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Democrat Cherelle Parker wins Philadelphia’s mayoral primary

Cherelle Parker, a Democrat with a long political history in Pennsylvania, won Philadelphia’s mayoral primary on Tuesday, likely setting her up as the city’s 100th mayor and the first woman to serve in the role.

Parker, 50, who served for 10 years as a state representative for northwest Philadelphia before her election to the city council in 2015, asserted herself as a leader whose government experience would allow her to address gaping problems with public safety and quality of life in the nation’s sixth-largest city. She will go up against Republican David Oh in the Nov. 7 general election.

The win was a disappointment to progressives who rallied around Helen Gym, who was backed by Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Parker emerged from a crowded field of five front-runner Democratic candidates vying to replace Democrat Jim Kenney, who is term-limited. She beat out other former city council members who resigned from their seats to throw their hats in the ring; a state representative; a former city controller and a political outsider businessman.

The Philadelphia race serves as the latest barometer of how residents of some of the nation’s largest cities hope to emerge from the pandemic, which heightened concerns about crime, poverty and inequality. The results have sometimes been tumultuous in other parts of the country, leading to the defeat of the incumbent mayor of Chicago in February and the ouster of San Francisco’s district attorney last year.

Parker pledged to ‘stop the sense of lawlessness that is plaguing our city’ by putting hundreds more officers on the street to engage in community policing. Parker pushed for officers to use every legal tool, including stopping someone when they have ‘just cause and reasonable suspicion.’

She received support from members of the Philadelphia delegation in the House, as well as members of Congress. She was also backed by labor unions and a number of wards in the city, and Kenney said he had cast his ballot for her.

In another race Tuesday, Voters in Allegheny County, which encompasses the state’s second largest city of Pittsburgh, picked sitting state lawmaker Sara Innamorato as their Democratic nominee to face the lone Republican contender, Joseph Rockey, in the November general election. Unlike in the Philadelphia mayor’s race, the primary winner will not necessarily be the person most likely to fill the county executive’s seat.

‘Allegheny County, I’m going to make one promise to you: I will build a team of leaders who will usher in the future of this region and build a more equitable and just county,’ she said at a campaign event Tuesday, asking supporters to enjoy the victory and recharge. ‘We better get ready, because we have a lot of work to do.’

Our Revolution, a movement born during Sanders’ 2016 presidential race and now one of the largest progressive organizations in the country, had endorsed Innamorato — a win for the movement, even with its loss in the mayoral primary.

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WATCH: Dems dismiss Durham report that found flaws in FBI’s Trump probe: ‘A process foul’

House and Senate Democrats on Tuesday dismissed the findings from Special Counsel John Durham’s report that found the Department of Justice and FBI ‘failed to uphold their mission of strict fidelity to the law’ when it launched the Trump-Russia investigation.

Durham’s report after a years-long investigation of the FBI’s original investigation into Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign dubbed ‘Crossfire Hurricane’ was delivered on Monday to Congress.

Fox News Digital was on Capitol Hill Tuesday to ask Democrats if they are concerned that Durham revealed officials aggressively went after a sitting president with little evidence, and whether the FBI is still living up to its motto: Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity.

‘It’s a process foul, not of any substance,’ Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., said of the FBI’s actions outline in the report.

‘The Durham report did not disabuse the fact that Trump asked the Russians to hack Hillary Clinton. Russians did hack Hillary Clinton,’ Swalwell added. ‘Met with, had his team meet with people offering dirt on Hillary Clinton at Trump Tower and Donald Trump, it still looks like, was trying to do the biggest deal of his life in Moscow while he was a candidate. So if that was not disproved, then this report seems of little value.’

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, said of the report, ‘nobody takes it seriously.’

‘I think it is a naked self-justification for the millions of dollars of taxpayer dollars they wasted in that wild goose chase,’ Raskin said. ‘So he’s trying to justify it now, but nobody takes it seriously. Everybody knows that Vladimir Putin was involved in an active measure campaign to destabilize and sabotage the American election in 2016. And he… has been doing it ever since he’s never stopped.’

‘I don’t think that he said anything new in that statement that would undermine… anybody’s faith in FBI. Of course, if you’ve been trashing the FBI for the last several years, it’s not going to suddenly vindicate that in your eyes,’ Raskin said.

Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.V., would not answer the questions and stated he had ‘nothing else to say.’

Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., also dismissed the report’s finding, and said it was ‘very disappointing to see a once venerable prosecutor clearly infected by political bias.’

‘Based on the review of Crossfire Hurricane and related intelligence activities, we conclude that the Department and the FBI failed to uphold their mission of strict fidelity to the law in connection with certain events and activities described in this report,’ the Durham report said.

Durham said his investigation also revealed that ‘senior FBI personnel displayed a serious lack of analytical rigor towards the information that they received, especially information received from politically-affiliated persons and entities.’

The FBI said in a statement responding to the report: ‘The conduct in 2016 and 2017 that Special Counsel Durham examined was the reason that current FBI leadership already implemented dozens of corrective actions, which have now been in place for some time. Had those reforms been in place in 2016, the missteps identified in the report could have been prevented.’

