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NBA FINALS-BUCKS/SUNS Bucks beat Suns for 3-2 lead PHOENIX (AP) — Jrue (jroo) Holiday has helped the Milwaukee Bucks pull within one victory of their first NBA title in a half-century. Holiday scored 27 points, had 13 assists and provided a game-clinching play that secured the Bucks’ 123-119 win over the Suns in Phoenix. Holiday’s steal and alley-oop pass to…

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NBA FINALS-BUCKS/SUNS Bucks beat Suns for 3-2 lead PHOENIX (AP) — Jrue (jroo) Holiday has helped the Milwaukee Bucks pull within one victory of their first NBA title in a half-century. Holiday scored 27 points, had 13 assists and provided a game-clinching play that secured the Bucks’ 123-119 win over the Suns in Phoenix. Holiday’s steal and alley-oop pass to…

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NBA FINALS-BUCKS/SUNS Bucks dominate 2nd quarter to take lead into intermission PHOENIX (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks had a 64-61 halftime lead in Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the Suns in Phoenix. Jrue (jroo) Holiday already had 18 points and seven assists by intermission for the Bucks, who trailed by 16 before outscoring the Suns, 43-24 in the…

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GOLF-BRITISH OPEN Oosthuizen 1-up on Morikawa SANDWICH, England (AP) — Collin Morikawa had an opportunity to come away with a share of the lead through three rounds of the British Open. So did Jordan Spieth (speeth). Eventually, Louis Oosthuizen (OOST’-hay-zehn) retained the lead with a 1-under 69 that puts him 12 under for the tournament, one ahead of Morikawa and…

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GOLF-BRITISH OPEN Oosthuizen takes 1-shot lead into final round SANDWICH, England (AP) — Louis Oosthuizen (OOST’-hay-zehn) is the 54-hole leader of the British Open after hanging on over the back nine at Royal St. George’s. Oosthuizen made an 8-foot birdie on the 16th hole and a long two-putt par on the closing hole for a 69. That gives him a…

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GOLF-BRITISH OPEN Oosthuizen takes 1-shot lead into final round SANDWICH, England (AP) — Louis Oosthuizen (OOST’-hay-zehn) is the 54-hole leader of the British Open after hanging on over the back nine at Royal St. George’s. Oosthuizen made an 8-foot birdie on the 16th hole and a long two-putt par on the closing hole for a 69. That gives him a…

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GOLF-BRITISH OPEN Oosthuizen takes 1-shot lead into final round SANDWICH, England (AP) — Louis Oosthuizen (OOST’-hay-zehn) is the 54-hole leader of the British Open after hanging on over the back nine at Royal St. George’s. Oosthuizen made an 8-foot birdie on the 16th hole and a long two-putt par on the closing hole for a 69. That gives him a…

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SANDWICH, England (AP) — The Latest on the British Open (all times local): 7:50 p.m. Louis Oosthuizen is the 54-hole leader of the British Open after hanging on over the back nine at Royal St. George’s. Oosthuizen made an 8-foot birdie on the 16th hole and a long two-putt par on the closing hole for a 69. That gives him…

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GOLF-BRITISH OPEN Spieth takes a share of the lead SANDWICH, England (AP) — Jordan Spieth (speeth) is tied for the lead as he chases another claret jug in the British Open. The three-time major champion had four birdies through seven holes, the only blemish coming on a three-putt bogey from about 70 feet on the par-5 fifth. That put Spieth…

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GOLF-BRITISH OPEN Third round underway SANDWICH, England (AP) — Louis Oosthuizen (OOST’-hay-zehn) carried a two-stroke lead over former PGA champion Collin Morikawa into the third round of the British Open. Oosthuizen set a 36-hole scoring record for the tournament with a 5-under 65 that left him 11 under. He broke away from a three-way tie on Friday with a birdie-birdie-eagle…