CHASKA, Minn. -- The Latest on the Ryder Cup (all times local):3:45 p.m.The Europeans are the visiting team at the Ryder Cup this year, but the weather for practice at Hazeltine National Club has felt a little like home, particularly for the team members from the British Isles. The conditions on Tuesday and Wednesday have been windy and gray, with the high temperature barely reaching 60 degrees.The course, which hosted the PGA Championship in 2002 and 2009, has been getting good reviews, though. Matt Fitzpatrick, the Englishman rookie, said the greens were fantastic during his practice rounds.Henrik Stenson, the Swede who now calls Florida home, said the weather has reminded him of the 2014 tournament in Gleneagles, Scotland.The forecasts are calling for more favorable conditions for the weekend competition, with mostly sunny skies and highs in the low 70s.---3 p.m.The motivational tug of war continues behind the scenes.After the U.S. team turned to Michael Phelps for its latest inspirational team talk, Europe countered with Paul OConnell.The rugby union legend who captained both the British and Irish Lions before retiring may not be a familiar name on these shores. But suffice it to say when European captain Darren Clarke -- who is 6-foot-2 and 200 pounds -- calls somebody a very large man and big in stature, were talking HUGE.But whenever Paul addressed the team, he sat down, Clarke said. He didnt stand up. He didnt feel the need to stand up and intimidate anybody.OConnell was listed as 6-foot-6 and 250 pounds when he played.Hopefully, U.S. captain Davis Love has Shaquille ONeal on speed-dial.---2:05 p.m.The Europeans are doing a little damage control after a colorful, humorous and crude essay written by team member Danny Willetts brother, about his excitement for the Ryder Cup and disdain for American golf fans creating what promises to be a partisan crowd at Hazeltine National Golf Club.Pete Willetts post on the National Club Golfer website poked fun at the American players who need their baying mob of imbeciles to caress their egos every step of the way to have a chance to beat the Europeans for the first time in four tries since 2008.Willett urged Team Europe to silence the pudgy, basement-dwelling irritants, stuffed on cookie dough and pissy beer, pausing between mouthfuls of hotdog so they can scream `Baba booey until their jelly faces turn red.Europe captain Darren Clarke said Danny Willett was bitterly disappointed in the article and planned to express his displeasure with his brother.Clarke said he also was upset by Pete Willetts words, an opinion which is not representative of Team Europes thoughts.---1:25 p.m.You might think Davis Love III has enough to do during Ryder Cup week, even with five assistants helping him try to win one for the home team.On Wednesday, he added another responsibility to his role as U.S. captain: sandwich deliveryman.Apparently even the team he called the greatest ever needs its turkey sandwiches to play great.If we dont get the turkey sandwiches to these guys, theyre not going to be happy, Love said.Its all part of what Love said are the shared responsibilities for himself and his assistants, which include Tiger Woods and Bubba Watson.Even if its just bring the sandwiches and the water and drive them in when they win, whatever it is, we just need to be prepared for it, he said.---NoonEuropes Justin Rose says he wasnt bothered one bit that records showing he received a therapeutic-use exemption were published online by hackers seeking to embarrass some Olympic athletes.All the boxes were ticked, said Rose, who won the gold medal at the Rio Olympics last month.Russian hackers who broke into the World Anti-Doping Agency database published similar records about TUEs for tennis stars and sisters Serena and Venus Williams and gymnast Simone Biles, among others.Rose requested and received permission to use an anti-inflammatory in May to treat a herniated disk.That whole procedure is in place for an athlete who is having medical issues, Rose said, not someone who is trying to gain anything from it.---11:30 a.m.U.S. captain Davis Love III has left one of his groups alone for Wednesdays practice -- Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed and Matt Kuchar. He inserted Ryder Cup rookie Brooks Koepka into the group of Jimmy Walker, Phil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler. And he took Zach Johnson and placed him with captains pick Ryan Moore, J.B. Holmes and Brandt Snedeker.European captain Darren Clarke mixed up his foursomes for the second full day of practice. Rory McIlroy and Chris Wood were with Thomas Pieters and Martin Kaymer; Henrik Stenson and Matt Fitzpatrick were with Lee Westwood and Rafa Cabrera Bello; and Sergio Garcia and Andy Sullivan were with Justin Rose and Danny Willett.What does it all mean?The pairings for the opening session are to be announced at opening ceremonies Thursday.