‘This report reinforces the importance of ensuring the FBI continues to do its work with the rigor, objectivity, and professionalism the American people deserve and rightly expect,’ it added.

Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital. 

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DeSantis, pro-life activists hit back at Trump over abortion bill criticism

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hit back at former President Trump after the possible 2024 rival claimed the governor’s six-week abortion ban had been ‘too harsh’ for pro-life voters.

DeSantis defended his signing of the ban during a Tuesday press conference, telling reporters that virtually all pro-life voters supported the bill. Many pro-life groups spoke out to criticize Trump this week after he suggested that such abortion bans were too strict.

‘Protecting an unborn child when there’s a detectable heartbeat is something that almost 99% of pro-lifers support,’ DeSantis told reporters. ‘It’s something that other states like Iowa, under Gov. Kim Reynolds, have enacted.’

‘As a Florida resident, you know, he didn’t give an answer about, ‘Would you have signed the heartbeat bill that Florida did, that had all the exceptions that people talk about?’’ DeSantis added.

Trump split with pro-life groups in an interview with The Messenger on Monday, telling a reporter, ‘If you look at what DeSantis did, a lot of people don’t even know if he knew what he was doing. But he signed six weeks, and many people within the pro-life movement feel that that was too harsh.’

When asked about whether he would support restrictions on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, Trump replied, ‘I’m looking at all options.’

DeSantis’s abortion bill, signed in mid-April, bans most abortions beyond six weeks but includes exceptions for rape and incest. Existing state exceptions for the life of the mother also remain in place.

Pro-life groups were quick to correct the record earlier this week after Trump’s comments, saying the Florida bill was an example of success for the movement.

‘The pro-life movement demands a presidential candidate who will boldly advocate for the human rights of all people,’ Noah Brandt, vice president of communications at Live Action, told the Daily Signal. ‘It is sad and disappointing to see a candidate attack the people of Florida for protecting pre-born Floridians with a detectable heartbeat.’

Lila Rose, president of Live Action, tweeted a poll showing that more than 60% of Florida voters in general support protection for unborn children after a heartbeat is detected, which is at around six weeks.

‘Trump is embarrassing himself by abandoning pro-life voters and the children we are fighting for,’ Rose wrote in another tweet. ‘Florida and Gov DeSantis should be applauded for protecting life. If President Trump is done with fighting for life, pro-life voters should be done with him.’

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. Send tips to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.

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Technical and Fundamental Analysis on Lithium

Most associate lithium with EV usage.

The largest holding in the ETF basket (LIT) is Albemarle Corp. (ALB). The U.S.-based company is not purely a lithium business, as they also produce chemicals related to petroleum refining and consumer electronics. Interestingly, Tesla is a holding in LIT as well as ALB, only with about ½ the percentage of weight.

Factoid: Lithium, the drug, is made from lithium, the metal.

Besides the use for EVs, lithium-ion batteries are the key to rechargeable power for laptops, phones and other digital devices.

Expectations for longer-term demand supports a rebound as government incentives to switch to EVs. Some forecast that lithium demand by 2040 will be 16 times higher than present-day levels.

Is LIT a buy?

On the daily chart, the 200-DMA is above the 50-DMA and the price is in between. That is a recuperation phase or one of hope. The slopes on both MAs are slightly negative, but not by too much. I particularly like the risk right now. The low of the day LIT cleared, the 50-DMA or 60.90, should hold.

On the Real Motion Indicator, there is a bullish divergence. The momentum is above the 200-DMA, while the price is still quite far. That is typically bullish for the instrument.

On Tuesday, May 16th, LIT is having an inside trading day, or trading within the range of Monday. That means pause or uncertainty. We will be looking for a weekly close around or just above current price levels, as patience is the key in current conditions.

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ETF Summary

S&P 500 (SPY): 23-month MA 420; support 410, then 405.Russell 2000 (IWM): 170 support, 180 resistance.Dow (DIA): 328 big support to hold.Nasdaq (QQQ): 329 the 23-month MA and big caps trying hard.Regional banks (KRE): 42 now pivotal resistance-holding last Thurs low.Semiconductors (SMH): 23-month MA at 124–can it hold next 2 weeks?Transportation (IYT): 202-240 biggest range to watch.Biotechnology (IBB): 121-135 range to watch from monthly charts.Retail (XRT): 56-75 trading range to break one way or another.

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Musk still needs ‘Twitter sitter,’ judges rule

Tesla CEO Elon Musk lost an appeal to unwind parts of a consent decree that he and the automaker struck with the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle civil securities fraud charges in 2018.

The ruling, issued Monday by a federal appeals court, affirms a prior decision from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, which issued the initial denial.

Musk has litigated with the SEC for years over the consent decree, which was revised in 2019 after the SEC charged Musk with making “false and misleading” statements in his August 2018 “funding secured” tweets. The Tesla CEO said he had found a buyer to take the automaker private at $420 a share, a claim which a federal judge later found to be false.

The agreement required “pre-approval” for tweets by Musk that contained information material to Tesla, and which extended to “certain senior executives,” according to the judgment.

