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rantnrave:// Brooks Koepka towered over the field at the U.S. Open after a final-round 67. Two majors this year, two first-time major winners, two completely different stories. Koepka gets his second tour win, while Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy and other stars linger way behind. Is it better for golf to have its stars pile up the majors or to spread them out? Nine different golfers have won the last nine majors. It's easy to say the PGA rode the Tiger Woods era to a new level of popularity, but Woods was a unique phenomena. Where does golf go next? ... The Dodgers still aren't on TV in millions of homes. Will L.A. viewers get to see Clayton Kershaw pitch before he retires?... Finally got to try VR, thanks to the awesome MLB.com At Bat app. Made me think how far we've come in 15 years. Remember when HD was a big deal? Thinking about getting my own headset now. Or should I wait until the tech gets better? VR makes for a weird communal experience, though. What's the fix for a group of friends watching a game in VR together? Seems a little anti-social in that regard. ... Sports teams are getting into VR, too. Germany's national soccer team is adopting the technology for training. It's only a matter of time until it's widespread. ... Diana Taurasi, GOAT.. ... Ramadan ends later this month. How do Muslim athletes train and perform during a month of fasting? Shireen Ahmed looks at how 15 athletes stay in competitive shape. ... The Sixers and Celtics are about to pull off a big trade for the top pick in the NBA draft. Really intrigued by this Danny Ainge move. I want to know what his draft board looks like. Does he think Markelle Fultz isn't the top player in the draft? Or does he not like his brain? That Philly roster is nice now, though. A lot of high-ceiling talent. But they're riding two big ifs: potential and health. The Celts wouldn't be in that position without the 2013 trade that gave them a bundle of Nets picks. This was a fun look back at that deal. Like learning how someone won the lottery.

Jerry Buss often worried about his older daughter's happiness, like many fathers do, so when he considered promoting her to run the Forum, he thought of the toll such a demanding job would take. Tania Ganguli | Los Angeles Times

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The Anatomy Board of Maryland held a ceremony to honor those who have donated their bodies to support medical knowledge Monday afternoon at Springfield Hospital Center.

Friends and family members of the deceased were invited for a memorial ceremony at the hospital center in Sykesville, which features a dedicated gravesite to those who had their bodies donated to the anatomy board.

Ronn Wade, director of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene State Anatomy Board, said they've held the event for more than 40 years, as both a way to commemorate the sacrifice of those who gave their bodies after death as well as a way to give a chance for a final farewell from their friends and families.

According to Wade, bodies belonging to the Anatomy Board are used in training medical students at schools, trauma training, surgeon training and military medical programs throughout the state.

While many of the bodies come from donors who willingly submit their bodies to the process prior to their deaths, others belong to people who have not been claimed by family members following their deaths.

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From left, Joe, Jean and Melina Buttice of Riverdale look on during a flag presentation ceremony during a memorial service for people who have donated their bodies to science held by the Anatomy Board of Maryland at Springfield Hospital Center in Sykesville Monday, June 19, 2017. The Buttices attended the ceremony to remember Joseph Buttice.

From left, Joe, Jean and Melina Buttice of Riverdale look on during a flag presentation ceremony during a memorial service for people who have donated their bodies to science held by the Anatomy Board of Maryland at Springfield Hospital Center in Sykesville Monday, June 19, 2017. The Buttices attended the ceremony to remember Joseph Buttice. (DYLAN SLAGLE/STAFF PHOTO / Carroll County Times)

"If someone dies and no one claims the body, the state basically has a duty and responsibility to provide for a decent and dignified disposition," Wade said. "It has the right, since it's using public funds, to provide for the use of the body to advance the public health interest."

Wade said when he began working for the board 40 years ago, they had between 300 and 400 donors, but now they have more than 75,000.

Adam Puche, Anatomy Board vice chairman, opened the ceremony by talking about how important these donated bodies are to the educational process of medical students as well as their impact on society as a whole.

"Medical donors touch the lives and hearts of their friends and families, but they also touch the lives of medical professionals," Puche said. "And through that contact they have with us, they touch the lives of thousands and thousands of people."

To honor the faiths of the deceased, the Rev. Patrick M. Carrion, director of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Imam Faizul Khan of the Islamic Society of Washington Area, the Rev. Edward Richardson of Springfield State Hospital and Rabbi Ruth Smith, chaplain of the University of Maryland Medical Center each stepped forward to say a prayer for the lost loved ones.

