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Young heart transplant patient Ari Schultz dies, family says

July 22, 2017

Ari's story went viral that month when his parents posted a YouTube video , telling him that he would getting a new heart. "And after, go in the backyard and practice my golf swing". "Ari passed away peacefully this evening listening to the Red Sox", the family said in a post to their Facebook page . As ABC News reported at the time, Ari's release was the flawless Father's Day gift for Mike Schultz, who took his son to the golf course.

Spieth, Koepka, Kuchar lead American charge at British Open

July 22, 2017

Just last week at the Scottish Open, McIlroy said his attitude to golf and life in general had improved since getting married in April. Matt Kuchar is second at four-under-par and Ian Poulter and Brooks Koepka sit at three-under. Spieth, victor of the Masters and U.S. Open in 2015, is brilliant with a wedge and a putter. "Kooch is tough because he's so consistent", Spieth said.

Lizzie Deignan second in La Course as Annemiek van Vleuten prevails

July 22, 2017

Annemiek van Vleuten has won La Course after maintaining her lead in the final pursuit stage in Marseille . Deignan chose to wait for Wiggle High5's Elisa Longo Borghini and her Boels-Dolmans team-mate Megan Guarnier in the hope that together the three of them could chase down Van Vleuten.

New Jersey Becomes Third State to Raise Tobacco Purchasing Age to 21

July 22, 2017

New York City in 2013 raised its smoking age to 21, making it the largest of a cadre of local jurisdictions to raise the standard. Christie vetoed a similar measure last year, but this year cited the strain on the healthcare system caused by tobacco-related illnesses.

Spieth prepares to defend lead in British Open

July 22, 2017

The 2014 Open champion walked off the course Friday with a score of 139 through two days, his best round in a major since the 2014 PGA Championship at Valhalla. He wasn't all about making a fashion statement. Hideki Matsuyama was among those at 68. "That's just what you have to do to try to win The Open Championship ".

10 players to watch in this week's Open Championship

July 22, 2017

Two great bunker shots by Jordan Spieth and Brooks Koepka - one for par , one for eagle - led to a 5-under 65 for each of them in the opening round of the British Open . Rory McIlroy has so much game but has not been playing well. On Thursday McIlroy was five-over through his first six holes - Friday he was three under par after the same stretch.

D'Onta Foreman tests negative for marijuana, according to attorney

July 22, 2017

Now, nearly a week removed from the incident, the very same lawyer is alleging that Foreman tested negative for marijuana. "He is crystal clean, everything negative for any illicit drugs, marijuana, absolutely nothing". "I believe this conclusively corroborates Mr. Foreman's statements that he does not smoke marijuana and did not possess marijuana prior to his arrest".

Austin Connelly two shots back at British Open

July 22, 2017

Austin Connelly remained calm and carded a 2-over-par 34-38=72 during round two of The 146th Open, maintaining a spot near the top of the leaderboard on 1-under 139. American Jordan Spieth now has the lead and sits at 9-under for the tournament, and has played 12 holes today. This year, he's playing on European Tour events, where he's made six cuts in 12 events.

Virat Kohli and Sehawag hailed Harmanpreet for her century

July 22, 2017

The Aussies were a tough opponent to crush and a special performance was needed to beat them. India will play hosts England in the final at Lord's on Sunday. "You are becoming an idol for future generation of women cricketers". Virender Sehwag too tweeted: An Innings of a lifetime, Harmanpreet Kaur. It's no secret that Harmanpreet idolised Sehwag growing up and often bats like him, hitting maximums at ease.

AC Milan signing Leonardo Bonucci: I didn't feel important at Juventus

July 22, 2017

Bonucci will also bring great deal of experience to a relatively young Milan side that under Vincenzo Montella are hoping to return to the glory days when they ruled the roost at home and in Europe. The 30-year-old spent close to seven years with the Italian champions during which he helped them to six successive Serie A titles and became recognized as one of the best center-backs in world football.

