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RIO DE JANEIRO -- British Open champion Henrik Stenson is close enough to think about adding an Olympic gold medal to his silver claret jug.It just required a long and wild route to get into contention Friday.Marcus Fraser of Australia got off to a quick start, stretched his lead to four shots at one point and wound up with a 2-under 69 for the 36-hole lead in the first Olympic golf competition since 1904. At 10-under 132, he had a one-shot lead over Thomas Pieters of Belgium, a former NCAA champion at Illinois who closed with three straight birdies for a 66.Still, it was the sight of Stenson on the leaderboard that was so hard to ignore.Only a month ago, the 40-year-old Swede won his first major and got his name on the claret jug at Royal Troon with the lowest score in major championship history. On Friday, he had a 68 to go into the weekend at Olympic Golf Course two shots behind and in the final group.In the wind and a hard rain, Stenson had to hit 4-wood to reach the green on the second hole and made a 60-foot birdie putt. He hit into the water on the next hole and still had a full 4-wood just to reach the front part of the green. Stenson made a par putt from 108 feet.He followed by duffing a tee shot and making bogey, and it was a relief to play what he called ordinary golf until another wild finish.Stenson had a three-putt bogey, followed by two birdies, and then a tee shot he missed so badly that it came up 30 yards short and into a bunker for a bogey on the par-3 17th. He finished his round with a delicate pitch from a drop area, but only after his caddie had to ask Brazilian fans in the bleachers around the 18th green to move 20 feet because their shadows were dancing around his golf ball.The Americans, the only country with four players, were still lingering. Matt Kuchar had a 70 and was seven shots behind, following by Bubba Watson (67) at 2-under 140, Patrick Reed (69) nine shots back, and Rickie Fowler (71) 14 shots out of the lead.JOHN DEERE CLASSICSILVIS, Ill. -- Wesley Bryan took the lead in the rain-delayed John Deere Classic, five days after earning a PGA Tour card with his third Web.com Tour victory of the year.Bryan played 26 holes in 10 under Friday at TPC Deere Run, birdieing three of the final holes to finish off a first-round 66 and shooting a 64 in the second to reach 12-under 130.Area favorite Zach Johnson faced a long day Saturday after not even getting onto the course Friday.Play resumed five hours late at noon after nearly 2.4 inches of rain overnight -- on top of the inch Thursday morning and afternoon that delayed play 3 1/2 hours. Because of the wet conditions, the players were allowed use preferred lies in the fairways in the second round.Bryan has made a fast rise since focusing on tournament golf last year after working as a trick-shot artist. The 26-year-old former South Carolina player dominated the Web.com Tour this season, winning in Louisiana, Mexico and Kansas and earning $449,392 in 13 starts.Steve Marino was a stroke back after rounds of 66 and 65.Johnson opened with a 65 on Thursday. The 2012 tournament winner is from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.U.S. SENIOR OPENUPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio -- Former Ohio State player Joey Sindelar shot a 4-under 66 to take the second-round lead in the U.S. Senior Open.One of four former Buckeyes in the field at Scioto Country Club in suburban Columbus, the 58-year-old Sindelar had five birdies Friday, including two in a row after a bogey on No. 5. He had a 5-under 135 total after opening with 69 on Thursday.He made a 40-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th, after pars on the six previous holes.Billy Mayfair, making his first senior start after turning 50 last Saturday, was a stroke back after a 67. He had four birdies and a bogey.First-round leader Vijay Singh followed his opening 66 with a 75 to drop into a tie for eighth at 1 over. Defending champion Jeff Maggert also was 1 over after a 71.John Daly had an 81 to miss the cut. He had three double bogeys, six bogeys and a birdie.JUNIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIPRUMFORD, R.I. -- Lucy Li won the Junior PGA Championship at age 13, a year off LPGA Tour star Lexi Thompsons record in the event.Li, from Redwood, California, closed with a 2-under 69 in hot and windy conditions at Wannamoisett for a two-stroke victory. She finished at 7-under 206 in the rain-shortened event.Thompson won the first of her two titles in 2007 at age 12 at Westfield Group in Ohio. Two years ago at age 11, Li became the youngest qualifier in U.S. Womens Open history.Norman Xiong won the boys division by two strokes. The 17-year-old Xiong, a high school senior in Canyon Lake, California, who will begin play at Oregon in a year, shot a 1-under 68. He was the only player under par for 72 holes, finishing at 2-under 274.Sixteen-year-old Patrick Welch of nearby Providence was second after a 67.In girls play, Mariel Galdiano of Pearl City, Hawaii, the leader after each of the first two rounds, had a 77 to tie for second with Alyaa Abdulghany (70) of Newport Beach, California.Li, Xiong, Abdulghany and Welch earned spots on the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup team. Cheap NFL Jerseys Paypal . -- Arizona knocked off some quality opponents, rolled over a few overmatched ones and grinded out victories even when things didnt go so well. Cheap Jerseys Authentic . 