David McCloud attended after the death of his father. He said he was impressed with the service and the emphasis on different faiths stuck out to him.

"It was very comforting. When my father passed, I had to let the state handle the arrangements, and I'm actually very satisfied with what I've seen," McCloud said. "It kind of eased my guilt because I wasn't able to do it myself."

For Joyce Kindle, the ceremony was a way for her to say goodbye to her daughter's father. Kindle said she wasn't aware that his body had been donated to the Anatomy Board until she began to search for where bodies go when not claimed.

"It was nice. We needed closure," Kindle said. "If something like this happens to other people they need closure, and we didn't get that. I was even thinking during the ceremony that I might want to do this."

Outside, Heather Sinclair was joined by about a half-dozen others carrying signs protesting the ceremony.

Sinclair said though she is a supporter of the donation process, she believes the current system does not give enough time or effort to find or contact family members who may have other plans for the deceased. Sinclair said that she supports Nancy's Law, a bill that would allow a friend or relative of a decedent to arrange the final disposition of their unclaimed body beyond the 72-hour limit that is currently in place, at which point the State Anatomy Board takes control of the body. The bill was proposed and quickly died during the 2016 General Assembly.

"We totally support body donation," Sinclair said. "But they call these unclaimed and they're not contacting the families. We just want them to make reasonable and good faith efforts to contact the family and check with the missing person's registry."

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The year is 2015. For the past two years Millie Bobby Brown, yet to become a household name, has been discovering the joys of acting.

The third child of a family of four kids, Millie's family emigrated to Orlando, Florida, when the futureactress was four years old.

Kelly and Robert Brown started to notice their daughter's star talent at a young age, deciding to invest everything in taking Millie to auditions around the country.

A worthwhile investment, it was to turn out, as in 2013, Millie Bobby Brown found her first role in Alice in Wonderland spin-off Once Upon a Time.

From there she bagged a regular double role as a brother and sister duo on BBC America'sIntruders.

After makingbrief appearances in NCIS and Modern Family, Millie Bobby Brown touched down atGrey Sloan Memorial Hospital for a spot inGreys Anatomyinwhat wouldturn out to be her last role as an unknown actor.

In the episode "I Feel the Earth Move" of Grey's Anatomy season eleven, the city of Seattle is hit by a serious earthquake which rocks the roots of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. As a result, Maggie and Ethan find themselves stuck in a lift while Meredith takes over a series of tricky operations.

With the emergency services inundated with calls, Owen receives a call directly to the hospital from a panicked young girl called Ruby. Her mother has fallen and is unconscious, prompting Owen to join forces with the police to track the call and come to the girl's aid.

Owen and Amelia team up to help Ruby's mother over the telephone and discover that her airways are blocked.

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Things quickly go from bad to worse when the woman's lips start turning blue. The young girl examines her mother's throat in an attempt to get rid of any obstacles but nothing works.

Finally, the doctors realize that the woman is suffering from a tension pneumothorax and the little girl is forced to pierce her mother's throat to release the trapped air.

While the operation works briefly, the woman loses consciousness again and Owen has to teach Ruby how to perform CPR (to the rhythm of the Bee Gee's "Stayin' Alive", of course).

In the end, the family is finally rescued and helicoptered into the hospital. Of course, Ruby's mother survives and in classic Grey's Anatomy style, Owen and Ruby come together for an emotional reunion.

Following the success of her role as Eleven in the breakout hit Stranger Things, Millie Bobby Brown is in for a seriously busy year. Along with her young colleagues from the Netflix original show, she's been reeling off appearances on talk shows and panels like nobody's business.

Everywhere she lands, she seems to unveil a new talent from singing at the Emmysto rapping with Jimmy Fallon. She's also been picked to face a Calvin Klein line and collaborated with Converse. The most impressive part of it all: she's still only 13 years old.

With filming of Stranger Things season two done and dusted, Millie is ready to break the world of Hollywood blockbusters, starting withGodzilla: Kings of the Monstersset for a 2019 release.

Ready to hit Netflix on October 31, here's hoping Stranger Things manages to avoid Netflix's recent cancellation spree and live on for another few seasons.

