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SILVIS, Ill. -- Zach Johnson made himself right at home in the John Deere Classic -- again.From just up the road in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the two-time major champion shot a 6-under 65 on Thursday, leaving him two strokes behind leader Andrew Loupe in the suspended first round.I dont know what it is, but I love the golf course, said Johnson, the 2012 winner at TPC Deere Run. I love the putting surfaces. I do know the moment I feel like I can take this place down is the moment it can bite me, so Ive still got to stay focused and keep the pedal down.Loupe topped the leaderboard at 8 under when play was suspended because of darkness. The tournament was delayed for 3 1/2 hours by a storm that dropped just over an inch of rain. The round resumed at 3:08 p.m., with none of the afternoon starters able to finish.Loupe will resume play Friday with a 6-foot par putt on the par-4 15th hole. The 27-year-old former LSU player had five birdies in a seven-hole stretch on the front nine and added birdies on 11, 13 and 14.Patrick Rodgers and Ryan Moore were in at 65 with Johnson, and Tom Gillis also was 6 under with two holes left.Johnson had five birdies in a seven-hole stretch in the bogey-free round that he started on the 10th tee. The 12-time PGA Tour winner capped the run on the par-5 second and also birdied the par-4 sixth.As far as the start and stop, were used to that, Johnson said. Thats not any secret. It happens all the time. Theres days where theres a 30-minute delay, theres days where, shoot, it takes 30-some odd hours to play 18 holes. Im used to it. Relaxed a little bit, ate something, worked out a little bit, that kind of thing, just to stay loose, and then went back at it.Rodgers birdied the final hole for a back-nine 31.Today was a really solid day for me, said Rodgers, the former Stanford star from Indiana. I felt like I was very consistent tee to green and gave myself a lot of opportunities to make birdies. My only bogey was a three-putt. My only missed green was in the fringe, so I played really solid golf. There wasnt a whole lot of opportunities to make mistakes.Moore eagled the par-5 17th in his opening nine, and finished with a 30-foot par save on No. 9.I was playing well and you hate to drop a shot on the last hole, the four-time tour winner said. I didnt play the hole well by any means. I didnt hit any good golf shots. But a good putt can save just about anything, and thats what happened.Jordan Spieth chose not to defend his title because he didnt think it would be appropriate in light of his decision to skip the Rio Olympics.Scott Pinckney and Scott Brown shot 66, and Geoff Ogilvy and Morgan Hoffman also were 5 under. Ogilvy completed 12 holes, and Hoffman 14.Pinckney made five straight birdies and six in a seven-hole stretch on his final nine.Honestly, I played good on both sides, but the putts started to drop, and I put it a little bit closer on the back side, Pinckney said. So, it wasnt like all of a sudden Im hitting it good.Three-time champion Steve Stricker had a 70. The 49-year-old Stricker, a former University of Illinois player from Wisconsin, won the event in 2009, 2010 and 2011.Even after the rain, the inch of rain we got, the conditions were pretty good, Stricker said. I just didnt play that sharply.Wesley Bryan has 2 under with eight holes left. He won his third Web.com Tour title of the season last week in Kansas to earn an immediate PGA Tour promotion.NCAA champion Aaron Wise was 1 under after seven holes in his PGA Tour debut as a pro. The former Oregon player won a Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada event two weeks ago in Edmonton, Alberta. 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Cheap Baseball Jerseys Online .C. - The Carolina Hurricanes have placed backup goalie Anton Khudobin on injured reserve with an unspecified lower-body injury. SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Rudy Gay and the Sacramento Kings were glad to benefit from a rare bit of good fortune.Gay had 23 points and nine rebounds, and the Kings beat Toronto 102-99 on Sunday night after waiting out a video review to see if the Raptors had forced overtime on Terrence Ross 3-pointer at the buzzer.Following a timeout with 2.4 seconds left, Ross grabbed a deflected pass, took two dribbles and made a 33-footer -- but the officials ruled time had expired.Official Mike Callahan said a replay review showed the clock didnt start when DeMarcus Cousins deflected the ball. The actual elapsed time was 2.5 seconds, resulting in no basket and a celebration at Golden 1 Arena.Ive got to hear another explanation better than that because we reviewed it about 10 times in there, Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. Even if the clock started once DeMarcus Cousins deflected it, T-Ross caught it, shot it, and still had shot it at .5 (seconds) with plenty of time.The only explanation the Kings cared about was the disputed shot didnt count.We never get these kinds of breaks, Gay said. It felt good to get off the court and celebrate this win.While the Kings were ecstatic, the Raptors bemoaned their fate.Im going to save my money and say no comment, Kyle Lowry said.The NBAs scoring leader, DeMar DeRozan was defended tightly by Gay for much of the game and missed 12 of 15 shots while finishing with a season-low 12 points for Toronto.The Kings snapped a four-game losing streak and beat the Raptors for the second time this season. DeRozan, who entered averaging 33 points per game, missed all eight shots and had three second-half points as Toronto was outscored 44-36.We gave up 36 in the second half. Thats fantastic, because the first half wasnt so nice defensively, Kings coach Dave Joergeer said.ddddddddddddSacramento defeated Toronto for the second time this season. In the first meeting, DeRozan shot 7 of 20 and had 23 points. He has reached 30 points in 10 of 13 games this season.I can say it was a bad shooting night or I could be humble and say that I played good defense, said Gay, an ex-teammate of DeRozans. Hes a friend of mine.Lowry had nine of his 25 points in the fourth quarter and finished with eight assists and seven turnovers. Jonas Valanciunas added 23 points and 14 rebounds, DeMarre Carroll scored 17 points, and Patrick Patterson 11.Cousins had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Kings. Darren Collison added 15 points and nine assists, and Aaron Afflalo scored 14. Sacramento had dropped eight of 10.Lowry made two free throws to cut the Kings lead to 102-99. A shot-clock violation gave the ball back to Toronto for one more possession.Collison converted a three-point play to break a 97-all tie with just more than 3 minutes remaining. He found Gay for a dunk off a fast break, giving the Kings a 102-97 lead with 1:37 left.TIP-INSRaptors: Reserve center Lucas Nogueira was back with the team after missing Thursdays game to be with his wife, who gave birth to a baby girl. ... Valanciunas had 19 points in the opening half and benefited from Cousins being in foul trouble.Kings: The struggling Kings went to a smaller lineup, moving Matt Barnes and Collison into the starting lineup. The results were mixed, and Toronto led 36-28 after one quarter. ... The Kings are 17-3 at home against the Raptors.UP NEXTRaptors: Face the Clippers on Monday in Los Angeles.Kings: Host star guard Russell Westbrook and Oklahoma City on Wednesday. ' ' '