A February letter from Musk attorney Alex Spiro said the terms of the consent decree amounted to “unconstitutional” infringement of his free-speech rights.

But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit dismissed those claims, writing that the court saw “no evidence to support Musk’s contention that the SEC has used the consent decree to conduct bad-faith, harassing investigations of his protected speech.”

The court noted that the SEC had opened “just three inquiries” into his tweets since 2018: over his “funding secured” tweet, a tweet that misstated Tesla’s annual production numbers, and a Twitter poll where Musk proposed selling 10% of his Tesla shares, according to the court filing.

Far from the investigations being in “bad-faith,” the court wrote that “each tweet plausibly violated the terms of the consent decree.”

Musk’s attorneys also put forward an argument under Rule 60(b), which allows a party to reopen their case if the law or the situation has changed significantly. Musk’s legal team argued that the SEC’s methods of enforcement made compliance “substantially more onerous.”

But the court dismissed that argument as well, noting that Musk was merely required to consult with Tesla’s general counsel or an in-house securities lawyer.

Musk’s Twitter activity has been the subject of both SEC and shareholder attention. Musk was found “not liable” in a February securities fraud trial over his “funding secured” tweets. Musk has also been fending off a lawsuit involving his public boosting of the cryptocurrency dogecoin.

The court added that if Musk had concerns about SEC oversight over his “right to tweet without even limited internal oversight,” he could have defended himself against the SEC’s charges or negotiated a different settlement. “But he chose not to do so,” the court emphasized.

“Having made that choice,” the court concluded, Musk’s team couldn’t argue “to collaterally reopen a final judgment merely because he has now changed his mind.”

“We will seek further review and continue to bring attention to the important issue of the government constraint on speech,” Musk’s attorney Spiro said in a statement to CNBC.

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Musk to be subpoenaed for documents in Virgin Islands’ Epstein lawsuit against JPMorgan

The U.S. Virgin Islands issued a subpoena to Tesla CEO Elon Musk seeking documents for that government’s lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase over sex trafficking by the bank’s late longtime customer Jeffrey Epstein, a court filing revealed Monday.

That filing said the Virgin Islands has tried unsuccessfully to serve Musk with the subpoena, which was issued on April 28, because of suspicion that Epstein “may have referred or attempted to refer” Musk as a client to JPMorgan.

The U.S. territory asked Manhattan federal court Judge Jed Rakoff in the filing to allow it to serve Musk with the subpoena with Tesla’s registered agent.

That subpoena demands Musk turn over any documents showing communication involving him, JPMorgan and Epstein, as well as “all Documents reflecting or regarding Epstein’s involvement in human trafficking and/or his procurement of girls or women for consensual sex.”

The Virgin Islands is suing JPMorgan for allegedly enabling and benefiting from Epstein’s trafficking of young women to his private island in the territory to be abused by him and others.

JPMorgan denies the government’s claims, which are mirrored in a separate pending civil lawsuit in Manhattan federal court by a woman who says Epstein sexually abused her. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is due to be deposed for both lawsuits beginning on May 26.

A May 4 court filing by the Virgin Islands revealed the government had issued a similar subpoena for documents to Google co-founder Larry Page, and that it likewise was having difficulty locating Page.

And the territory previously issued subpoenas to Page’s fellow Google co-founder Sergey Brin, former Disney executive Michael Ovitz, Hyatt Hotels executive chairman Thomas Pritzker and Mort Zuckerman, the billionaire real estate investor.

In Monday’s filing, the Virgin Islands said, “Upon information and belief, Elon Musk — the CEO of Tesla, Inc., among other companies — is a high-net-worth individual who Epstein may have referred or attempted to refer to JPMorgan.” In addition to being CEO of Tesla, Musk is head of SpaceX and owner of Twitter.

The government said that it had hired an investigative firm to try to locate an address from Musk, and also contacted one of his lawyers.

That lawyer in past federal cases has waived the requirement of him being personally served with legal documents, according to the filing.

“The Government contacted Mr. Musk’s counsel via email to ask if he would be authorized to accept service on Mr. Musk’s behalf in this matter but did not receive a response confirming or denying his authority,” the filing said.

Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment by CNBC.

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But on Monday night, Musk did reply to a Twitter user, @unusual_whales, who had tweeted this article.

“This is idiotic on so many levels,” Musk wrote in his Twitter reply. “1. That cretin never advised me on anything whatsoever. 2. The notion that I would need or listen to financial advice from a dumb crook is absurd.”

“3. JPM let Tesla down ten years ago, despite having Tesla’s global commercial banking business, which we then withdrew,” Musk wrote. “I have never forgiven them.”

In 2018, Epstein told The New York Times writer James Stewart that he had been advising Musk after the Securities and Exchange Commission opened a probe into Musk’s comments about taking the company private.

When the Times reached out to Tesla for comment, the company strongly denied that claim, saying, “It is incorrect to say that Epstein ever advised Elon on anything.” Epstein had predicted to Stewart that “everyone at Tesla would deny talking to him or being his friend,” according to an article about their interview.

