(US Open)

Shinnecock Course….Sunny-very windy-dry greens in 1st round-disastrous opening day for big names…Only 4-broke par.

(69)..Dustin Johnson-Russ Henley..Ian Poulter-Scott Piercy in 4-way tit for lead.r
(70)..Xander Schauffele
(71)..Justin Rose-Charley Hoffman
(73)..Ricky Fowler

Tiger Woods…Triple bogey on first hole-bogey on 2nd hole..then back to back double eagles late…finished (78)
Phil Mickelson…8-bogeys on day (77)
Jordan Spieth…5-bogeys-double bogey (78)
Jason Day..poor day (79)
Rory McIlroy…worst round 3-double bogeys-6-bogeys (80)

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World Cup

(Scoreboard)

Russia-W-Saudi Arabia (5-0)…Russia scores in 12th minutes..Denis Cheryshev 2-goals in win.

(Friday Schedule).

..Egypt-Uruguay…40-goal scorer Mo Salah cleared to play…Luis Suarez leads South American side.
..Portugal-Spain..Matchup Cristiano Ronaldo-vs-Diego Costa-David Silva-David deGea of Spain
..Morocco-Iran

(Saturday Games)

..Argentina-Iceland..Firepower Lionel Messi-Sergio Aguayo
..France-Australia..LeBleu led by Paul Pogna-Olivier Geroud-Mbappe
..Denmark-Peru.

(Sunday Games)

..Germany-Mexico…..El Tri loaded with fire power vs German side likely a favorite to win….Thomas Muller-Timo Werner-vs-Chicharito-Carlos Vela and the Dos Santos brothers….Mexico trying to shed the label of never having gotten out of the 2nd round in knockout action in the history of the cup.j

Spain…Criticized for firing coach Julen Lapetegui 2-days before World Cup starts because he took Real Madrid job.

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Padres–L-Braves (4-2)…Ender Inciarte HR…Ozzie Albeies RBI-double…Braves score 2-more runs when Padres fail to make plays at home plate…..

San Diego-Atlanta…Friday matchup-Clayton Richard (5-6)-vs-Julio Teheren (4-4)….Richard last 6-starts (4-1) 3.00-ERA.

Padres…Rehab assignments at Lake Elsinore..P-Joey Luchessi….C-Austin Hedges-
Padres..Rehab assignment at El Paso….OF-Wil Myers…OF-Franchy Cordero.

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Dodgers…Off day on Thursday.

Dodgers-Giants…Friday pitchers…Ross Stripling (5-1) 1.65-ERA-vs-Derek Holland (4-6)

Dodgers..P-Rich Hill send to Rancho Cucomonga-rehab stint

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Angels…Off day on Thursday

Angels-A’s…Friday night matchup…Tyler Skaggs (5-4)-vs-Chris Bassett.

Angels..P-Garrett Richards-treated for hamstring cramping.
Angels..3B-Zack Cosart-strained shoulder
Angels..OF-Kole Calhoun sent to Salt Lake City-rehab stint

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(Scoreboard)

Red Sox-W-Seattle…Xander Bogaerts solo HR…Boston (48-22)…Mariners won 20-of-26…Sox won 9-of-12

Houston-W-A’s..Brian McCann 2R-HR…Astros (45-25)

Yankees-W-Tampa Bay…Gleyber Torres 3R-HR…NY (44-20)…Yankees won 11-of-14

Arizona-W-Mets…David Peralta 2- HRs…Paul Goldschmidt HR…Jake Lamb HR…D-Backs won 12-of-16…Mets lost 11-of-12

Giants-W-Marlins…Pablos Sandoval 2R-single in 16th…Andrew McCutchen 2R-HR…JT Riddle HR for Marlins

Phillies-W-Rockies..Rhys Hoskins RBI single-RBI double-HR..Rockies lost 6-of-7

Tigers-W-Twins…JaCoby Jones 2R-HR for Detroit

Indians-W-White Sox..Francisco Lindor HR..Jose Ramirez 2R-HR….Sox now (24-43)

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(Injuries)

Giants..3B-Evan Longoria broken hand-hit by pitch

Red Sox…P-Drew Pomeranz develops neck issue while rehabbing forearm injury.

