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ATLANTA -- Give Rory McIlroy credit for having a good sense of humor.The four-time major winner is the only European Ryder Cup team member in the Tour Championship field and spent a good part of the first two days struggling to find his form.That changed with a 66 on Saturday that got him into a share of third place, giving him a shot not just at the Tour Championship, but the FedEx Cup title as well.Inevitably, next weeks Ryder Cup came up, and McIlroy was asked about the comments of U.S. captain Davis Love III, who in a radio interview this week said the U.S. might have assembled the best team ever.Definitely assembled the best task force ever, thats for sure, McIlory quipped, getting plenty of laughs as he referenced the task force that the U.S. set up in the aftermath of another Ryder Cup loss two years ago.Look, its a great team, McIlroy said. They have a lot of very talented players in there. Theyre obviously quite confident. So you know what, its up to us to go there and try to upset the odds.McIlroy knows nothing else as it relates to the Ryder Cup. Hes played on three European teams starting in 2010, and been on the winning side each time. He has a 6-4-4 record and has never lost in singles.He hasnt had quite the same luck as it relates to the FedEx Cup. Despite coming to East Lake with excellent chances in 2012 and 2014 -- the latter year being when he won consecutive major titles as well as a World Golf Championship event.Both times he was overtaken for the FedEx Cup because he didnt win the Tour Championship.Now he can win the Tour Championship -- and still not win the FedEx Cup.McIlroy, who won the Deutsche Bank Championship three weeks ago, came into the final PGA Tour event of the season sixth in the points standings. That means he needs to win on Sunday and have Dustin Johnson finish in a tie for second or worse.So I need to play well and need one of the others guys to tie him and see what happens, McIlroy said.The Northern Irishman played well Saturday, making four birdies and no bogeys to climb the leaderboard. He is 2 shots back of Johnson and Kevin Chappell, in a third-place tie with Ryan Moore.It gets me closer to what I need to do, he said. I need to go out and play a very similar, if not better, round of golf tomorrow to have a chance. First and foremost, I just need to try and win this golf tournament, and whatever happens after that happens.It would just be great to try and win the Tour Championship, and if the chips fall my way, then so be it. Cheap Jerseys Paypal . Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, announced Wednesday that the team would assign Swedish forward Elias Lindholm to his nations team for the upcoming tournament. 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Her Sugarpova sweets come in bags with names such as sassy, flirty, smitten, spooky and quirky, though right now she might be reaching for one marked sour.For the past couple of years, the Siberian has had a pop-up Sugarpova Candy Lounge in Wimbledon Village during The Championships. But, after taking a stroll up the hill from the All England Club and peering through the window, the Wimbledon Diary can confirm that the site is empty. Theres not even any sign at the front or inside the shop that Sharapovas company had previously used the premises.At a time when many of the shops in the Village are decorated with tennis balls and rackets, and when the cafes and restaurants are enjoying their high season, its startling to see such prime retail space not in use.Supermarket sweepSome tennis players are seemingly incapable of going anywhere around the All England Club without an entourage. But not Novak Djokovic, the defending mens champion, and the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four majors simultaneously. The world No.1 was on his own as he arrived at the Aorangi Park practice courts for his morning training. Alone, that is, apart from a supermarket carrier bag, which appeared to be full of shopping.Opponents with benefitsThe deeper Serena Williams goes into this tournament, the more you will hear comparisons between the American and Steffi Graf. Thats because if Williams scores this title, she will go level with the German on 22 Grrand Slam titles, a record for the modern era.dddddddddddd But theres one area of life on the tennis road that Williams excels at and Graf didnt -- forming friendships in the locker-room.Steffi was an extreme introvert in the tennis world. She really wanted to be alone, Pam Shriver, an ESPN analyst, told the Wimbledon Diary. She wanted to fight the fight alone with just her closest confidantes and family. She didnt feel as though she needed that many people. I think she had a couple of friends on the tour. I think with Serena, perhaps because her sister Venus is in the locker-room, she has some friendships in the game, including with Caroline Wozniacki.I feel like shes maturing into a champion who can juggle winning major titles with being friendly with her fellow players in the locker-room. I think social media helps this. If Steffi was playing in the era of social media, Im not sure that she would have been up for it.At ease, DominicDominic Thiems rise from being one of the foot-soldiers of tennis to becoming a new member of the top 10 is all the more remarkable for the fact the 22-year-old Austrian managed to squeeze in some compulsory military service between tournaments.A few other players, who had been supposed to perform national service, have managed to avoid picking up a rifle. They include former Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis, who was given a reprieve from the Cypriot army, while Roger Federer was exempted from the Swiss military. ' ' '