Epstein, a former friend of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew of Britain, was a customer of the bank from 1998 through 2013. In 2008, he pleaded guilty to a state charge in Florida of soliciting sex from an underage girl.

Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail in August 2019, a month after being arrested on child sex trafficking charges.

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Jackson Mahomes allegedly forcibly kissed woman, pushed restaurant worker

Jackson Mahomes, the social media influencer and brother of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, allegedly grabbed a woman by the throat and forcibly kissed her three times, as well as pushed a restaurant employee, according to court records released Monday in Kansas.

Johnson County District Judge Thomas Sunderland ordered the release of a redacted copy of the affidavit stemming from charges placed against Mahomes, according to the Kansas City Star. The influencer was arrested earlier this month and charged with battery and three counts of aggravated sexual battery. Police confirmed in March that the 22-year-old Mahomes was the subject of incidents that occurred in February at Aspens Restaurant and Lounge in Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas City.

Jackson Mahomes ‘pushed’ restaurant employee: affidavit

Police in Overland Park were dispatched to Aspens Restaurant and Lounge on Feb. 25 for a reported battery, according to the affidavit. The victim, whose name was not released, told police he needed to get his water bottle from the restaurant’s office, and found the door locked. After entering the door code, the victim attempted to enter the room but Mahomes allegedly pushed the victim and told him he could not come in.

‘(The employee) told Jackson that he worked there and needed his water bottle. The defendant pushed (the employee) again and told him to get out,’ the affidavit reads.

Police spoke with someone that was in the room and allegedly told officers Mahomes extended his arm toward the employee, but couldn’t tell if physical contact was made. Other people interviewed offered different accounts if Mahomes made contact with the employee. Mahomes allegedly later apologized, but ‘also told him that he shouldn’t have to tell (the victim) twice to leave a room and that if he is in a room in the restaurant, it is off limits.’

Mahomes ‘forced’ woman’s head back, kissed her without consent: affidavit

When investigating the battery report, the owner of Aspens Restaurant and Lounge, who was not named, told police they’ve had problems with Mahomes before and had to previously kick him out, according to the affidavit.

The woman told police Mahomes had previously told her he needed to speak with her in the office, where they went and he closed the door, the affidavit reads.

‘He then grabbed her throat, forcing her head back and kissed her and put his tongue in her mouth,’ according to the affidavit.

The woman told authorities she didn’t consent to the actions and pushed Mahomes away, but 30 seconds later, he allegedly did the same thing. The woman said she struggled with Mahomes and pulled his hands off her waist and pushed him away. Seconds later, Mahomes allegedly committed the same act for a third time, telling her not to tell anyone.

According to the affidavit, the woman tried calling for employees but they didn’t hear her.

‘After the defendant left the office, she told them both what had happened and showed them her neck which had visible sign of injury that was fresh,’ the affidavit reads. ‘Both servers confirmed this account to police.’

Mahomes allegedly told woman ‘what he could do for her business’

After the incident, the woman called her boyfriend while Mahomes re-entered the office and told the woman ‘what he could do for her business,’ the affidavit reads.

The woman’s boyfriend arrived at the restaurant and saw Mahomes in the office with her. Mahomes allegedly refused to leave the office until the woman gave him a hug, ‘which she reluctantly did,’ according to the affidavit. After the woman told her boyfriend what happened, he went up to Mahomes and told him and his friends to leave. He was reportedly angry being told to leave, but eventually left.

A 19-year-old male waiter and the 40-year-old female owner of the restaurant previously told the Kansas City Star of the alleged incidents.

Mahomes, who was arrested and later released on a $100,000 bond on May 3, according to jail records, is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday for a bond hearing, the Kansas City Star reported. The court will decide if he can have contact with several witnesses on the condition he doesn’t discuss the case with them.

Brandon Davies, an attorney for Mahomes, previously said the court has prohibited Mahomes and his lawyers from commenting on the charges.

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PGA Championship tee times, how to watch, TV information

The second major of the year tees off Thursday as the 105th PGA Championship begins from Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York.

No. 1 Jon Rahm won the Masters last month and will be seeking his first win at the esteemed New York course. The Spaniard is in search of his third major, having won the U.S. Open in 2021.

But Rahm said achieving a Grand Slam is not on his radar.

‘Obviously if I were to win this week or The Open Championship it really becomes a true reality,’ Rahm said in a feature on the PGA championship website. ‘But winning two majors is not easy, and picking which ones you win is a little ludicrous to think about. I’d rather focus on the number of majors you win than having the Grand Slam per se.’

Other contenders at the PGA Championship include No. 2 Scottie Scheffler, Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson.

Last year, Justin Thomas won his second PGA Championship, beating out Will Zalatoris in a playoff.

Here are the tee times and how to watch the 2023 PGA Championship:

When does the PGA Championship take place?

The 2023 PGA Championship will tee off Thursday with the final round scheduled for Sunday from Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York.

How to watch the PGA Championship on TV?

The 2023 PGA Championship will air on ESPN (1 p.m.-7 p.m.) on Thursday and Friday. The final two rounds will take place on ESPN (10 a.m.-1 p.m.) and CBS (1 p.m.-7 p.m.) on Saturday and Sunday.

