McIlroy, Cantlay lead U.S. Open after Spherical 1; Panthers push Oilers to the brink with Sport 3 win

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🏌 Good morning to everybody, however particularly to …

PATRICK CANTLAY AND RORY MCILROY

Patrick Cantlay and Rory McIlroy are wanting down at the remainder of the leaderboard following Spherical 1 of the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst. Each golfers shot a 65 on Thursday, good for 5-under and first place heading into Friday.

Cantlay has by no means received a significant match in his profession, and he is by no means completed larger than 14th within the U.S. Open. He’s already in unfamiliar territory as that is the primary time he is ever been inside the highest 5 of a significant after 18 holes.

It is a good begin for Cantlay, however he nonetheless has a whole lot of work to do with some daunting firm proper round him on the high of the leaderboard. That features McIlroy, who’s making an attempt out a extra “stoic” method lately.

• McIlroy: “I feel, with my demeanor, simply making an attempt to be tremendous stoic. Simply making an attempt to be as even-keeled as I probably may be. I actually really feel like that is the factor that has served me properly in these U.S. Opens over the previous few years. Simply making an attempt to be 100% dedicated to the pictures and 100% dedicated to having a very good perspective.”

Whereas Cantlay is making an attempt to win his first main, McIlroy is making an attempt to notch his first main match victory in 10 years. McIlroy has been caught on 4 main wins since he received at The Open Championship in 2014.

Heading into Spherical 2 of the U.S. Open, the highest of the leaderboard appears like this:

T-1. Patrick Cantlay (-5)
T-1. Rory McIlroy (-5)
3. Ludvig Åberg (-4)
T-4. Matthieu Pavon (-3)
T-4. Bryson DeChambeau (-3)

In the meantime, Tiger Woods is simply making an attempt to make the minimize after taking pictures a 74 in Spherical 1. Woods is tied for 78th at 4-over, and he is only one stroke off the projected cutline heading into Spherical 2.

👍 Honorable mentions

🏒 And never such a very good morning for …

THE EDMONTON OILERS

The Oilers entered this Stanley Cup Remaining simply 4 wins away from their first championship since 1990 … and they’re nonetheless 4 wins away following a 4-3 loss to the Panthers in Sport 3.

It was an all too acquainted story for the Oilers on Thursday evening. They outshot the Panthers, 35-23, however made too many catastrophic errors to come back away with a win.

To make issues worse, Edmonton’s strengths have been speculated to be high-end ability on the high of the lineup and a deadly energy play. Thus far, neither of these issues have manifested on this sequence.

• Connor McDavid has but to attain regardless of placing 14 pictures on aim.
• Leon Draisaitl, Zach Hyman and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins have mixed for zero factors.
• The vaunted Edmonton energy play is now 0 for 10 within the sequence.

In aim, Stuart Skinner has reverted to his pre-conference last self. Within the Stanley Cup Remaining, Skinner has posted a .868 save share and a 3.08 GAA. Is it too late for the Oilers to offer Calvin Pickard a shot in web?

Edmonton now faces a 3-0 deficit, which has solely been overcome by 4 groups in NHL historical past. The one group ever to climb out of a 3-0 gap within the Remaining, the Toronto Maple Leafs, did so 82 years in the past in 1942.

👎 Not so honorable mentions

🏈 Trevor Lawrence will get the bag from the Jags

Everybody’s somewhat extra chipper on Friday morning, however Trevor Lawrence has some further pep in his step right now. That is as a result of he signed a record-tying $275 million contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday night.

Lawrence’s contract ties him with Joe Burrow because the highest-paid quarterback in NFL historical past. He additionally turns into the fourth quarterback in NFL historical past with a minimum of $200 million in assured cash, becoming a member of Burrow, Deshaun Watson, and Justin Herbert.

Listed here are the highest 5 highest-paid quarterbacks within the NFL after Lawrence’s mammoth deal:

1. Trevor Lawrence | $55 million per yr
2. Joe Burrow | $55 million per yr
3. Jared Goff | $53 million per yr
4. Justin Herbert | $52.5 million per yr
5. Lamar Jackson | $52 million per yr

The No. 1 general choose within the 2021 NFL Draft, Lawrence already ranks fourth in Jaguars historical past in passing yards (11,770) and passing touchdowns (58). Lawrence additionally led Jacksonville to the divisional spherical of the playoffs within the 2022 season.

