BRESCIA, Italy (AP) English duo Robert Rock and Laurie Canter and South Africa’s Richard Sterne all shot rounds of 8-under 63 on Thursday to share the lead after the first round of the Italian Open.

The trio was two shots ahead of a group of eight players, which includes 2016 Masters champion Danny Willett and Ryder Cup duo Ross Fisher and Thomas Pieters.

Daniel Im is also part of that group after a bogey on the 11th halted a bright start by the American on a day of low scoring at Gardagolf in Brescia.

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Lightning stopped play for about an hour and 19 minutes midway through the afternoon after Rock and Canter had both finished their rounds.

Rock was at 1 over after three holes, but carded nothing higher than a 3 on the next nine holes and finished with seven birdies and an eagle.

”I did well to bogey the second after two terrible tee shots, my provisional was in the water as well, but got on a run after that with all threes and twos for nine holes,” Rock..

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) A Utah couple ran into a different sort of hazard during a round of golf on Memorial Day near Salt Lake City.

A young moose bigger than their golf cart chased them off the links at the Park City Golf Club.

Emily Clearwater of Phoenix says she watched the scene unfold from a relative’s home nearby and took a video when she realized it was following them.

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She said the young-looking moose went after the cart twice but eventually lost interest.

Golfer Mark Redican told the Deseret News he was getting ready to hit a shot when his wife started yelling. They jumped in the cart and made an escape as the animal headed off to a nearby pond.

He says the animal wasn’t super aggressive, but it was ”gigantic” so they didn’t hang around.

The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors will face off in the NBA Finals for a fourth consecutive year starting Thursday night. The excitement level for this rematch has been turned down considerably, though, in large part because the Cavs no longer have a high-scoring guard to help LeBron James. Kyrie Irving, who hit the title-winning shot in 2016, was that guy for the three previous meetings and when he forced a trade, Isaiah Thomas was supposed to be a comparable replacement this season. Whoops.
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Thomas sat out the the first few months of this campaign with a hip injury, and when he finally returned to action, he didn't quite fit in as nicely as expected. The Cavs wound up dealing the diminutive guard to the Lakers at the trade deadline for Larry Nance Jr. and Jordan Clarkson. And if Isaiah was a poor man's Kyrie, Clarkson is a broke-ass man's Isaiah.
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Everybody loves happy ending, which is precisely why last year's infamous St. Louis Rally Cat incident went from hilarious to viral moment to national outrage (a not uncommon trajectory, admittedly) when it became clear that nobody was sure what had happened to the terrified little kitten after it was eventually—after much clawing and ball boy bloodshed—removed from the Busch Stadium field. “How could you be so careless with an innocent kitten, you irredeemable monsters?” bellowed legions of American cat lovers, who were equally unimpressed with the Cardinals' official statement saying they had given the kitten to a random fan who then promptly lost it in the nearby City Garden. Needless to say, what should have been a triumphant moment for American baseball, became a sad, cautionary table about America's stray pet problem.
Thankfully, the Detroit Tigers learned from that from that very fiasco. Last night, during the 6th inning of the Tigers' 6-1 win over the Ohtani..

Adam Glanzman(Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)Boston Celtics' fledgling superstar Jayson Tatum can do a lot of things. Spelling isn't one of them.
The NBA rookie made an appearance on ESPN's “Get Up,” and because the Worldwide Leader will be airing the National Spelling Bee this week, the show's hosts put Tatum to the test, asking him to name the letters in “Krzyzewski.” A sobriquet that would be a curveball for most, but should be an, ahem, layup for Tatum, given he played for Coach Mike Krzyzewski at Duke. (And because, obviously, Duke players are wicked smart as they go to class and do things the “right way.”)
Unfortunately, that was not the case, as Tatum was unable to get past…K:
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Luckily for Tatum, his Celtics lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, so instead of getting his butt handed to him by the Golden State Warriors, he can stay at home and take some no..

GALLOWAY, N.J. (AP) Irish twins Leona and Lisa Maguire are turning professional and plan to compete at next week’s ShopRite LPGA Classic.

Tournament executive director Tim Erensen says they will join the field that begins play June 8 at Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club.

Leona Maguire is a two-time National Player of the Year and three-time ACC champion for Duke. She recently broke Lydia Ko’s record for the most weeks (131) at the top of the world amateur rankings. She has played three times in the Curtis Cup and twice earned her LPGA card through Q School but returned to college each time.

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Lisa Maguire has been ranked as high as 35th as an amateur. She is a two-time member of the European Junior Solheim Cup team and played in the Curtis Cup in 2010.

FilmMagicJeff Goldblum—human insect, alien playboy, and therapist to the dinosaur stars—is taking a break from his usual silver-tongued rat-a-tat for a slightly different brand of silver-tongue rat-a-tat. Apparently an accomplished jazz pianist (as well as the brains behind humanity's 1996 salvation), Goldblum will release his very first album via Decca Records this fall…assuming he survives the Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom press tour, of course.
Goldblum allegedly caught the attention of Decca for the above performance—accompanying Gregory Porter for a performance of Nat King Cole's “Mona Lisa” on The Graham Norton Show last year—flashing lovely phrasing, delicate dynamics, and a solid understanding of jazz improvisation (in addition to that trademark charisma you know and crave). In a scene seemingly plucked from a very-meta Jeff Goldblum script, record execs immediately flew out to LA to ink the deal with Jeff Goldblum.
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The executive oversaw the company's signing of Tiger Woods in 2016.

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If we were to take bets on Bill Belichick's fast-food cheat-meal of choice, Arby's would have been our clear 3/2 favorite, followed closely by Wendy's and Dairy Queen at 5/1, and then Dunkin' Donuts/wherever sells fresh human souls at 12/1. On Wednesday afternoon, however, Belichick showed his true colors (and broke a few gambling addicts' hearts), when he rolled up to a undisclosed Chick-Fil-A drive-thru for a little post-OTA splurge.
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So what can we learn from Belichick's now semi-viral late lunch? One, he's an actual human being, and not a Sith Lord in disguise as we've long suspected. Two, he prefers Mr. Pibb to Dr. Pepper. Three, Bill is definitely not about that TB12 offseason conditioning program. In fact, if ESPN is to be believed, Belichick probably hates chicken, but went to Chick-Fil-A just so he could consume its deep-fried contents fr..