when they blew a 10-6 lead going into the final day, winning only three

CHASKA, Minn. -- The Latest on the Ryder Cup (all times local):5:10 p.m.Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed will lead off Friday morning as the U.S. tries to regain the Ryder Cup following three straight losses to the European team.Spieth and Reed will meet Henrik Stenson and Justin Rose in the alternate shot format that will begin three days of competition at Hazeltine National Golf Club.Americans Phil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler will face Rory McIlroy and Andy Sullivan in the second match. Jimmy Walker and Zach Johnson will meet Europes Sergio Garcia and Martin Kaymer, and the final match will be Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar against Europes Lee Westwood and Thomas Pieters.After the morning foursomes there will be four better ball matches, with pairings announced late Friday morning.---3:20 p.m.Lee Westwood is the elder statesman on the European team. He is preparing for his 10th Ryder Cup, so he knows what its like to play in one of the most tense and competitive events in golf. He also knows what its like to win.The Europeans are 8-2 since Westwood started in 1997 and are going for their fourth straight victory. The Americans formed a task force to try to identify ways to end the skid, and Westwood took a little jab at that maneuver on Thursday.You form a task force and it doesnt go right this week, where do you go from there? he said. Youve done pretty much all you can do. So well see how that goes.The Americans are the favorite again, but they have been often over the last decade of futility.Winning is a habit and a lot of the players on The European team have that habit and know what the experience is like and what to do, Westwood said.---2:40 p.m.Danny Willett says hes sorry.Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.At a news conference Thursday, the Englishman and defending Masters champion apologized for at least the third time for an article his brother, Pete, wrote in the National Club Golfer ripping American fans.Pete Willett described them as pudgy, basement-dwelling irritants ... pausing between mouthfuls of hotdog so they can scream `Baba booey until their jelly faces turn red.Danny Willett had already apologized a day earlier to U.S. team captain Davis Love and then to the members of the U.S. squad.Obviously, it put a bit of a downer on my first Ryder Cup, he said after a morning practice round that was relatively smoothly. Luckily, its not too bad with the fans. The fans have still been great.---1 p.m.The Ryder Cup is known for rowdy galleries. A vocal heckler walked the walk after talking the talk during the practice round on Thursday.Rory McIlroy and Andy Sullivan took multiple cracks at a 12-foot putt on No. 8 and missed every time. David Johnson, of Mayville, North Dakota, let them know about it, saying he could make the putt. Henrik Stenson pulled Johnson from the gallery and Justin Rose laid a $100 bill right next to the ball, daring Johnson to make it.After wisecracking that the putter he was handed was too short, Johnson muttered, home soil, right? Then he drilled the putt , eliciting a roar from the crowd. Johnson pumped his arms wildly and earned high fives from the entire Euro foursome as they exited the green.Has the Ryder Cup started already? McIlroy tweeted while linking the video .---12:20 p.m.Spains Rafa Cabrera-Bello may be the first surfer to make a Ryder Cup team.The European rookie likes to hit the waves when hes not hitting the links, though he would be hard-pressed to find any nearby surfing spots this week.It helps me take the mind away from golf, Cabrera-Bello said. I enjoy going to exotic surf places around the world, and just having it as time off.Cabrera-Bello said he took up surfing in his early 20s so hes not as proficient at it as he is golf. But he says he can still find his way around a board.Im not as low as a handicap as I would like, but I can surf decent enough, he said.---11:50 a.m.Phil Mickelson is apologizing for using Hal Sutton as an example of how a Ryder Cup captain can put players in a position to fail.Mickelsons comment dominated Ryder Cup talk on Wednesday as he dredged up his two losses with Tiger Woods at Oakland Hills 12 years ago when Sutton was captain. Mickelson says he was ill-prepared because Sutton only told them they were playing together that week and he had to adjust to a different golf ball.Mickelson later went on the Golf Channel to say he communicated with Sutton and that he felt awful. He says he wanted to use an example of how a captain can have a strong affect and didnt mean it to come out that way. Mickelson says he was in the wrong and shouldnt have brought that up.