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YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Matt McCarty shot the best score of his young PGA Tour career and was never more disappointed.McCarty reached his final hole Sunday at the Baycurrent Classic with a chance at 58 to tie the 18-hole record on the PGA Tour. One swing ended those hopes. He hit it into the trees, couldn’t find it and had to make a 15-foot putt for bogey and a 60.“One swing away from a 58,” McCarty said. “It’s a tough way to finish a really good day.”Jim Furyk set the PGA Tour record with a 58 in the final round…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ending their recent run of playoff frustration earned the Milwaukee Brewers a new nickname from their manager.Pat Murphy has referred to his team as the “Average Joes,” a nod to their small-market status and lack of big names. But after the Brewers beat the rival Chicago Cubs 3-1 in the decisive fifth game of their NL Division Series on Saturday night, Murphy decided it was time for an upgrade.“You can call them the average Joes,” Murphy said, “but I say they’re the above-average Joes.”The Brewers relied on contributions from just about all of them to get past…

DALLAS (AP) — This certainly looked more like the preseason No. 1 team that Texas was before two early losses sent it plummeting all the way out of the AP Top 25.In the same way that punt returner Ryan Niblett bounced off a teammate on the way to the decisive touchdown in another win over Red River rival sixth-ranked Oklahoma, Arch Manning and the Longhorns may have their season headed again in the right direction. The 23-6 victory over the previously undefeated Sooners on Saturday saved the season for Texas — at least for now. “Every single game is a…

Famed for its 1960s anti-war protests, New York’s Tompkins Square Park hosted another countercultural movement on Friday: rejecting social media.”Delete Day,” organized by several Gen Z-led groups, called on young people to excise an addictive app from their lives, starting, for now, with their phones.The event was not promoted on social media, unsurprisingly, and only minimally online. Instead, attendees relied on more old-school methods, like word-of-mouth.As their peers passed by, dressed in going-out fits begging to be documented, organizers tried to entice them to join the event. Organizers wrote messages in chalk around Tompkins Square Park in New York City.…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Fernando Mendoza threw for 215 yards and a key fourth-quarter touchdown and No. 7 Indiana remained undefeated with a 30-20 victory over No. 3 Oregon on Saturday. Roman Hemby added a pair of scoring runs for the Hoosiers (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten), who frustrated the Ducks (5-1, 2-1) with stout defensive play. The win was Indiana’s first over a top-five team since beating then-No. 3 Purdue 19-14 in 1967. Dante Moore threw for 186 yards and a touchdown, but has two passes intercepted and was sacked six times in Oregon’s first Big Ten regular-season loss. It…

DALLAS (AP) — Ryan Niblett returned a punt 75 yards for a decisive touchdown in the fourth quarter and Texas got a much-needed 23-6 win over sixth-ranked Oklahoma in the annual Red River Rivalry game on Saturday.Arch Manning completed 21 of 27 passes for 166 yards and the go-ahead 12-yard TD to DeAndre Moore Jr. on the opening drive of the second half for the Longhorns (4-2, 1-1 Southeastern Conference), who were coming off a loss at Florida that knocked the preseason No. 1 team out of the AP Top 25.“We learned how to fight today,” Texas coach Steve Sarkisian…

Tiger Woods has gone through a seventh back surgery, this time to replace a disk in his lower back and had caused pain and mobility issues.Woods said in a social media post he had the surgery in New York and said it was the right decision for his his health and his troubled back.He did not mention how long it would keep him out of golf, though it was unclear if he was going to try to play in his Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas or the PNC Championship with his son, Charlie. Both tournaments are in December.He hasn’t…

(Corrects paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 to show the Gates Foundation has not begun work on broad weight-loss drug access; clarifies Bill Gates’ quote in paragraph 4 to show he was speaking more generally on the Foundation’s work on drug access; adds detail on current work in paragraph 6; changes first bullet point)By Jennifer RigbyLONDON (Reuters) -Bill Gates and the Pan American Health Organization are both interested in making weight-loss drugs like Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro more accessible in lower-income countries, the global health figures told Reuters.In separate interviews, Microsoft founder Gates and PAHO director Dr Jarbas…

This has been a big week for AI companies signing enterprise deals, with Zendesk unveiling new AI agents that are supposed to be able to resolve 80% of customer service issues, Anthropic and IBM announcing a strategic partnership, and Deloitte also announcing a deal with Anthropic. Plus, Google announced a new AI-for-business platform. That doesn’t mean it’s going to be smooth sailing for big organizations using AI. In fact, the timing of the Deloitte announcement was a bit awkward, coming on the same day the Australia Department of Employment and Workplace Relations said the professional services and consulting firm would…

Private equity giant KKR opened a new 3,500-square-foot wellness center at its New York HQ.A range of services is available — including chiropractic care, mental health support, and more.Business Insider got an exclusive look inside, from the therapy rooms to high-tech medical tools.Sixty-nine floors above Manhattan’s Hudson Yards, KKR has built a 3,500-square-foot enclave devoted to employee health.From chiropractic care and cancer screenings to blood tests and on-site therapists, the $700 billion investment firm is betting the wellness centers will help employees stay healthy and focused.”The newer generations look for this,” Grace Koo, KKR’s global head of human capital, told Business…