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SHANGHAI — Fredrik Jacobson didn't see many low scores when he first arrived at Sheshan International for the HSBC Champions. Such scores were all around him when his 6-under 66 was barely enough to take the lead in the World Golf Championships event.

Under a heavy, overcast sky on a course that was softened by rain earlier in the week, Jacobson played bogey-free and finished a solid round by hitting 3-iron into the par-4 ninth for a final birdie.

The Swede was at 11-under 133, tying the 36-hole tournament record.

ST. LOUIS — Bob Forsch, the only pitcher in St. Louis Cardinals history to throw two no-hitters, has died. He was 61.Team spokesman Brian Bartow said Forsch, the third-winningest pitcher in franchise history, died Thursday at his home near Tampa, Fla. The cause of death wasn't immediately known.The death came less than a week after Forsch threw out the first pitch at Game 7 of the World Series.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Danica Patrick will make her Sprint Cup debut in the season-opening Daytona 500 in February, her first of 10 races in NASCAR’s highest division for Stewart-Haas Racing next year.Her limited Cup schedule and Patrick’s new green No. 10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet were unveiled at Texas.Team co-owner Tony Stewart said the team is set on eight of Patrick’s 10 races.

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