How to live stream the PGA Championship?

The 2023 PGA Championship will be streamed on Paramount+ and ESPN+.

PGA Championship tee times

Below are the tee times for the first two rounds of the 2023 PGA championship. All times Eastern.

First round

7:00 a.m.: Shaun Micheel, Collierville, TN; Braden Shattuck, Aston, PA; Steven Alker, New Zealand – 1

7:05 a.m.: Trey Mullinax, Birmingham, AL; Josh Speight, Locust Hill, VA; Kazuki Higa, Japan – 10

7:11 a.m.: Ben Griffin, Chapel Hill, NC; Chris French, Rockford, IL; Joel Dahmen, Scottsdale, AZ – 1

7:16 a.m.: Adam Schenk, Vincennes, IN; Colin Inglis, Creswell, OR; Thriston Lawrence, South Africa – 10

7:22 a.m.: Wyatt Worthington II, Reynoldsburg, OH; Nico Echavarria, Colombia; Wyndham Clark, Denver, CO – 1

7:27 a.m.: Min Woo Lee, Australia; Andrew Putnam, University Place, WA; Emiliano Grillo, Argentina – 10

7:33 a.m.: Tom Hoge, Fort Worth, TX; Ryan Fox, New Zealand; K.H. Lee, Republic of Korea – 1

7:38 a.m.: Harold Varner III, Gastonia, NC; Scott Stallings, Oak Ridge, TN; Nicolai Hojgaard, Denmark – 10

7:44 a.m.: Paul Casey, England; Adam Svensson, Canada; Beau Hossler, Mission Viejo, CA – 1

7:49 a.m.: Steve Holmes, Simi Valley, CA; Adrian Otaegui, Spain; Davis Riley, Hattiesburg, MS – 10

7:55 a.m.: Zach Johnson, Cedar Rapids, IA; Kurt Kitayama, Las Vegas, NV; Sahith Theegala, Houston, TX – 1

8:00 a.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Dallas, TX; Brooks Koepka, West Palm Beach, FL; Gary Woodland, Topeka, KS – 10

8:06 a.m.: Corey Conners, Canada; Ockie Strydom, South Africa; Joaquin Niemann, Chile – 1

8:11 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland; Justin Thomas, Louisville, KY; Collin Morikawa, La Canada, CA – 10

8:17 a.m.: Kevin Kisner, Aiken, SC; Jimmy Walker, San Antonio, TX; Padraig Harrington, Ireland – 1

8:22 a.m.: Shane Lowry, Ireland; Jordan Spieth, Dallas, TX; Viktor Hovland, Norway – 10

8:28 a.m.: Alex Noren, Sweden; J.T. Poston, Sea Island, GA; Mackenzie Hughes, Canada – 1

8:33 a.m.: Matthew Fitzpatrick, England; Cameron Smith, Australia; Jon Rahm, Spain – 10

8:39 a.m.: Lee Hodges, Athens, AL; Callum Tarren, England; David Lingmerth, Sweden – 1

8:44 a.m.: Luke Donald, England; Adrian Meronk, Poland; Yannik Paul, Germany – 10

8:50 a.m.: Taylor Moore, Edmond, OK; Denny McCarthy, Jupiter, FL; Brendan Steele, Idyllwild, CA – 1

8:55 a.m.: Kenny Pigman, Norco, CA; Davis Thompson, St. Simons Island, GA; Maverick McNealy, Las Vegas, NV – 10

9:01 a.m.: Jeremy Wells, Estero, FL; Justin Suh, San Jose, CA; Adri Arnaus, Spain – 1

9:06 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Woodstock, VT; Jason Day, Australia; Bryson DeChambeau, Dallas, TX – 10

9:12 a.m.: Anthony Cordes, Johns Creek, GA; Mark Hubbard, The Woodlands, TX; Dean Burmester, South Africa – 1

9:17 a.m.: Jesse Droemer, Houston, TX; Matt NeSmith, Aiken, SC; Rikuya Hoshino, Japan – 10

12:25 p.m.: Sam Ryder, Longwood, FL; Gabe Reynolds, Dallas, TX; Brandon Wu, Scarsdale, NY – 10

12:30 p.m.: Matt Cahill, Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Taylor Montgomery, Las Vegas, NV; Cam Davis, Australia – 1

12:36 p.m.: Sadom Kaewkanjana, Thailand; Ben Kern, Grove City, OH; Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark – 10

12:41 p.m.: Michael Block, Mission Viejo, CA; Hayden Buckley, Tupelo, MS; Taylor Pendrith, Canada – 1

12:47 p.m.: Webb Simpson, Charlotte, NC; Y.E. Yang, Republic of Korea; Danny Willett, England – 10

12:52 p.m.: Alex Beach, Stillwater, OK; Brendon Todd, Watkinsville, GA; Sihwan Kim, Las Vegas, NV – 1

12:58 p.m.: Sepp Straka, Austria; Harris English, Sea Island, GA; Robert Macintyre, Scotland – 10

1:03 p.m.: Patrick Reed, The Woodlands, TX; Rasmus Hojgaard, Denmark; Nick Taylor, Canada – 1

