Royal Portrush had all of Saturday morning to recover from the reality that Rory McIlroy is no longer part of this British Open. In a second round so packed with emotion that it felt like Sunday, McIlroy nearly recovered from his opening 79 by coming up one birdie short of making it to the weekend. […]
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Knowing that Mr. Mueller is unlikely to take the bait on more explosive questions, Democrats see their role as coaxing him through some of the most damaging passages of his report. Democrats on the Judiciary Committee will have the first opportunity, and they intend to dwell heavily on five of the most glaring episodes of
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Nothing like a long-simmering feud to get the world swimming championships off to a bang-up start. The mere presence of Chinese star Sun Yang has drawn the ire of some swimmers, including his rival Mack Horton of Australia. Sun is the heavy favorite to win his fourth consecutive title in the 400-meter freestyle in Gwangju,
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mark Hamill was delighted to receive the Icon award at Comic Con Actor Mark Hamill has won the Icon award at San Diego Comic Con. Hamill, best-known for playing Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, was taking part in a panel when organisers surprised him with the honour on stage.
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Los Angeles Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen says he is tired, and it has nothing to do with an exhausting road trip to start the second half that included a handful of games that went late into the night. After Hyun-Jin Ryu and Kenta Maeda shut down Miami, Jansen struck out the side on 15 pitches
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The way the pitchers on both teams were dealing, it figured that it might take a miscue in the field for either team to score. A botched fly ball between New York Mets left fielder Dominic Smith and shortstop Amed Rosario did the trick for the San Francisco Giants for a second straight season. Alex
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SAN DIEGO ― Perhaps the least surprising twist of “Game of Thrones” Season 8 is that the showrunners dropped out of San Diego Comic-Con. Despite a deluge of Emmy nominations this week, the final season of the show was its most divisive, leading to a viral fan petition to redo the season and a backlash
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Mike Leake of the Seattle Mariners lost his bid to pitch a perfect game on a leadoff single in the ninth inning by rookie Luis Rengifo, then finished off the Los Angeles Angels for a 10-0 win Friday night. The Angels hadn’t come close to a hit and Leake hadn’t gone to a three-ball count
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“Cats” may be a beloved, six-time Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, but when it comes to the forthcoming film adaptation, many on social media have a very different take. The first “Cats” trailer dropped Thursday, and a lot of the initial reactions to the CGI-enhanced aesthetic were less than favorable. Writer and TV personality Louis Virtel deemed
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Mike Leake of the Seattle Mariners is pitching a perfect game through seven innings against the Los Angeles Angels. Leake has thrown 67 pitches and struck out five Friday night in Seattle. Brian Goodwin led off the Angels seventh with a routine flyball that right fielder Domingo Santana momentarily lost in the sky, but he
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