Regardless of some early success, Lawrence has had some struggles caring for the soccer. His 21 giveaways led the NFL final season, and his 21 fumbles misplaced are tied for probably the most by any participant in his first three seasons.

These turnovers are simpler to swallow with a quarterback on a rookie deal. Nevertheless, Lawrence’s efficiency does not stack up properly when in comparison with different highly-paid quarterbacks.

🏀 Dan Hurley goes in-depth with CBS Sports activities

After flirting with the Los Angeles Lakers, Dan Hurley has chosen to stay at UConn and go for a 3rd straight nationwide championship.

The choice was a tough one for Hurley, and he gave CBS Sports activities some perception into his thought course of. The Huskies head coach sat down with our personal Matt Norlander for a wide-ranging dialogue about every part from his Lakers go to to a Billy Joel live performance.

One facet of the Lakers’ pitch that actually appealed to Hurley was the chance to teach LeBron James, however the basketball world will not ever get to see that distinctive mixture.

• Hurley: “That was one of many pluses. It was one of many attracts, was the possibility, in your lifetime, to have coached one of many best gamers of all time. I’ve a whole lot of confidence that my work ethic and my experience and my capability to attach with him would have made for an awesome partnership there.”

Listed here are some extra key factors from Hurley’s interview with CBS Sports activities:

• Hurley denied the concept it was all a ploy to get extra leverage in negotiations with UConn.
• Alex Karaban‘s resolution to return to UConn for an additional yr factored into Hurley’s resolution.
• The Huskies’ head coach in contrast his expertise to being in The Truman Present.

🏈 Massive 12 Convention mulling historic naming rights deal

When you just like the abandonment of custom in favor of big-money company partnerships, you may be the Massive 12 Convention.

As reported by our personal Brandon Marcello, the Massive 12 is exploring the potential of promoting its naming rights to a company sponsor. The convention would drop the phrase “Massive” and exchange it with the identify of the sponsor whereas holding “12” within the identify.

One Massive 12 supply admitted to CBS Sports activities that the convention is making an attempt to maintain up with monetary juggernauts just like the SEC and Massive Ten, which have poached member establishments from the Massive 12 lately.

• Marcello: “Personal fairness and naming rights are amongst a wide range of business alternatives the league is exploring to shut the hole between Massive 12 and the Massive Ten and SEC, and to take care of the very best degree of competitiveness.”

The Massive 12 can be contemplating a non-public fairness funding that may herald as a lot as $1 billion in trade for a 15% to twenty% stake within the convention. The deal can be one other means for member colleges to compete with the Massive Ten and SEC within the monetary arms race.

📺 What we’re watching this weekend

Properly, the U.S. Open, after all. This is how to view the play from Pinehurst and the remainder of the weekend’s motion.

Friday

⚾ CWS: Virginia at North Carolina, 2 p.m. on ESPN
⚾ CWS: Florida State at Tennessee, 7 p.m. on ESPN
🏀 NBA Finals — Sport 4: Celtics at Mavericks, 8:30 p.m. on ABC

Saturday

🏀 Solar at Wings, 1 p.m. on CBS
🏀 Liberty at Aces, 2 p.m. on ABC
⚾ CWS: NC State at Kentucky, 2 p.m. on ESPN
🏀 BIG3: Week 1, 4 p.m. on CBS
⚾ CWS: Florida at Texas A&M, 7 p.m. on ESPN
⚾ Yankees at Crimson Sox, 7:15 p.m. on Fox
🏒 Stanley Cup Remaining — Sport 4: Panthers at Oilers, 8 p.m. on ABC

Sunday

🏀 Sky at Fever, 12 p.m. on CBS
🏎 Iowa Corn 350, 7 p.m. on USA Community
⚾ Yankees at Crimson Sox, 7 p.m. on ESPN