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DRAMA ON DANIELS PARKWAY--

INVESTIGATORS SAY A MAN TRIED TO DRIVE HIS WAY TO FREEDOM BUT NOT BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO RUN OVER DEPUTY.

ABC 7 SHOWS YOU THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION.

A TRAIL OF LEAKING COOKING OIL LEADS CHARLOTTE DEPUTIES TO A PAIR OF SLIPPERY SUSPECTS.

WHY THEY WERE TRYING TO GET AWAY WITH COOKING OIL.

NEW JOB NUMBERS ARE OUT TONIGHT--

AND IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.

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HURRICANE SEASON-CLIP

FIRST WEATHER-WX WALL

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BREAKING CRASH-SS OR VOTOPS

BREAKING NEWS ON A CRASH WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING SINCE FIVE --

A FIVE CAR CRASH IN FORT MYERS HAS SHUT DOWN PALM BEACH BOULEVARD FROM HOPE PLACE TO TERRY STREET.

THESE ARE NEW PICTURES -- FROM THE SCENE.

AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

AT LEAST ONE PERSON HAD TO BE CUT OUT OF A VEHICLE -- TWO OTHERS WERE PINNED IN THEIRS.

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BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT AT SIX --

A-B-C SEVEN HAS JUST LEARNED THE NAME OF THE DRIVER IN A DEPUTY PURSUIT ALONG DANIELS PARKWAY.

HE IS RONGRIC FRANCIS OF LEHIGH ACRES.

AND THIS IS THE TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION LEFT BEHIND AFTER DEPUTIES SAY A MAN TRIED TO RUN OVER THEM -- AND THEN FROM THEM!

SWERVING THROUGH TRAFFIC, RUNNING OVER GRASS -- AND EVEN HITTING A FIRE HYDRANT!

TOSS CLIFTON-2SHOT

IT WAS A WILD CHASE FROM START TO FINISH --

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THIS IS HOW IT ENDED.

A MAN GOING TO JAIL, AND SMASHED UP CARS.

THIS IS WHERE IT STARTED - AT THE SIENNA APARTMENTS SOMETIME LAST NIGHT.

THAT'S WHERE POLICE SAY THIS CAR WAS STOLEN FROM THIS PARKING LOT.

AT 9 THIS MORNING, DEPUTIES SPOTTED THE CAR, BUT THE SUSPECT DIDN'T STOP.

"HE ATTEMPTED TO RUN INTO THE DEPUTY, AT WHICH POINT THE PURSUIT BEGAN."

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STARTING AT TREELINE AND DANIELS, THE SUSPECT HEADED WEST.

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IT WAS IN BETWEEN RICKENBACKER AND CHAMBERLAIN PARKWAYS WHERE DEPUTIES SUCCESSFULLY KNOCKED THE CAR OFF THE ROAD.

BUT THE SUSPECT DIDN'T GIVE UP

"HE TOOK THE CAR AND DROVE IT TOWARD THE DEPUTIES, AT WHICH TIME ONE OF THE DEPUTIES DID FIRE HIS WEAPON, HIS GUN AT THE VEHICLE."

GFX

HE MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO GATEWAY BLVD, BEFORE TAKING A U-TURN; SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL, AND ENDING UP IN HANDCUFFS.

MURDER SUSPECT SEARCH LEHIGH-SS VO

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR A MURDER SUSPECT TONIGHT.

DEPUTIES AND THE U-S MARSHALS ARE LOOKING FOR THIS MAN,

FELIPE TORREALBA.

THEY BELIEVE HE IS ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

THE MARSHALS TELL US TORREALBA MURDERED SOMEONE AND SHOT AT POLICE IN BROWARD COUNTY--

LAST NIGHT,

AUTHORITIES SURROUNDED A HOME IN LEHIGH ACRES, BUT TORREALBA WAS NOT THERE.

HE COULD STILL BE IN THE AREA,

ILLEGAL MASSAGE ARREST-SS-VO

A BONITA SPRINGS WOMAN IS UNDER ARREST TONIGHT, ACCUSED OF OFFERING AN UNDERCOVER DEPUTY AN ILLEGAL MASSAGE.

DEPUTIES ARRESTED THIS WOMAN -- LI LU JENNINGS,

IN AN UNDERCOVER STING.

A DEPUTY WENT INTO SUNSET SPA POSING AS A CUSTOMER,

THATS WHERE THEY SAY JENNINGS OFFERED TO MASSAGE THE DEPUTY'S GENITALS FOR MONEY -- AND -- ONCE SHE DID, THEY ARRESTED HER.