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The NBAs general managers are expecting a third straight Golden State-Cleveland?matchup in this seasons NBA Finals, with the Warriors the pick to reclaim the title.Such was the consensus from the annual poll of general managers by NBA.com. The Warriors and Cavaliers each got 97 percent of the votes cast by GMs when asked to pick the Western and Eastern conference champions -- meaning, if each team got one ballot, 29 of the 30 teams voted for a rematch.And heres why it wouldnt have been unanimous: General managers were not allowed to vote for their own clubs. Boston got the other conference-title vote in the East; San Antonio got the other one in the West.The Warriors got 69 percent of votes cast to emerge as champions for the second time in three years this season, with the defending titlist Cavaliers getting the other 31 percent.While the leagues general managers might be universal in their praise of the Warriors, TNT analyst Charles Barkley is less impressed.I still think they got some of the same issues this year with that team, Barkley said Tuesday?during a lunch before TNTs Inside the NBA studio team was elected to the Broadcasting Hall of Fame.Can they rebound the ball? Theyre going to still be shooting jumpers. Theyre not going to get any low-post scoring. Can that type of play hold up through the rigors of the NBA playoffs? Im still going to say the same thing Ive always said: no.The retooled Warriors will begin their quest for a second title in three years on Tuesday when they open the season with a home game against the?San Antonio Spurs.Other balloting led to the following predictions:??Clevelands LeBron James will win his fifth MVP award. James got 47 percent of the vote, easily outpacing Oklahoma Citys Russell Westbrook (23 percent), Golden States two-time reigning MVP Stephen Curry and Houstons James Harden (10 percent each), new Warriors forward Kevin Durant (7 percent) and Indianas Paul George (3 percent).??James remains a nightmare for opponents. Asked which player forces coaches to make the most adjustments, James got 75 percent of the vote, far more than Curry (21 percent) and Golden States Draymond Green (4 percent).??Minnesotas Karl-Anthony Towns would be the player most GMs, if starting a franchise today and could sign any player, would take in such a scenario. Towwns was picked on 48 percent of ballots, followed by Durant (21 percent) and James (17 percent).dddddddddddd??Phoenixs Devin Booker is the player most likely to have a breakout season, listed on 31 percent of the ballots. He was ahead of Towns (14 percent) and Indianas Myles Turner (10 percent), with 11 other players also getting mentions.??Curry remains the NBAs best point guard, getting 63 percent of the votes in that category. Chris Paul of the?Los Angeles Clippers?(20 percent) was second, followed by Westbrook (10 percent) and Clevelands Kyrie Irving (7 percent).??Other top positional rankings went to shooting guard Harden of Houston, James at small forward, New Orleans Anthony Davis at power forward and the Clippers DeAndre Jordan at center. Interestingly, not only was James the overwhelming pick at small forward, but he also placed a close second in power forward balloting.??Golden State, which landed Durant this summer, was the easy pick as the team that made the best overall moves this offseason. Not coincidentally, 80 percent of the GMs also said Durant is the player move that will make the most impact, far ahead of the 13 percent who think Bostons getting Al Horford will.??Durants move to Golden State narrowly edged Dwyane Wade signing with Chicago as the most surprising move of the offseason.??Minnesota was the pick to be the leagues most improved team this season, and the Wolves Kris Dunn is the overwhelming choice to be the rookie of the year.??San Antonios Kawhi Leonard was overwhelmingly selected as the best defensive player and best perimeter defender in the league, part of the reason the Spurs got 50 percent of the GM votes as the NBAs top defensive team. Jordan was the easy winner in balloting for best interior defender.??The Spurs Gregg Popovich was the pick again as both the best head coach and best coach in terms of managing and motivating players.??James was picked as the NBAs best leader, most versatile player and as the player with the best basketball IQ. But if GMs could pick one player to take a shot with the game on the line, he was the second choice -- far behind Curry.Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. ' ' '