1:09 p.m.: Thomas Pieters, Belgium; Keith Mitchell, St. Simons Island, GA; Pablo Larrazabal, Spain – 10

1:14 p.m.: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, South Africa; John Somers, Brooksville, FL; Chez Reavie, Scottsdale, AZ – 1

1:20 p.m.: Lucas Herbert, Australia; Brian Harman, St. Simons Island, GA; Callum Shinkwin, England – 10

1:25 p.m.: Tommy Fleetwood, England; Cameron Young, Scarborough, NY; Hideki Matsuyama, Japan – 1

1:31 p.m.: Tom Kim, Republic of Korea; Sam Burns, Shreveport, LA; Abraham Ancer, Mexico – 10

1:36 p.m.: Adam Scott, Australia; Max Homa, Valencia, CA; Tony Finau, Lehi, UT – 1

1:42 p.m.: Sungjae Im, Republic of Korea; Chris Kirk, Athena, GA; Seamus Power, Ireland – 10

1:47 p.m.: Xander Schauffele, San Diego, CA; Tyrrell Hatton, England; Dustin Johnson, Jupiter, FL – 1

1:53 p.m.: Si Woo Kim, Republic of Korea; Stephan Jaeger, Chattanooga, TN; Anirban Lahiri, India – 10

1:58 p.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Jupiter, FL; Rickie Fowler, Murrieta, CA; Phil Mickelson, Rancho Santa Fe, CA – 1

2:04 p.m.: Victor Perez, France; Aaron Wise, Ellerbe, NC; Jordan Smith, England – 10

2:09 p.m.: Alex Smalley, Greensboro, NC; Russell Henley, Columbus, GA; Mito Pereira, Chile – 1

2:15 p.m.: Chris Sanger, Red Hook, NY; J.J. Spaun, Scottsdale, AZ; David Micheluzzi, Australia – 10

2:20 p.m.: Adam Hadwin, Canada; Matt Kuchar, Jupiter, FL; Talor Gooch, Edmond, OK – 1

2:26 p.m.: Thomas Detry, Belgium; J.J. Killeen, Lubbock, TX; Matt Wallace, England – 10

2:31 p.m.: Justin Rose, England; Billy Horschel, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL; Francesco Molinari, Italy – 1

2:37 p.m.: Nick Hardy, Northbrook, IL; Greg Koch, Orlando, FL; Eric Cole, Delray Beach, FL – 10

2:42 p.m.: Russell Grove, Coeur d’Alene, ID; Patrick Rodgers, Jupiter, FL; Ben Taylor, England – 1

Second round

7:00 a.m.: Sam Ryder, Longwood, FL; Gabe Reynolds, Dallas, TX; Brandon Wu, Scarsdale, NY – 1

7:05 a.m.: Matt Cahill, Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Taylor Montgomery, Las Vegas, NV; Cam Davis, Australia – 10

7:11 a.m.: Sadom Kaewkanjana, Thailand; Ben Kern, Grove City, OH; Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark – 1

7:16 a.m.: Michael Block, Mission Viejo, CA; Hayden Buckley, Tupelo, MS; Taylor Pendrith, Canada – 10

7:22 a.m.: Webb Simpson, Charlotte, NC; Y.E. Yang, Republic of Korea; Danny Willett, England – 1

7:27 a.m.: Alex Beach, Stillwater, OK; Brendon Todd, Watkinsville, GA; Sihwan Kim, Las Vegas, NV – 10

7:33 a.m.: Sepp Straka, Austria; Harris English, Sea Island, GA; Robert Macintyre, Scotland – 1

7:38 a.m.: Patrick Reed, The Woodlands, TX; Rasmus Hojgaard, Denmark; Nick Taylor, Canada – 10

7:44 a.m.: Thomas Pieters, Belgium; Keith Mitchell, St. Simons Island, GA; Pablo Larrazabal, Spain – 1

7:49 a.m.: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, South Africa; John Somers, Brooksville, FL; Chez Reavie, Scottsdale, AZ – 10

7:55 a.m.: Lucas Herbert, Australia; Brian Harman, St. Simons Island, GA; Callum Shinkwin, England – 1

8:00 a.m.: Tommy Fleetwood, England; Cameron Young, Scarborough, NY; Hideki Matsuyama, Japan – 10

8:06 a.m.: Tom Kim, Republic of Korea; Sam Burns, Shreveport, LA; Abraham Ancer, Mexico – 1

8:11 a.m.: Adam Scott, Australia; Max Homa, Valencia, CA; Tony Finau, Lehi, UT – 10

8:17 a.m.: Sungjae Im, Republic of Korea; Chris Kirk, Athena, GA; Seamus Power, Ireland – 1

8:22 a.m.: Xander Schauffele, San Diego, CA; Tyrrell Hatton, England; Dustin Johnson, Jupiter, FL – 10

8:28 a.m.: Si Woo Kim, Republic of Korea; Stephan Jaeger, Chattanooga, TN; Anirban Lahiri, India – 1