BUT SHE CLAIMS SHE WAS JUST COVERING THE DEPUTY WITH A TOWEL.

TOSS LAUREN-VO OC

NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ABOUT AN OVERNIGHT APARTMENT FIRE IN FORT MYERS

IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON WILLARD ROAD.

NO ONE WAS HURT --

BUT THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO THE ZION HOPE MISSIONARY B APTIST CHURCH NEXT DOOR.

THE BUILDING ITSELF IS UNSAFE TO ENTER -- PREVENTING CREWS TO GO INSIDE AND FIND OUT HOW IT STARTED,.

THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS THIS BUILDING HAS CAUGHT FIRE --

ZION HOPE VAN FIRE-PKG

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WHEN FLAMES DESTROYED THIS WILLARD STREET BUILDING IN FORT MYERS LAST NIGHT, NICK PHILLIPS' WORK WENT UP WITH THE SMOKE.

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super= Nick Phillips, Property Manager

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25:13 speechless, just so disappointed

HE'D BEEN REPAIRING THE EMPTY BUILDING FOR IT'S OWNER.

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super= Ned Sings, neighbor

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52:52 there was lots of smoke it was very very hot and dusty"

AROUND 1130 LAST NIGHT, NEIGHBORS WATCHED CREWS FIGHT THE FLAMES-- FLAMES THAT RUINED THE EQUIPMENT for HAROLD BUNKER'S HANDY MAN BUSINESS - LOCKED INSIDE THE 90 YEAR OLD BUILDING.

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super= Harold Bunker, handy man

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16:25 "soon as I walked around back seen that big old ball of flames going thru the roof i said man all my tools are gone"

THE FIRE ALSO DAMAGED A church VAN PARKED NEARBY, USED TO TAKE KIDS TO SUNDAY SCHOOL.

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ned sings

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55:00 thank god its no worse that it is

THE OWNER HAD PLANNED TO TURN THE SITE INTO 2 APARTMENT HOMES, ACCORDING TO PHILLIPS, WHO MANAGES THE PROPERTY, AND SAY HE LOCKED IT UP, EACH NIGHT.

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NICK

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31:36 i believe that it was set because there was no actual electricity to the building or structure

HE SAYS THAT'S REASON ENOUGH TO BELIEVE THIS FIRE WAS NO ACCIDENT--

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nick

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25:26 this is why it is important to either keep these properties closed up or done, stop this from happening

TOSS CHARLIE-OC

WHAT AN INTERESTING DISCOVERY DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.AND IT LANDED ONE MAN BEHIND BARS --

STOLEN COOKING OIL-PKG

"This is the container" Tom Daniele/ Old Monty's Restaurant and Pizzeria

JUST BEHIND OLD MONTY'S RESTAURANT AND PIZZERIA…

"and we have locks" tom daniele/ old monty's restaurant and pizzeria

SITS A ONE HUNDRED GALLON PLASTIC CONTAINER - IT HOLDS THE COOKING OIL USED TO FRY UP CALAMARI AND CHICKEN WINGS.

"we have a company, Griffin Industries, that comes and takes it whenever we call them and it gets recycled and we get so much back per gallon." Tom Daniele/ Old Monty's Restaurant and Pizzeria

Manager TOM DANIELE SAYS HE NORMALLY GETS ABOUT 50 BUCKS A MONTH FROM SELLING HIS OIL.

"it does add up over time" Tom Daniele/ Old Monty's Restaurant and Pizzeria

BUT PUNTA GORDA POLICE SAY GABRIEL TORRES AND DAVID GARCIA WERE TRYING TO CASH IN ON THE DEAL.

ARREST RECORDS SHOW CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES PULLED THEM OVER IN THIS VAN.

AFTER SEEING A BROWN LIQUID LEAKING OUT OF THE BACK - IT WAS COOKING OIL.

"It is shocking at first" Tom Daniele/ Old Monty's Restaurant and Pizzeria

IT WASN'T OIL FROM DANIEL'S RESTAURANT - INSTEAD, PUNTA GORDA POLICE SAY THE OIL WAS STOLEN FROM A RESTAURANT IN THE SAME STRIP MALL AND A PUBLIX ACROSS THE WAY.