Marcel Kittel 'inconsolable' after abandoning Tour de France

July 22, 2017

Although he fell behind while waiting for his Quick-Step team to arrive with a new bike, he peddled about 60 more kilometers and fought various other equipment issues before finally calling it quits on after ascending the Col de la Croix de Fer.

Arsenal Confident Player Wants To Join As Wenger Eyes £45m

July 22, 2017

Arsenal now have seen two bids rejected by Monaco for the French midfielder, with the second one reportedly in the region of £40m. The Gunners have been heavily linked with a move to sign the France attacking midfielder despite the Ligue 1 champions' reluctance to sell.

Stage 19 Preview: Embrun - Salon-de-Provence

July 22, 2017

I didn't think about it during the race but as soon as we hit that roundabout, that's when it struck me "ah! we should have taken right". "Nikias made an attack and I followed him". We talked about it this morning that there were a couple of roundabouts. That masterful move came 2.5km from the finish and Boasson Hagen then polished off Arndt easily without the need for a sprint.

LeBron James is 'devastated' over Kyrie Irving demanding a trade from Cavs

July 22, 2017

The Nuggets and Cavs have some previous trade history. In other words, Haslem played the equivalent of less than three games (130 minutes) the entire season. "Having just a tremendously great player like that come to your team and you see yourself being one of those great players eventually and then he ends up joining it, and then now you have to nearly take a step back and observe", Irving said.

Derrick Rose has been in contact with Chicago Bulls

July 22, 2017

ESPN .com first reported the request. Irving's request to leave a team with the best player in the world and being the point guard of a perennial championship contender may be peculiar, but given the uncertainty surrounding the Cavs and LeBron's future, making a move now may not be so insane in the long-term.

Barguil takes stage as Froome holds lead

July 22, 2017

Cavendish, who was watching at home with a fractured shoulder, joined in the celebrations for his team mate who is so often the unsung hero in the Manxman's sprint victories. "I didn't have to have another photo finish so I'm happy about that". His rivals are fast running out of opportunities to deny the Team Sky rider a third consecutive Tour crown after he conceded only four seconds on stage 18 to the top of the Col d'Izoard to keep a 23-second cushion over Frenchman Romain Bardet.

Leader Spieth's eagle helps him beat tough conditions at Open

July 22, 2017

England's Ian Poulter made light of tough conditions to shoot a rock-solid 67 in the British Open first round at Royal Birkdale on Thursday and move behind American leaders Jordan Spieth and Brooks Koepka . He pointed to Jon Rahm's performance at last week's Irish Open as an indication that four is too small a number when discussing the best players in the game.

Froome's all-star Sky team: what they did and how they rated

July 22, 2017

Boasson Hagen won a stage at the Tour for the third time overall but it was his win since 2011. From there, Barguil labored on alone to win the first stage to finish at the summit of Izoard in the 114-year history of the Tour. Attacks on the descent and flats failed, but an injection of pace from Keukeleire split the group. Boasson Hagen was third on stage 11 into Pau, again behind Kittel, and then he almost won stage 16's sprint.

"Poulter leads, Spieth threatens at British Open " Manila Bulletin Sports

July 22, 2017

He looked a forlorn figure when another wayward tee shot at the eighth finished in thick rough, but he holed a superb 20-foot putt to save par and looked close to his best after the turn as he finally got a birdie on his card at the 11th. "I've definitely had some low spots in the last 18 months and I was getting very down", the 41-year-old told reporters. Earlier, Welshman Stuart Manley produced a flying finish, holing from a greenside bunker for an eagle at at the par-five 17th and then ...

Man Utd boss Mourinho: Chelsea, Liverpool will find it tougher next season

July 22, 2017

The workload forced Mourinho to rest players for league games against Arsenal and Tottenham in the final weeks of the campaign. Mourinho would have wanted all four of his summer targets with the squad for the pre-season, however, with Ed Woodward failing to get deals over the line, it seems like any new arrivals won't have the chance to adapt to the move to being thrown into the deep end.