Orioles..P-Rich Bleier-DL-lat injury

(Roster)

Indians DFA-OF-Melky Cabrera
Mariners..DFA-P-Mike Morin
Twins..Option slumping Miguel Sano..was hitting (.207)

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(College World Series) Omaha

Friday Night
..Oregon State (49-10)-vs-North Carolina…Washington-vs-Mississippi State
Saturday
..Arkansas (44-19)-vs-Texas….Texas Tech-vs-Florida (47-19)

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…….(Basketball)………..

LA Lakers…Tell Lonzo Ball-Kyle Kouzma to stop roasting each other and their families on social media.

Clippers..Hire Rex Kalamian-assistant-ex Toronto Raptors

Anne Donovan…Legendary womens star Old Dominion…passes away (56)…(6’8-C) won 2-NCAA titles with Lady Monarchs-1st women’s superstar…also won 2-Olympic Gold Medals….Legendary coach in WNBA and US Olympic team…had heart disease

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Kellen Winslow….San Diego police arrest him on 9-sexual assault charges…2-kidnapping..2-rape..Sodoomy-Copulation-Indecent Exposure-Burglary…held without bond.

Chris Falitua-LB-Top recruit for Cal Golden Bears from Madison High…hospitalized with severee spinal chord injury suffered in accident on Monday….

Chargers…Confirm they contacted agent for FA-TE-Antonio Gates about returning to team to replace injured Hunter Henry.

(Roster Movfes)

Lions..Sign FA-TE-Sean McGrath-ex Chargers
Jets..Sign FA-DE-Courtney Upshaw-ex Ravens-Falcons
Saints..Sign FA-RB-Terrance West-ex Ravens
Browns..Sign FA-LB-Brady Shelton-ex Raiders…FA-K-Ross Martin-ex Jets
Arizona..Workout FA-WR-Greg Little-ex Browns
Patriots..Workout FA-QB-Christian Hackeburg-ex Raiders-Jets.

(OTA)

Buffalo…Lists 1st round pick QB-Josh Allen as 3rd on depth chart
Browns..List Top draft pick QB-Baker Mayfield as 2nd on depth chart.

Giants..Ugly brawl in final day workouts…OT-Nate Solder strains knee breaking up fight..DE-Damon Harrison swung helmet at rookie OG Will Hernandez.

Redskins..OT-Trent Williams-cleared for full workouts in camp-knee surgery-
Bengals..OT-Jake Fisher cleared to practice after hearf surgery last winter
Eagles..QB-Carson Wentz not cleared yet for full contact workouts in camp
Eagles..CB-Sidney Jones leaves workouts-Achilles soreness.

Vikings..QB-Kirk Cousins struggling with new Red Zone offense-throws 2-picks in 3-plays on goal line.

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CFL…Opening weekend of season…
..Edmonton-L-Winnipeg…Blue Bombers with rookie QB-Chris Steven upset Eskimos in game stopped twice by lightning.

..Toronto-vs-Saskatchewan-Friday opener

..Hamilton-Calgary…Johnny Manziel on Ticats roster…June Jones head coach..debut of Jerry Glanville as Def Coor.

..Montreal-BC Lions…Legendary coach Wally Buono begins final year as head coach before retirement.

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Ottawa….RCMP begins investigation into charges of ‘cyber-bullying’ filed by wife of Senators D-Erik Karlsson against fiancee of Senators teammate Mike Hoffman…Karlsson’s alledge over 1,000-hostile text messages in 4-month span.

Washington..Open contract extension talks with coach Barry Trotz.

Toronto..Announce ECHL-minor league team working agreement in St-John’s Newfoundland.

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….(General)…………

Formula 1….Lewis Hamilton says concerned about engine malfunctions plaguing Team Mercedes over the last month.

Nascar-Indy Car-Formula 1…all have bye weekends on track.

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