for the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills on June 14-17 (listed in predicted order of finish):

RORY MCILROY

Age: 29.

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Country: Northern Ireland.

World ranking: 6.

Worldwide victories: 22.

Majors: US Open (2011), British Open (2014), US PGA Championship (2012, 2014).

Best US Open: Won in 2011 at Congressional.

US Open memory: Winning the U.S. Open with a record score (268) just 10 weeks after losing a four-shot lead in the Masters.

Backspin: McIlroy has missed the cut four times in the U.S. Open, compared with once for the other three majors. He at least has a victory this year (Bay Hill) heading into the major season. Goes into this U.S. Open following more Augusta National disappointment, playing in the final group with Patrick Reed and shooting 74.

DUSTIN JOHNSON

Age: 33.

Country: United States.

World ranking: 2.

Worldwide victories: 17.

Majors: US Open (2016).

Best US Open: Won in ..

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) How well do you know your U.S. Open history? Try this quiz:

1. Who is the only player to complete the career Grand Slam at the U.S. Open?

a.) Bobby Jones

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b.) Gary Player

c.) Gene Sarazen

2. Who won the first U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills?

a.) James Foulis

b.) Horton Smith

c.) Horace Rawlins

3. Name the last player to win the U.S. Open in his first attempt.

a.) Francis Ouimet

b.) Jack Fleck

c.) Fuzzy Zoeller

4. How many times has Phil Mickelson been U.S. Open runner-up in the state of New York

a.) 2

b.) 4

c.) 6

5. Name the only other player to break par in the three U.S. Opens won by Tiger Woods.

a.) Phil Mickelson

b.) Ernie Els

c.) Rocco Mediate

6. Who holds the 72-hole scoring record at the U.S. Open?

a.) Tiger Woods

b.) Martin Kaymer

c.) Rory McIlroy

7. Who was the first player to shoot in the 60s all rounds in the U.S. Open?

a.) Tony Jacklin

b.) Lee Trevino

c.) Hale Irwin

8. Five players have shot 63 in..

Hank Haney first noticed something wrong when Tiger Woods got up from the dinner table to get something to drink and stopped suddenly, bent over with his eyes closed and then held the position until he could keep walking.

”I remember thinking, `That’s not a good sign,”’ said Haney, his swing coach of four years.

The timing wasn’t great, either.

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It was a month after Woods had surgery for the third time on his left knee. It was three weeks before the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines.

Haney had come to Florida to start preparations for the Open, only to find out that Woods heard a crack below his left knee while hitting a 5-iron from a downhill lie a few days earlier. His doctor came to the house on May 31 to go over results from an MRI – shredded ligaments in his left knee, a double stress fracture in his lower leg.

The first round of the U.S. Open was 13 days away.

”My immediate thought was I had the rest of the year off,” Haney said.

Woods had other id..