Boasson Hagen wins Tour 19th stage; Froome closes on title

July 22, 2017

Matthews now leads the points competition with 364 points. Frenchman Warren Barguil delighted the crowd with a second stage win that cemented his place atop the mountains classification. "Everyone went on the left side but Nikias Arndt". "I gave everything, I thought I was going to suffocate after the finish line ", Bardet said. Froome's group was still riding as Boasson Hagen celebrated his win.

OJ Simpson will receive National Football League pension upon release from prison

July 22, 2017

It's for sale for $1,299,900. Oscar Ramirez, real estate agent for the current owner, tells the SunSentinel the "all new" house has been on the market for seven months. Both were students at the nearby prestigious Gulliver Schools. Simpson lived in the four-bedroom, four-bathroom house with his son Justin and daughter Sydney when they were teenagers.

Giants safety Landon Collins says Cowboys won't win NFC East

July 22, 2017

I said, 'I highly doubt that, '" Collins told reporters of his Instagram comment on a post that featured Prescott's prediction, per ESPN.com's Jordan Raanan . "Our offense has all the keys that we need now", Collins said. Collins, who finished third in the National Football League in Defensive Player of the Year voting in his second season with the Giants last year, added that he also commented directly to Prescott on one of his divisional rival's social media accounts earlier this month ...

Gary Woodland tied for 6th after second round at The Open

July 22, 2017

Now, suddenly, he does. The game is now officially on for the world's former No. 1 player. "I mishit the shot, which is probably why it looked so gross", Spieth said. "They're both huge rounds for very different reasons", McIlroy said. It made a mockery of his pre-tournament rallying call on Wednesday, when he reacted to being told his odds for victory were 20-1 by saying: "It's a good week to back me".

Spieth and Koepka set the Open standard

July 22, 2017

Kuchar, the 39-year-old American who is looking to win a first major, teed off at the 448-yard par-four 1st hole at 8:36am (0736 GMT) looking to build on his opening five-under-par round of 65. However, conditions eased somewhat as the day wore on, allowing two-time major victor Spieth and last month's U.S. Open champion to set a demanding benchmark.

Grace breaks major single round record with 62

July 22, 2017

The South African shot 62 at Royal Birkdale to break the record held by a host of players. Phil Mickelson and eventual victor Henrik Stenson both shot 63 in last year's Open at Royal Troon, while Justin Thomas became the 29th player to achieve the feat in last month's US Open.

Dani Ceballos: President's call convinced me about Real Madrid

July 22, 2017

The Spain youth worldwide has set his sights on emulating two of Madrid's star central midfielders in Modric and Kroos. "I have huge expectation to enjoy, to learn from fantastic players, the players at the highest level, to learn from them and try one day to be like Luka, like Toni - to be a part of the club's history".

Lukaku, Rashford score as Man United beat Man City in Houston

July 22, 2017

But both sides made a raft of changes at half-time with seven new players coming on for City, including forgotten men Samir Nasri and Eliaquim Mangala - back after season-long loans away from the club - while United made four substitutions of their own.

Anquan Boldin set to visit Bills — NFL free agency

July 22, 2017

Boldin is entering his 15th NFL season since being picked in the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft. After spending his first seven seasons with the Arizona Cardinals , Boldin was traded to the Baltimore Ravens in 2010. The question of depth on the Bills' roster has been a hot topic among National Football League experts, with very little talent on the roster behind Sammy Watkins and Zay Jones in the receiving corps.

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (MPW) Raised to "Outperform" at JMP Securities

July 22, 2017

Price/Earnings to growth ratio for the company is 2.45 and the stock shows its Price/Sales (ttm) of 8.35 and Price/Book for the most recent quarter of 1.29. Investors of record on Monday, July 24th will be given a $0.52 dividend. This represents a $2.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.30%.

