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SHANGHAI (AP) — France's Alexander Levy had five straight birdies in the middle of his round and finished with a 7-under 65 to take the lead in the BMW Masters on Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Rikard Karlberg of Sweden birdied his last two holes for a 7-under 65 Thursday to take a two-shot lead after the opening round of the CIMB Classic.

The easiest decision Bruce Bochy had all night was when to put Madison Bumgarner in the game.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bruce Bochy is crazy superstitious. It's a little-known fact about the unflappable San Francisco Giants manager.

Gary Andersen has designs on adding to a long list of blue-chip recruits from New Jersey topped by Ron Dayne.

Elizabeth Toye is a 6-foot-1 forward/shooting guard from Lindblom Math and Science Academy in West Englewood, Illinois

Trailing 21-14 in the first set, the No. 4 Badgers rallied to win 28-26 and kept on rolling 25-16, 25-19 to record its seventh consecutive sweep, beating No. 13 Purdue.

Things are looking up for a program that hasn't won a conference championship since 2000.

SHANGHAI, China (AP) — France's Alexander Levy had five straight birdies in the middle of his round and finished with a 7-under 65 on Thursday to take the lead in the BMW Masters.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The roars from the field had died away. Kauffman Stadium had fallen silent for the first time all night. In the Royals' clubhouse, Alex Gordon had finally peeled off hi…

The easiest decision Bruce Bochy had all night was when to put Madison Bumgarner in the game.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — There's no longer any bad blood between Bill Belichick and Wes Welker heading into the showdown Sunday between the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos.

CLEVELAND (AP) — For LeBron James, the journey begins anew.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Top-ranked Inbee Park birdied five of the last seven holes Thursday for an 8-under 64 and a share of the first-round lead in the LPGA Taiwan Championship.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — LaMarcus Aldridge had 27 points and the Portland Trail Blazers rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the injury-depleted Oklahoma City Thunder 106-89 on Wednesday night i…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Madison Bumgarner was limbering up at Kauffman Stadium this week, getting loose with his San Francisco teammates near the dugout, when Tim Hudson and Michael Morse snea…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry had 24 points and 10 rebounds, Klay Thompson scored 19 points and the undermanned Golden State Warriors made Steve Kerr a winner in his coaching debut, …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Alex Gordon saw the ball skipping past Giants outfielder Gregor Blanco and all the way to the wall, and the Royals' homegrown star put his head down and churned toward …

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Craig Smith scored twice and the Nashville Predators rebounded from their first regulation loss of the season with a 4-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night.

PHOENIX (AP) — Isaiah Thomas scored 23 points in his Phoenix debut, Marcus Morris matched his career high with five 3-pointers and the Suns dominated their season opener against the Los Angele…