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Welcome to the Anatomy of a Goal, where each week we dissect one goal (or near goal) from Columbus Crew SCs previous match.

For match 17 of the 2017 MLS Season, we take a look at Federico Higuains 26th minute equalizer as part of the 3-1 loss to Atlanta United on Saturday.

Heres a look at the finish from Columbus No.1 10.

Crew SC gave up the first goal in this match on a turnover created by the Atlanta high press. While its tempting to review that goal, we have covered the Black & Golds struggles with pressure in their defensive third multiple times this season.

Columbus lone goal of the game is another example of just how good the Gregg Berhalter system can be when it works like it should. This goal is the result of nine passes, eight of which were simple and one that required a bit of individual skill. Only the final pass was defended and the goal-scoring shot came from right about the United penalty marker.

Higuains equalizer begins with Jukka Raitala receiving the ball on the left. Raitala immediately has Justin Meram and Wil Trapp open, and must quickly get rid of the ball before the aggressive Atlanta press is able to take effect.

Raitala picks out Trapp, surrounded by United attackers ready to pounce. Again, Trapp must decide whether to play a quick pass back to Jonathan Mensah or to play a quick ball into the path of a wide open Artur.

Trapp gets the pass off to Artur who immediately sees Higuain standing, unmarked, near midfield. The Atlanta press, which never really got started, has already been broken by these three quick, simple passes, all of which moved forward toward the midfield rather than backward toward the Columbus goal. Back passes can be valuable, and are a linchpin of Berhalters possession based system, but on Saturday these passes led to multiple turnovers.

As Higuain prepares to receive Arturs ball, that was just a bit overhit, he notices Ethan Finlay running in an open position. Higuain makes a dummy run (a run where the player pretends to receive the ball but lets it pass by him) and allows Finlay to receive this pass.

Harrison Afful, sensing that the offensive break is on, makes the intelligent decision to begin his run downfield toward the attacking end. Afful will make the cross that sets up Ola Kamaras assist.

As Finlay feels the pressure from Atlanta left back Greg Garza, he immediately passes the ball back to Higuain who has had the opportunity to survey the field and his passing options. Afful continues his unmarked run up the right flank.

With the ball at his feet and the a full view of the attacking half, Higuain has three options as he is closed down by Jeff Larentowicz: a slotted pass to Afful, a pass into space for Finlay or a more difficult ball over the top to Kamara.

Higuain keeps with the trend and makes the easy pass to Afful who immediately has three options: a give-and-go back to Higuain, a pass to Finlay in the space between Garza and Larentowicz or dribble forward until Garza begins to defend him.

Afful decides to carry the ball up the field until Garza decides to leave Finlay and mark the Black & Golds right back. Marked by Garza, Afful can either make a difficult pass to Higuain or pass to Finlay on the wing.

Notice former Crew SC captain Michael Parkhurst standing with his left foot on the top of the penalty box. Parkhurst will keep Finlay onside during the next pass, much to the dismay of fellow center-back Leandro Gonzalez Pirez.

Afful makes the simple pass to Finlay as Gonzalez Pirez mistakenly argues for offside. Garza shifts back to the speedy Columbus winger, leaving Afful open as a safety valve.

Feeling the pressure of two Atlanta defenders, Finlay passes right back to Afful. As the fullback sees a defender approaching to his left, he must decide if he should make a quick pass, attempt to beat the defenders off the dribble or look for a safety valve at his back.

Both Kamara and Higuain, the assist man and goalscorer, are both surrounded by Atlanta defenders, but not tightly marked. Parkhurst is generally aware of Kamaras positioning as Tyrone Mears shifts toward Justin Meram.

Afful, potentially noticing that Kamara has a few yards of space behind Parkhurst, decides to send in an early cross.

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Affuls cross will hit the mark, but Kamaras movement and positioning are the real keys to this portion of the goal. In the above highlight you can see Kamara, who was just onside as the ball was played, contort his body around Parkhurst and knock the ball into the path of Higuain with the outside of his right foot.

Thus far, every pass in the goal sequence was simple but this goal still requires a bit of individual brilliance from Kamara.

As the ball bounces near Kamara, who is already getting in position around Parkhurst, Higuain is surprisingly unmarked inside the United penalty box.

Even as Kamara gets to the ball, Higuain is still open.