UFC on FOX 25 play-by-play and live results (4 pm ET)

July 22, 2017

Team Sonnen middleweight victor Kelvin Gastelum and has some exciting fights on the undercard as well. On Saturday, July 22, the UFC will touch down in Long Island to bring fight fans the UFC live from the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Rory McIlroy roars into Open contention

July 22, 2017

Kuchar tied the course record with a 29 on the front nine, only to fall into a routine of pars the rest of the way. He explained he's been able to better visualize his shots the last 27 holes and the results have been much more familiar. After making the turn in 39, the four-time major victor made his first birdie on the 11th and then added three more over his last four holes, including 17 and 18, the last one coming off a 20-foot putt.

Liverpool defender Joe Gomez happy with tough preseason

July 22, 2017

Henderson is set to lead the Reds out against Leicester when they clash in the PL Asia Trophy final on Saturday evening in Hong Kong. The 27-year-old has appeared in all three of Liverpool's friendlies so far and feels his match sharpness is slowly returning.

Jordan Spieth out in front in British Open

July 22, 2017

Having been joint leader overnight at five-under, the American had an eventful day in miserable wet and windy conditions, shooting an eagle, three birdies and four bogeys. By that time he had made six bogeys and been overtaken by Rickie Fowler , who picked up a shot at the hard 6th and then holed a magnificent 60ft-plus putt for a birdie two from a swale besides the 7th, where his ball finished to a chorus of groans after his tee shot pitched at the edge of green and stayed there for a few ...

Scott Blumstein widens chip lead as three remain in WSOP main event

July 22, 2017

Benjamin Pollak plays at the World Series of Poker final table at Rio hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Friday, July 21, 2017. Card Player's 2017 WSOP coverage is sponsored by BetOnline Poker . Hesp, who has become a worldwide poker celebrity during the Main Event, went out to a standing ovation when he was eliminated by Pollak in the final hand of the evening.

ProLogis, Inc. (NYSE:PLD) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Buy" by Analysts

July 22, 2017

The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website . While looking at the Stock's Performance, Prologis, Inc . Oregon Employees Retirement Fund owns 139,625 shares or 0.15% of their USA portfolio. Moreover, Bluefin Trading Llc has 6.06% invested in the company for 482,810 shares.

Chelsea, ufficiale l'arrivo di Alvaro Morata dal Real Madrid

July 22, 2017

Il 28enne si è dunque visto costretto a lasciare il Chelsea prima della partenza della squadra per l'Asia, dove si svolgerà il ritiro pre campionato che partirà con il test stagionale di sabato contro l'Arsenal a Beijing . Il tecnico salentino prolunga sino al 2021 con il Chelsea . Il precedente primato apparteneva al suo connazionale Fernando Torres costato 58 milioni di Euro nel 2011, anno del suo passaggio dal Liverpool al Chelsea .

Dez Bryant misses Cowboys' mandatory conditioning test after barbecue bash

July 22, 2017

But Bryant later told the NFL Network he apologized for his tardiness and that he should have informed the team he would be late. Bryant hosted an event on Thursday night in Lufkin, Texas, during which he provided free barbecue and all kinds of other stuff for fans.

D-backs open with back-to-back-to-back HRs

July 22, 2017

And while Scherzer escaped with a no-decision after giving up home runs to the first three Arizona Diamondbacks batters he faced Friday, he was not pleased that he did not give his Washington Nationals a fighting chance while going five innings in the first of a three-game series matching potential playoff teams.

New IT poster arrives with trailer announcement

July 22, 2017

So stay tuned hear for that. Directed by Andres Muschietti ( Mama ), the adaptation of King's horror epic centers around the " Losers' Club " and their decades-spanning battles with their greatest fears, a.k.a. IT stars Finn Wolfhard, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs and Jeremy Ray Taylor as members of the Losers Club , along with Owen Teague, Jaeden Lieberher, Javier Botet, Nicholas Hamilton , Stephen Williams, Sophia Lillis, Chosen Jacobs and Stephen Bogaert.