"what about other things they might think of to take or break in to get something inside the place, that's a little concerning" Tom Daniele/ Old Monty's Restaurant and Pizzeria

POLICE SAY THE DUO IS SUSPECTED IN SIMILAR CASES IN LEE COUNTY - THREE LOCATIONS ON PALM BEACH BOULEVARD WERE HIT THURSDAY.

TONIGHT TORRES IS IN JAIL, ACCUSED OF ILLEGALLY TRANSPORTING FUEL.

PLAID BANDIT-(2) SS'S

A TIP LEADS TO ARREST OF THE SO CALLED PLAID BANDIT.

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES WERE LOOKING FOR THIS MAN WHO THEY SAY ROBBED A CVS PHARMACY IN MAY.

THEY SAY DAVID WEBSTER WENT TO THE PHARMACY, SAID HE HAD A WEAPON AND DEMANDED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

WEBSTER WAS FOUND AT HIS HOME IN NORTH FORT MYERS YESTERDAY.

NEW UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS-OC

WE HAVE NEW STATE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS OUT TONIGHT FOR THE MONTH OF JULY.

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVERAL MONTHS,

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS GOTTEN WORSE.

SWFL JULY NUMBERS-SSTOPS

AND LOOKING JUST AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA --

ALL OF OUR COUNTIES SAW AN INCREASE IN UNEMPLOYMENT AS WELL.

YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS HERE.

LEE COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT IS 9-POINT-7 PERCENT.

COLLIER COUNTY IS THE SAME.

AND HENDRY COUNTY CONTINUES TO HAVE THE WORST UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE STATE --

GOV SCOTT ON JOBS-VO-WIPE

MEANWHILE TODAY,

GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT WAS IN TAMPA TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF A NEW BUSINESS THAT HOPES TO ADD 300 EMPLOYEES.

SCOTT HAS MADE JOB CREATION A HALLMARK OF HIS ADMINISTRATION.

HE'S TOUTED IMPROVING JOB MARKET NUMBERS IN PAST MONTHS.

FORECASTING JOBS-VO

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA EMPLOYERS ARE IN "WAIT AND SEE" MODE.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT OUT TODAY FROM F-C-G-U.

ECONOMIST GARY JACKSON SAYS MORE THAN HALF OF LOCAL BUSINESS EXECUTIVES PLAN TO KEEP THEIR STAFF AT THE SAME LEVEL DURING THE NEXT YEAR.

A THIRD OF EMPLOYERS PLAN TO *MODERATELY INCREASE HIRING.

FORECASTING JOBS-SOTVO

"It's very similar to the investment decision, should I invest to expand my capacity? Well, I will expand my capacity when I think there's going to be additional demand for my products and services."

WHEN ANIMALS ATTACK-VO-SS

ALL NEW TONIGHT,

ONLY ON A-B-C 7 -

YOU WILL SEE A FAMILIAR FACE ON A SPECIAL 2-HOUR EDITION OF 20-20 -- WHEN ANIMALS STRIKE BACK!

ONE OF THE PEOPLE FEATURED TONIGHT WILL BE

A SOUTHWEST FLORIDIA TEENN THAT GOT NATIONAL ATTENTION.

IT'S FRED, THE MOORE HAVEN TEEN WHO LOST PART OF HIS ARM TO A GATOR --

PLUS,

ANIMAL PLANET HOST DAVE SALMONI WILL GO FACE-TO-FACE WITH SOME OF THE MOST FEARSOME BEASTS ON EARTH.

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FACE TO FACE WITH SOME OF THE MOST FEARSOME BEASTS ON EARTH.ANIMAL PLANET

HOST AND TRAINER DAVE SALMONI SHOWS NO FEAR.

Tape 5A 10 37 48 ARE YOU EVER NOT SCARED.

I'M NEVER SCARED.

YOU'RE NEVER SCARED.

YEAH THAT'S PROBABLY WHY I GOT INTO this job/

10 38 16 I'M DEFINITELY SCARED. LIKE NOT EVEN PARTLY SCARED. A HUNDRED

PERCENT SCARED.

TODAY, SALMONI IS CONFIDENT ENOUGH IN HIS SKILLS TO ALLOW AMATEURS LIKE ME

TO CONDUCT OUR ENTIRE INTERVIEW WITH A WILD ANIMAL AT OUR SIDE

DAN: in the back of your mind, even with this very young,

very docile, very relaxed animal, you're thinking, "it's possible"?