8:33 a.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Jupiter, FL; Rickie Fowler, Murrieta, CA; Phil Mickelson, Rancho Santa Fe, CA – 10

8:39 a.m.: Victor Perez, France; Aaron Wise, Ellerbe, NC; Jordan Smith, England – 1

8:44 a.m.: Alex Smalley, Greensboro, NC; Russell Henley, Columbus, GA; Mito Pereira, Chile – 10

8:50 a.m.: Chris Sanger, Red Hook, NY; J.J. Spaun, Scottsdale, AZ; David Micheluzzi, Australia – 1

8:55 a.m.: Adam Hadwin, Canada; Matt Kuchar, Jupiter, FL; Talor Gooch, Edmond, OK – 10

9:01 a.m.: Thomas Detry, Belgium; J.J. Killeen, Lubbock, TX; Matt Wallace, England – 1

9:06 a.m.: Justin Rose, England; Billy Horschel, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL; Francesco Molinari, Italy – 10

9:12 a.m.: Nick Hardy, Northbrook, IL; Greg Koch, Orlando, FL; Eric Cole, Delray Beach, FL – 1

9:17 a.m.: Russell Grove, Coeur d’Alene, ID; Patrick Rodgers, Jupiter, FL; Ben Taylor, England – 10

12:25 p.m.: Shaun Micheel, Collierville, TN; Braden Shattuck, Aston, PA; Steven Alker, New Zealand – 10

12:30 p.m.: Trey Mullinax, Birmingham, AL; Josh Speight, Locust Hill, VA; Kazuki Higa, Japan – 1

12:36 p.m.: Ben Griffin, Chapel Hill, NC; Chris French, Rockford, IL; Joel Dahmen, Scottsdale, AZ – 10

12:41 p.m.: Adam Schenk, Vincennes, IN; Colin Inglis, Creswell, OR; Thriston Lawrence, South Africa – 1

12:47 p.m.: Wyatt Worthington II, Reynoldsburg, OH; Nico Echavarria, Colombia; Wyndham Clark, Denver, CO – 10

12:52 p.m.: Min Woo Lee, Australia; Andrew Putnam, University Place, WA; Emiliano Grillo, Argentina – 1

12:58 p.m.: Tom Hoge, Fort Worth, TX; Ryan Fox, New Zealand; K.H. Lee, Republic of Korea – 10

1:09 p.m.: Paul Casey, England; Adam Svensson, Canada; Beau Hossler, Mission Viejo, CA – 10

1:03 p.m.: Harold Varner III, Gastonia, NC; Scott Stallings, Oak Ridge, TN; Nicolai Hojgaard, Denmark – 1

1:14 p.m.: Steve Holmes, Simi Valley, CA; Adrian Otaegui, Spain; Davis Riley, Hattiesburg, MS – 1

1:20 p.m.: Zach Johnson, Cedar Rapids, IA; Kurt Kitayama, Las Vegas, NV; Sahith Theegala, Houston, TX – 10

1:25 p.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Dallas, TX; Brooks Koepka, West Palm Beach, FL; Gary Woodland, Topeka, KS – 1

1:31 p.m.: Corey Conners, Canada; Ockie Strydom, South Africa; Joaquin Niemann, Chile – 10

1:36 p.m.: Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland; Justin Thomas, Louisville, KY; Collin Morikawa, La Canada, CA – 1

1:42 p.m.: Kevin Kisner, Aiken, SC; Jimmy Walker, San Antonio, TX; Padraig Harrington, Ireland – 10

1:47 p.m.: Shane Lowry, Ireland; Jordan Spieth, Dallas, TX; Viktor Hovland, Norway – 1

1:53 p.m.: Alex Noren, Sweden; J.T. Poston, Sea Island, GA; Mackenzie Hughes, Canada – 10

1:58 p.m.: Matthew Fitzpatrick, England; Cameron Smith, Australia; Jon Rahm, Spain – 1

2:04 p.m.: Lee Hodges, Athens, AL; Callum Tarren, England; David Lingmerth, Sweden – 10

2:09 p.m.: Luke Donald, England; Adrian Meronk, Poland; Yannik Paul, Germany – 1

2:15 p.m.: Taylor Moore, Edmond, OK; Denny McCarthy, Jupiter, FL; Brendan Steele, Idyllwild, CA – 10

2:20 p.m.: Kenny Pigman, Norco, CA; Davis Thompson, St. Simons Island, GA; Maverick McNealy, Las Vegas, NV – 1

2:26 p.m.: Jeremy Wells, Estero, FL; Justin Suh, San Jose, CA; Adri Arnaus, Spain – 10

2:31 p.m.: Keegan Bradley, Woodstock, VT; Jason Day, Australia; Bryson DeChambeau, Dallas, TX – 1

2:37 p.m.: Anthony Cordes, Johns Creek, GA; Mark Hubbard, The Woodlands, TX; Dean Burmester, South Africa – 10

2:42 p.m.: Jesse Droemer, Houston, TX; Matt NeSmith, Aiken, SC; Rikuya Hoshino, Japan – 1

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Shannon Sharpe tees off on Morant apologists after latest gun video

After Morant’s first gun incident in March, Sharpe declared that it was going to be actions that changed the tenor on the star Grizzlies point guard. So when Sharpe spoke on his morning debate show ‘Undisputed’ on Monday morning, he focused his attention to the fans and people around Morant.