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Though Kamara knocks the ball back into the path of Higuain, his pass did not take Parkhurst out of the play. As the ball approaches Higuain, he is defended by Parkurst and has to quickly decide whether he will hit a one time shot or try to beat Parkhurst off the dribble.

The above highlight shows Higuain fake a first touch volley and take the ball just to the left of Parkhurst where hell slot home the equalizer.

Parkhurst does well to recover onto Higuain, who is faced with the decision between a first-touch shot and taking the Atlanta center back off the dribble.

Higuains fake volley sets Parkhurt just off balance enough to allow the Crew SC attacker the time to get around the defender.

Around Parkhurst, Higuain makes a quick shot to the keepers right. Kamara is absolutely offside but arguably does not interfere with the play.

Higuains right-footed-shot levels the match.

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Brooks Koepka poses with the winner's trophy after his victory at the 2017 U.S. Open at Erin Hills. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Golf Channels Brandel Chamblee doesnt just shoot from the lip, as many of his detractors no doubt think he does. Whatever his analysis (or whether you agree or not), thought and research have gone into it.

So, that said, here is his take from the Live From the U.S. Open show on Sunday night on how Brooks Koepka dismantled Erin Hills and the field:

You sit around sometimes at the 19th hole and you play that game, the composite player. What if somebody drove it like Nicklaus, hit their irons like Johnny Miller, had a short game like Seve, putted like Tiger Woods?

More contemporary analysis would be, what if you hit as straight as Jim Furyk and putted like Brandt Snedeker? Well, [Koepka] hit as many fairways this week as Jim Furyk. He putted as well as Brandt Snedeker. In between, he was a man of his own.

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You start to look at what he did and you wonder, why hasnt this guy done this all the time, what he did this week versus other weeks? Typically he averages about 50 percent of the fairways. This week he hit 87.5 percent of the fairways. When you consider he was driving the ball about 320 yards, thats mind-blowing enough. Typically he hits 63 percent of the greens. This week 86 percent of the greens. Incidentally, the first person in history to hit over 80 percent of the fairways and 80 percent of the greens.

This is the more important picture: the rough proximity. For whatever reason, hes not good out of the rough. Now thats the reason he hits only 63 percent of the greens. Hes almost the worst on tour out of the rough. But this week, because he was not ever in the rough he could match greens for every fairway he hit.

Yes, you can say the fairways were wide, and they were, but they were also sloped. He was quite a bit better than average and quite a bit better than his average. And time and time again he was amongst, if not the longest in the field. Hes standing up there, hes never done this before, playing for a U.S. Open, this sets him up to do the rest of the work with his iron play.

And there you have it, the anatomy of a dominant performance.

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On-air challenge: Every answer today is a word that contains part of the human body in the exact middle.

Ex. Group of Native Americans, starting with T and ending with E > TRIBE, which contains RIB between the T and the E 1. E ____ Y Mournful poem 2. W ____ Y Tired 3. A ____ G Very sore 4. EL ____ SE Geometrical shape 5. LE ____ ES Beans and peas 6. RE ____ AL Opposing argument in a debate 7. OB ____ TE Out of date 8. RA ____ SS Quality of a harsh voice 9. FLA ____ ESS Showy display

Last week's challenge: Consider this sentence: Benjamin, the Greenpeace ombudsman in the panorama, was charmed by the chinchilla fragrance. This sentence contains seven words of seven or more letters. They have something very unusual in common. What is it, and can you think of an eighth word with the same property?

Puzzle answer: You can delete some of the interior letters of each of the words to leave the name of a country Benin, Greece, Oman, Panama, Chad, China, and France.

Other words with this property include Chipotle (Chile), Indicia (India), Latinos (Laos), Ironman (Iran), and Turnkey (Turkey).

Puzzle winner: Mike Strong of Mechanicsburg, Va.

Next week's challenge: This is a spin-off of the on-air puzzle. Think of a familiar two-word phrase starting with T and ending with S, in which the interior letters name part of the human body. Remove the first and last letters of that word, and what remains will name another part of the human body. What's the phrase, and what are the body parts?

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If you know the answer to next week's challenge, submit it here. Listeners who submit correct answers win a chance to play the on-air puzzle. Important: Include a phone number where we can reach you. The deadline is Thursday, June 22 at 3 p.m. ET.

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