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The first round finally concluded Friday afternoon, but members of the course were upset with how “easy” the venue was playing with all the rain taming the lightning-quick greens. MORE: PGA Tour winners of the 2015-16 season Regardless, little-known Arkansas grad Andrew Landry had little to complain about after making a 10-foot birdie putt on his last hole this morning to shoot a 4-under 66, which is the best opening round at Oakmont in U....

We’re glad you asked. We have some answers. MORE: U.S. Open Leaderboard: Scores, live updates for Round 4 Apparently Harman found the answers he needed on the golf course. Just five years ago, he took to Twitter seeking golfing advice. Really. You can’t make this stuff up. The Vitals: Age: 30 Height: 5-7 Hometown: Savannah, Ga. College: Georgia Years on the PGA Tour: Six What is Brian Harman’s best finish in the U....

Nadal had effusively praised Schwartzman ahead of their quarterfinal encounter at Flushing Meadows, telling a media conference he liked “everything” about the 20th seed’s game. He should now find plenty of people agreeing with that assessment after Schwartzman, who knocked out Alexander Zverev in a fourth-round result Nadal said did not surprise him, wiped out 4-0 and 5-1 leads for the No. 2 seed in the first and second sets....

Not only are this year’s players traveling to one of the world’s most beautiful courses at Pebble Beach, but the total purse for the U.S. Open is also the highest of any tournament. Even more appealing is that a golfer doesn’t have to win to take home a huge payday. Even golfers on the bottom of the leaderboard take home enough money that would satisfy most average Americans for a year....

Still, she tried to continue Friday against Caroline Wozniacki. One point later, Peng dropped her racket and grabbed at her right knee, then staggered toward the wall behind the baseline and leaned against it, wiping away tears, until a trainer ran to her side. Others arrived, too: a doctor, the chair umpire, a tournament official, a security guard, a ballkid with an umbrella to offer shelter from the sun....

Published by CBS News and YouGov, the survey also found that many parents are still undecided about whether to give their children the vaccine. Thirty-seven percent of parents with children between the ages of five and 11 say they plan on giving them the coronavirus vaccine, according to the result, while 35 percent say they won’t. Twenty-six percent of parents responded with “maybe.” The poll surveyed 2,054 U.S. adult residents between October 6 and October 8....

The delay will not have an effect on the readiness of U.S. military forces, including nuclear weapons, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said at a Wednesday press conference. The announcement also comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin has said in recent days that the Russian military’s nuclear forces would be placed on alert due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. “We recognize, at this moment of tension, how critical it is that both the United States and Russia bear in mind the risk of miscalculation and take steps to reduce those risks,” Kirby said, explaining that the delayed test is designed to “demonstrate that we have no intention in engaging in any actions that can be misunderstood or misconstrued....

The U-2A reconnaissance aircraft, nicknamed “Dragon Lady,” took off from Seoul, South Korea, and made a sortie into the Taiwan Strait, according to the South China Sea Probing Initiative, a Beijing think tank. The Cold War–era Lockheed spy plane traveled the length of the East China Sea ADIZ before turning back roughly 51 nautical miles from the eastern Chinese province of Fujian and about 70 nautical miles off Taiwan’s northwest coast....

On Thursday August 5, Gantz said: “The world needs to deal with Iran, the region needs to deal with Iran and Israel also needs to do its part in this situation.” “Now is the time for deeds—words are not enough. It is time for diplomatic, economic and even military deeds—otherwise the attacks will continue,” Gantz said. Israeli leaders oppose President Joe Biden’s efforts to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal, believing that the government in Tehran cannot be trusted to abide by any accord....

Playing down a man for 45 minutes against a feisty Saudi Arabian side, the U.S. rode its stingy defense to a 1-1 draw that secured first place in its group, and the comfortable round of 16 draw that goes with it. Pulisic’s fitting end to dream season It was far from easy. Peruvian referee Diego Haro issued a pair of yellow cards against Cameron Carter-Vickers — two bad decisions in a truly shocking officiating display — to leave the Americans a man down — but up a goal courtesy of a Brooks Lennon finish — heading into halftime....

“To meet this commitment we are considering the full range of legal pathways to the United States” for refugees fleeing the invasion, the official said, speaking on background to announce details of the initiative. The U.S. is considering accepting Ukrainian refugees through its refugee admissions program, or by offering humanitarian parole or visas that would allow refugees to enter the country, the official said. The Biden administration will “expand and develop new programs” to help with the effort, with a focus on aiding refugees who have family members living in the United States, the official said....

“I think the last time we trained; we had a good scoring session. Maybe we need to keep working. If you have seen this game, we could have won by a wider margin. We had so many chances. If you miss chances, you get punished,” said Samuel. Abdul Yusuf was stretchered off towards the closing stages of the game as Ghana were down to 10 after having used all their substitutes....

The final round of the pre-quarterfinal matches were concluded on Wednesday with the last 8 spots now completely taken. Goal takes you through the four different mouth watering ties lined up in the quarterfinals in order according to their match dates.

UAB, which cut its football program in December, will be able to compete for the Conference USA championship as well as bowl games when it re-starts. MORE: SN Preseason Top 25 | All-Americans “I am so excited that UAB Football will return to FBS competition in 2017,” coach Bill Clark said in a university statement. “Like our fans, I wanted to light the scoreboard much sooner, but doing it right is more important than doing it fast, and this was our best option....

In an interview with Telegraph, Ubisoft’s Executive Director for EMEA territories Alain Corre revealed that he is looking forward to the upcoming next-gen consoles, saying that both offerings by Sony and Microsoft are a “major leap.” Although Corre admitted that he is unsure how the community will respond to both the PS5 and Xbox Scarlett, he explained that both systems will be a step up from the current generations, which is an exciting concept for video game creators....

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier and Driver: San Francisco were both originally scheduled for a fourth quarter release, which would have seen the games released before the end of March, 2011. Now it appears that strong competition from rival publishers has changed these plans yet again, and we can expect to see the games being released from any point after April 1, 2011. From Ubisoft’s earnings report: It’s a move that will no doubt disappoint fans of both franchises, especially Ghost Recon fans who have already suffered through a delay to the latest entry in the franchise....

This is far from the only Star Wars announcement to come out this year. Disney is preparing to release a myriad of new shows on its streaming platform, and has already begun releasing content for a newly established and mostly unexplored era in the history of the Star Wars universe, the High Republic. Because of this, Ubisoft Massive’s open-world Star Wars game should take advantage of the franchise’s expansion and be set in the High Republic Era....

On Tuesday, over 60,021 new coronavirus cases were reported in the U.S., according to a Johns Hopkins University tracker, marking another record. As the graph by Statista below shows, the U.S. is the country with the most known COVID-19 cases. Meanwhile, coronavirus deaths are below their peak levels, as evidenced by a New York Times database. In April and May, up to 3,000 people were dying each day, with a case fatality rate of 7 to 8 percent....