---11 a.m.Dustin Johnson says the U.S. team needs a short memory when it comes to the Ryder Cup.He says the Americans have not brought up what happened at Medinah four years ago when they blew a 10-6 lead going into the final day, winning only three singles matches. That extended two decades of mostly losing.The next chance starts Friday at Hazeltine. U.S. captain Davis Love III also is ignoring recent history. He says this a new team that has never played together.Thats especially true for Europe, which has won eight of the last 10 times. Europe has six rookies on its 12-man roster. It has never won a Ryder Cup with that many newcomers when the matches were on the road. Nike Sb Sale Ireland . Its the second straight game Bell has scored in extra time for Kelowna, which beat the Brandon Wheat Kings 6-5 on Friday, and he now has four game-winning goals on the season. Cheap Nike Sb Shoes Ireland .7 million, one-year contract, a raise of $2.2 million. Wieters had asked for $8.75 million and the Orioles had offered $6. http://www.wholesalenikesbireland.com/ . -- Quarterback Will Finch threw for 252 yards and three touchdowns, and Yannick Harou rushed in two scores as the No. Nike Sb Cheap Wholesale . By having more great seasons. Manning was the only unanimous choice for the 2013 Associated Press NFL All-Pro team Friday. Nike Sb Ireland . "I dont know that were close," said general manager Alex Anthopoulos. "I just think, right now, the acquisition cost just doesnt work for us right now. I dont know if I can quantify how far off or things like that that they might be but I would say we continue to have dialogue. CHICAGO -- Minnesota coach Tom Thibodeau got a loud ovation during pregame introductions before his first game back in Chicago, and his Timberwolves made it a triumphant return.Zach LaVine scored 24 points, Andrew Wiggins added 23 and Minnesota rallied to beat the Bulls 99-94 on Tuesday night.The Timberwolves wiped out a 21-point deficit and got Thibodeau a victory in his first game in Chicago since the Bulls fired him in an acrimonious split in 2015.There were far more great times than there were real problem times, Thibodeau said. In the end, it didnt end great, but most of the time things were good. Im proud of what our team did. I loved being here and thats how I look at it.Gorgui Dieng and Karl-Anthony Towns each scored 16 points, and the Timberwolves snapped a four-game losing streak.Jimmy Butler led Chicago with 27 points, and Robin Lopez added 14. But the Bulls continued a pattern of letdowns against losing teams, this time falling to one that came in tied for the NBAs worst record. And, of course, they lost to their former coach.There wasnt really any emotions, it was just about trying to get a win, Chicagos Taj Gibson said. Trying to keep them down. Thats a struggling team.That wasnt what the Timberwolves expected when they hired Thibodeau. After all, the Bulls went 255-139 and made the playoffs in all five of his seasons, including a run to the 2011 Eastern Conference finals with MVP Derrick Rose leading the way.I know what these guys are doing in there, Thibodeau said. I know what Im doing in there. And thats all that matters. If were doing each and everything you can do every day, thats all that matter.BIG RALLYThe Timberwolves looked like they were going to get blown out, down 38-22 after the first quarter and trailing by 21 in the second. Instead, they closed the half on a 22-5 run to pull within four.Minnesota was leading 91-87 in the games closing minutes when Butler threw down an alley-oop dunk off a feed from Dwyane Wade in transition and nailed a fadeaway jumper off a steal to tie it with 1:34 remaining.ddddddddddddWiggins then hit a pullup jumper and LaVine scored on a reverse layup to make it 95-91 with 52 seconds left.Wade picked up two technical fouls and was ejected with 14.1 seconds left after his driving layup was blocked by LaVine. Butler also got called for a foul on the play.It all led to Ricky Rubio hitting two technical free throws and LaVine making two foul shots to make it 99-91, sealing the win for Minnesota.It was frustration and I told the truth, so I got kicked out, Wade said.QUOTABLEI feel like were good enough to have those results. Weve been in every game. We were winning or really close throughout almost every game that weve played, so it shows that record could be flipped. There are a lot of games we should have won. -- LaVine on the Timberwolves expectations.TIP-INSTimberwolves: The Timberwolves had allowed at least 100 points in nine straight games. ... The 38 points were the most the Timberwolves allowed in the first quarter this season. That also matched a season high for any quarter. ... Nemanja Bjelica played nine minutes after missing the previous two games because of a sore right ankle.Bulls: Chicago is 5-6 against teams with losing records. ... G Rajon Rondo sat out the game because of a sprained right ankle after landing awkwardly near the end of practice on Monday. ... Coach Fred Hoiberg said G Michael Carter-Williams has a pretty important doctors appointment on Friday that could determine if he returns from left wrist and left knee injuries next week. He has been sidelined since Oct. 31.UP NEXTTimberwolves: Host Houston on Saturday.Bulls: Visit Milwaukee on Thursday. ' ' '