---10 a.m.Phil Mickelson criticized another Ryder Cup captain in explaining why this American team at least will be prepared to play its best.Mickelson was the catalyst for change in 2014 when he publicly questioned Tom Watsons heavy-handed role as captain in Gleneagles in another American loss. That led to a task force that allowed for more player involvement.Mickelson used Hal Sutton and his captaincy in 2004 as an example of players being set up for failure. He says Sutton only told him he was playing with Tiger Woods just two days before the start of the matches. Mickelson says he had to learn how to hit a different golf ball and it affected his preparations.He says Davis Love III has them in a position to succeed at Hazeltine.Nike NFL Jerseys China .S. Open champion Justin Rose birdied the first hole with a blind shot he hit to a foot of the pin, and he stayed in front Tuesday until he completed a 4-under 67 for a two-shot lead over Jason Dufner in PGA Grand Slam of Golf. NFL Jerseys China . The Clippers were angry about blowing a big lead; the Kings didnt like being in that kind of hole and nearly digging themselves out only to lose. https://www.chinajerseysnfl.us/ . 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During the athletes parade, the 23-strong Ukrainian team was represented by a lone flagbearer in an apparent protest at the presence of Russian troops in Ukraines Crimean peninsula.LOS ANGELES -- There was no text message that specifically gave Derrick Rose permission to have sex with his ex-girlfriend, but for the NBA star the signs were clear, he testified Friday in a lawsuit that accuses him and two friends of raping the woman.It started with a morning text message from the woman saying Rose was the reason she wakes up horny, including a photo of herself in her nightshirt and continued with other texts about sex throughout the day.Rose said he surmised that the horny text had triggered consent from that point on, and that was only reinforced for him by their sexual history, sex acts she engaged in with him and his personal assistant that night at his house and an invite hours later to her apartment.I was assuming that all of us going over there that she wanted to have sex with all of us, Rose testified in a matter-a-fact demeanor.His description of the incident differed dramatically from the womans testimony, which lasted a day and a half in Los Angeles federal court.The 30-year-old woman denied having sex earlier in the evening at Roses Beverly Hills mansion, though her testimony was clouded by her claims that she blacked out and could only piece together the evening through short flashes of memory and by reviewing a flurry of text messages she apparently was able to send despite being drunk and, possibly, drugged.At the end of testimony, Roses lawyer asked a judge to declare a mistrial because of a profane text message that he said the womans lawyers had failed to reveal until Friday.The judge said he would take the issue up Tuesday morning before the Knicks point guard is scheduled to resume testimony. The judge ordered Rose to return to the stand even if it means missing a preseason game the night before in New York.Rose, 28, was called to the stand by the plaintiffs lawyer as a hostile witness to help make the plaintiffs case that the woman never gave consent to have sex with him and his longtime friends and assistants, Randall Hampton and Ryan Allen.Consent is the main issue for the jury of six women and two men. The men, all friends since adolescence in Chicago, have denied the allegations and said the woman consented.The Associated Press is not naming the woman because it generally does not identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault.dddddddddddd.Rose said the only time the woman said, Stop was after she let them in her apartment and they all headed for the bedroom together.She told us, `One at a time, he said. He and Hampton waited on the sofa while Allen was inside.The woman testified she never let the men in her place and remembers waking to see them all in her bedroom. She recalled Allen on top of her at one point and, at another, Rose pulling her to the side of the bed as she tried to roll off.Rose said he never received any text from the woman telling him she wanted to have sex with him and the two others. But he had assumed from what had transpired and the fact she had never told him no.In my mind, she consented every time we had sex, he said. Why wouldnt she do it that time?Attorney Waukeen McCoy suggested Rose had no remorse about the night.Im sensitive to it, Rose replied, but added, I feel I didnt do anything wrong.Rose hadnt seen the woman since breaking up months earlier, but invited her over for drinks that night. She came with a friend and after a shot or two of tequila she became sexually aggressive, which turned him off.Rose retreated to his room, where he rebuffed further advances until a friend removed her from the room.About 20 minutes later, he said he walked outside and saw Hampton having sex with her by the side of the pool, and she pulled Rose over to join them, though he broke away and returned to his room.Rose said the woman was acting a bit abnormally, but he didnt think she was drunk.Rose said he once had feelings for the woman and thought they had a bond. He was once asked if he thought she was after his money.Not at that time, he said.Defense lawyers have described her as a gold digger and suggested she had sued for money.She denied that saying: I didnt wish him any harm, I wanted him to be accountable.The woman didnt report the incident to police until she filed suit more than two years later. Los Angeles police still have an open investigation. ' ' '