Martincova stuns Garcia for career-best win

July 22, 2017

Martincova defeated Germany's Antionia Lottner, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 to reach her first semifinal of 2017. "It's fantastic for me, really, because it was such a tough match", Martincova said. But I really like her and her game; for me, I don't know what to say. By contrast second seed Kiki Bertens made light work of qualifier Anna Zaja, winning 6-4 6-2, but Johanna Larsson needed three sets to see off Barbara Haas 1-6 7-5 6-1.

The Qorvo, Inc. (QRVO) VP Sells $401640.00 in Stock

July 22, 2017

Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating and twelve have given a buy rating to the stock. Qorvo presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $70.00. Comerica Bank boosted its position in shares of Qorvo by 0.3% in the first quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 2,105 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $144,000 after buying an additional 670 shares during the period.

Slow puncture to blame for Vettel's Silverstone tyre drama

July 22, 2017

Both Ferrari's suffered dramatic failures to the front-left tyre in the closing laps of the Silverstone race. "A full investigation has now confirmed that the original cause of the failure was a slow puncture", Italian manufacturer Pirelli said in a statement.

College boys in ISL players draft

July 22, 2017

Even the ones organising the draft know that this is not the best option. ISL regulations allow clubs to have a minimum of 15 and maximum of 18 Indian players in the squad, including two U21 development players mandatorily. "It is not the ideal situation for a player because he should have the right to choose the team he wants to go". The franchise has also signed former India player Ishfaq Ahmed as the assistant coach who was previously associated with Kerala Blasters as an assistant ...

Tigers beat Twins 6-3

July 22, 2017

X-rays were negative and the Tigers deemed Cabrera's status as day-to-day. After walking the bases loaded, Sanchez then gave up a two-run single to Ehire Adrianza, giving the Twins a three-run inning and hope for a comeback. The lone hiccup came from Stumpf just as he entered the game when his errant pickoff throw sailed past first base and allowed Eddie Rosario to advance all the way to third.

Benjamin Mendy left out of AS Monaco squad

July 22, 2017

Mendy, 22, has been strongly linked with Man City over the last couple of weeks, although it is understood that the Premier League outfit are now unprepared to meet Monaco's £50m asking price. Guardiola is also close to bringing in Real Madrid right-back Danilo after jumping ahead of Chelsea in the race for the Brazil worldwide. Chelsea should have a solid relationship with Monaco after successfully signing Tiemoue Bakayoko from the French giants earlier this month and they'll no doubt ...

'Juice' will be loose: OJ Simpson granted parole in robbery

July 22, 2017

The 70-year-old former football star had been given a 33-year sentence after attempting to steal sports memorabilia at gunpoint at a hotel in Las Vegas . "He's been an example to others". Pleading with parole board members, he claimed that he is a "straight shooter". Shirley Baker then began hugging Simpson's daughter, Arnelle, who had been holding a hand over her mouth Thursday in the parole hearing room at a Nevada prison.

Las Vegas party the flawless Open warm-up for Koepka

July 22, 2017

Matt Kuchar matched the best front-nine score ever at Royal Birkdale . Dustin Johnson, the No. 1 player who hasn't played the weekend at a major since the British Open past year, managed only one birdie on a decent day for scoring and shot 71.

Nevada parole board grants OJ Simpson's release

July 22, 2017

Simpson, 70, has served nearly nine years behind bars for a 2007 armed robbery, in which he and several accomplices broke into a Las Vegas hotel room to steal pieces of memorabilia from two men. " I've done my time ". Simpson smiled when the Board returned its ruling. Arnelle Simpson said she knows her father is remorseful, and the family wants him home so they can move forward.

Racing abandoned at Haydock after stalls handler seriously injured

July 22, 2017

He was named by his employers, Racetech, as Stephen Yarborough from Grimsby, an experienced team leader on the northern circuit. He added: 'This is a tragic incident and we are all shocked and saddened. "Thoughts with family & friends at this sad time". The so-called "stalls handlers" are some of the most important people at Flat racing fixtures because they are responsible for loading the runners into the stalls before each start.

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