‘I’m mad, I’m upset, I’m disgusted by the people that defended (Morant),’ Sharpe said. ‘Because that’s what got us here.’

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Sharpe went on to describe how people attacked him for critical comments on Morant in March. Other media pundits, including Stephen A. Smith, were skeptical about how quickly Morant returned to the Grizzlies after the team announced he was taking time away on March 4. Morant missed eight games due to an NBA suspension, but six of those games were before the NBA’s announcement.

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Morant’s last suspension had an indirect impact on his chances of making an All-NBA team. Since he didn’t qualify, Morant missed out on a chance to make more than $39 million dollars in additional money on his five-year contract extension he recently signed.

Now, Sharpe thinks that $39 million isn’t the only money Morant is likely to lose, and he blaming people whom he feels enabled Morant.

‘All of the people that said let Ja be Ja, are y’all gonna be the treasurer of that GoFundMe account, because he just lost $39 million because he wasn’t on one of the three All-NBA teams,’ Sharpe said. ‘He’s about to lose another $20-$30 million of these endorsements.’

‘What about to the NBA? What about the Nike? What about the Powerade? I want to know who is going to be the treasurer of that GoFundMe because he is about to lose that NBA contract. He is about to lose that Powerade endorsement.’

Morant was suspended from Grizzlies team activities after the video surfaced Sunday while the NBA looks into the matter.

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Iowa State coach says there’s ‘witch hunt’ in gambling investigation

PATON, Iowa — Iowa State wrestling coach Kevin Dresser likened the investigation into student-athletes’ sports gambling to a ‘witch hunt’ during Monday’s stop on the annual Cyclones Tailgate Tour.

Speaking to reporters outside Paton’s Toolbar Restaurant, where a crowd of about 300 fans gathered to mingle with Iowa State coaches and mascot Cy, Dresser said:

‘To be quite honest, there’s a part of me that thinks – and I’m usually one to say what I think – part of me thinks there’s a little bit of witch hunt,’ Dresser said. ‘But at the same time, I also know there’s rules, and if they didn’t follow the rules, there’s going to be penalties.’

Dresser was asked to comment about last week’s news that 41 student-athletes at Iowa State and Iowa are being investigated for allegations of sports gambling. Iowa State confirmed that ‘approximately 15’ student-athletes from football, wrestling and track and field might have violated NCAA rules. At Iowa, 26 athletes from baseball, football, men’s basketball and men’s track and field had been flagged.

‘I’m not saying any more than what we’ve already said,’ Iowa State athletics director Jamie Pollard said.

Iowa State’s comment in last week’s statement acknowledging the investigation was that ‘the university has notified the NCAA and will take the appropriate actions to resolve these issues.’

The NCAA suspended a Virginia Tech football player six games last fall for gambling on NBA basketball games, which broke an NCAA rule that prohibits college athletes from gambling on most sporting events, college or pro.

‘We’ll just deal with whatever comes our way,’ Iowa State football coach Matt Campbell said. ‘I really don’t know a whole lot. What we do know, I don’t know if it has a profound effect one way or another.

‘It’s part of college athletics in today’s world. You deal with rules and regulations and move forward. We’ll be ready for whatever comes our way.’

Like all coaches and athletics administrators, Dresser is a staunch advocate for athletes. Some of the rules they’re forced to follow, he said, just don’t seem fair.

‘At the end of the day, will there be some that probably sit out a little bit? Yeah, there probably will be. I also look at it in the big scheme of things. These guys didn’t assault anybody. These guys didn’t get a drunk driving (offense). It’s another example that Division I athletes are held to a different standard than the average college student.

‘It sure would be nice, sometimes, if our athletes could just be college students.’

It is unknown if the investigation is just among some athletes at Iowa’s flagship universities, or if it’s national.

‘There’s obviously a state organization out there that, for whatever reason, they just felt like they were going to knock on guys’ doors and show up and take their phones,’ Dresser said. ‘It’s like OK, when are the Pennsylvania people going to show up? When’s the Ohio people going to show up? When’s the Florida people going to show up? Is this just an Iowa thing?’

Regardless, Dresser has to deal with the reality that some of his wrestlers could miss part of next season.

‘The NCAA has a rulebook, as antiquated as it might be on this subject,’ he said. ‘Then you start playing the appeal game, the waiver game, and see what number you end up at.

‘At the end of the day, I’m guessing there’s guys that’ll sit out. We’ll sort that out as it comes.’

Dresser reiterated his stance that placing a bet on an NFL or NBA game doesn’t seem like a serious offense.

‘There’s a lot of college kids that are doing it,’ Dresser said. ‘It’s an example of Division I athletes wanting to be college kids, and you can’t be college kids in this day and age if you’re a Division I athlete. That’s the long and short of it.’

Reach Iowa State columnist Randy Peterson at rpeterson@dmreg.com, and on Twitter @RandyPete.

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