DAVE SALMONI

There is no part of-although I have eye contact with you,

there is no part of my brain that isn't focused on him right now. And

knowing that, you know, more than likely, he'd probably go after you before

he goes after me-

INTERVIEWER

That's great.

DAVE SALMONI

--but I'm here to stop that.

INTERVIEWER

That's really comforting. I appreciate that. Thank

you.

DAVE SALMONI

Well, you're welcome.

DAVE ENCOURAGES ME TO GIVE THE LION A HEAD BUMP - THAT'S A STANDARD LION

GREETING -

SO PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN, FOREHEAD TO FOREHEAD, GIVE HIM A LUMP.

THE DUMBEST THING I'VE EVER DONE ON TELEVISION, WATCH THIS. /

WHEN ANIMALS ATTACK-SSTOPS

THAT'S TONIGHT ON A SPECIAL 2-HOUR EDITION OF 20-20 -- WHEN ANIMALS STRIKE BACK.

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE----

BASEBALL CARDS,

RARE COINS AND OTHER COLLECTABLES ALL TAKEN FROM A LEHIGH ACRES HOME --

BUT THEIR OWNER NOW SAYS THE CROOKS MISSED ALL THE BEST STUFF!

AND,

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ARTIFACTS, YOU NORMALLY THINK ABOUT THE STONE AGE,

BUT TONIGHT A F-G-C-U IS LAUNCHING AN EXHIBIT FILLED WITH ARTIFACTS FROM THE SPACE AGE!

YOU HAVE TO SEE THESE.

TZ1 A BASEBALL AND CLASSIC CARS STOLEN-VOTOPS

TZ1 B NASA FGCU-VOTOPS

JP STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

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BREAKING NEWS --

THIS IS NEW VIDEO OF A FIVE CAR CRASH THAT HAS SHUT DOWN PALM BEACH BOULEVARD.

AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE WERE RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL,

ONE HAD TO BE CUT OUT OF THEIR VEHICLE.

WE DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT OF ANY INJURIES RIGHT NOW.

WE DO KNOW THE ROADS SHOULD REOPEN SOMETIME IN THE NEXT HOUR.

TOSS ELIZABETH-TC MON

A LEHIGH ACRES MAN GETS A CALL NO ONE EVER WANTS TO GET --

HIS NEIGHBORS TELLING HIM HIS HOME WAS BROKEN INTO.

AMONG THE ITEMS TAKEN,

PRICEY BASEBALL CARDS, COINS AND OTHER COLLECTABLES.

BASEBALL & CLASSIC CARS STOLEN-PKG

LOOKING AROUND HIS GARAGE,

it was just a lot of stuff"

JIM REILLY TAKES NOTE OF WHAT'S MISSING

they stole a case of water, they took towels out of the dryer

GINSENG KNIVES

here you go, as seen on TV

AND HIS GOLF CART

JIM AND HIS WIFE PAULA GOT HOME YESTERDAY -- ON THEIR 43RD WEDDING ANNIVERSARY - AFTER A LONG DRIVE FROM WEST VIRGINIA

1150 miles

THE WHOLE DRIVE TO WONDER WHAT CROOKS TOOK AFTER A NEIGHBOR CALLED TO SAY THEIR GARAGE DOOR WAS PRIED OPEN.

BASEBALL CARDS MISSING - ABOUT 5-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH.

like these cards are two or three bucks a piece, but there's a hundred or two of them, and it mounts up

RICHARD PETTY NASCAR COLLECTIBLE CARS -

AND SLOT MACHINES -- ALL GONE.

"this is where the slot machines were"

BUT JIM SAYS THE CROOKS COULD HAVE TAKEN BETTER STUFF -

and whoever it was wasn't too bright because they left this here - from Woodrow Wilson's inauguration, a napkin from the dinner"

THEY MISSED NUMBER 3'S SIGNED PHOTOS TOO

"dale earnhardt - they left these

JIM AND PAULA BOUGHT THIS LEHIGH ACRES HOME ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO AFTER

JIM RETIRED FROM HIS COIN AND COLLECTIBLES BUSINESS IN WEST VIRGINIA.

PAULA SAYS THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED THERE.

you don't have to lock your house up or anything. We've never had any problems

COLLECTING THINGS AND SELLING THEM AT YARD SALES IS NOW HIS HOBBY

"I used to sell these out here for five bucks a piece

JIM SAYS IT'S JUST STUFF

you can live without

BUT PAULA SAYS SHE'S GLAD THEY WEREN'T HOME WHEN IT HAPPENED.

BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THE THEIVES DIDN'T SEE -

my 12 gauge.make my day

NASA FGCU ARTIFACTS-VO-WIPE

PRECIOUS CARGO JUST LANDED AT FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY.

140 THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH.

THE SCHOOL WAS AWARDED WITH THREE ARTIFACTS FROM NASA.

A TILE SPREAD TO PROTECT THE SHUTTLE FROM HEAT --

POCKETS FROM AN ASTRONAUTS SUIT--

AND EQUIPMENT USED TO CONNECT CENTRAL COMMAND TO THE SHUTTLE.

PROFESSORS, ALONG WITH MORE THAN A DOZEN STUDENTS MINORING IN MUSEUM STUDIES WILL SOON STUDY THEM TO BUILD AN EXHIBIT.

NASA FGCU ARTIFACTS-SOTVO

We're very excited about it. Most of the objects we may not necessarily know exactly how they were used where they were used in terms of what shuttle specifically, but that is part of our research.

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TEASE TWO-POP

BIG NEWS FROM MIAMI DOLPHINS CAMP. BIG WEEKEND FOR SEVERAL PGA GOLFERS.

TZ2 A-VO

WORLD NEWS TEASE-BLK-SOT

TONIGHT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TZ 7 1) immigration scam-VO-WIPE

TONIGHT ON ABC-7 AT SEVEN.

JUST DAYS AFTER DEFERRED ACTION GOES INTO EFFECT, 8 UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS GET SCAMMED.

DETAILS ON ONE MAN'S BOLD TRICK, AND DEPUTIES' SEARCH FOR A CRIMINAL.

PLUS.

VIDEO YOU HAVE TO SEE.

AN F-1 RACER GETS THE RIDE OF A LIFETIME.

TZ 7 2) RED BULL INDY CAR THROUGH TUNNEL-VOTOPS

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

RYAN TANNEHILL-POPMON

RYAN TANNEHILL-VOTOPS

TONIGHT. TANNEHILL WILL GET THE START AGAINST THE CAROLINA PANTHERS. IN THE FINS SECOND PRESEASON GAME.

RYAN IS EXPECTED TO PLAY ALL OF THE FIRST HALF. AND THEN MATT MOORE WILL TAKE OVER IN THE 3RD QUARTER.

LAST FRIDAY AGAINST THE BUCS. TANNEHILL THREW FOR 167 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN.

RYAN TANNEHILL-SOTTOPS

JEFF DEMPS-VOTOPS

FRESH OFF HIS SILVER MEDAL AT THE SUMMER OLYMPICS. FORMER FLORIDA RUNNING BACK JEFF DEMPS IS HEADING TO THE NFL.

DEMPS IS EXPECTED TO SIGN WITH THE THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS.

LEE HOF-VOTOPS

SATURDAY NIGHT IS A BIG NIGHT IN LEE COUNTY SPORTS.

THE LEE COUNTY ATHLETIC CONFERNCE WILL INDUCT ITS FIRST HALL OF FAME CLASS.

AND THERE ARE SOME BIG NAMES ON THE LIST. NFL GREATS. DEION SANDERS JAVON KEARSE AND EARNEST GRAHAM.

FHSAA LAWSUIT-VOTOPS

INTERESTING STORY HERE. FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL RANKS.

A LOCAL FOOTBALL REFEREE HAS FILED A LAWSUIT. CLAIMING HE GOT INJURED WHILE OFFICIATING A GAME AT BUCKINGHAM PARK.

AS A RESULT. NO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS ARE ALLOWED TO PLAY THERE. LEAVING GATEWAY CHARTER AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY WITHOUT A PLACE TO PLAY.

FHSAA LAWSUIT-SOTTOPS

PGA GOLF-POPMON

PGA GOLF-VOTOPS

LET'S GO TO GREENSBORO NORTH CAROLINA.

TIM CLARK. CLARK HAD ANOTHER GOOD DAY ON GREENS. ROLLS IN THE BIRDIE HERE. 2 SHOTS BACK AT 10 UNDER PAR.

DWYANE WADE-VOTOPS

HEAT GUARD DWYANE WADE CONTINUES REHAB HIS KNEE FOLLOWING SURGERY JULY 9TH.

WADE SAYS HE WILL BE READY FOR THE START OF THE SEASON BUT COULD MISS SOME OF TRAINING CAMP.

DWYANE WADE-SOTTOPS

GOODBYE-4SHOT

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