under the concussion rule.Hasler was happy with the Dogs efforts after their sixth win in seven games.It was a bit of

AKRON, Ohio -- The U.S. Open trophy was on the kitchen table in Dustin Johnsons home in South Florida. That was by design.So when I came down the next morning, it was sitting right there, Johnson said Wednesday. Gave me a smile a little bit.For all his power, there is a subtle side to Johnson. He never got too down on himself when he was shooting 82 at Pebble Beach or grounding his club in sand without realizing it was a bunker at Whistling Straits. He played golf with friends the day after a three-putt cost him a shot at Chambers Bay.He sure didnt go over the top when he captured his first major at Oakmont.How to celebrate? Johnson skipped all the talk shows in New York. He waited until last Wednesday, his 32nd birthday, to head for some solitude in the Bahamas with family and friends, spending time on his boat, in the water and playing a little golf (a couple holes here and there) at Bakers Bay.He wasnt seen in public until he showed up on the range Wednesday at Firestone for the Bridgestone Invitational, and even then, he didnt get a lot of work in. Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith stopped by for more than an hour, chatting with Johnson and former U.S. Open champion Justin Rose and taking a few swings with the driver.If his life has changed, its mainly finding time to respond to more text messages than he can count. Johnson figures he still has more than 100 messages on his phone, and he intends to respond to all of them.But first, he has more golf to play.The Bridgestone Invitational is in a different spot on the calendar because of the Olympics, squeezed in between a pair of majors. It also is opposite the French Open, which angered the European Tour so much that it is not sanctioning this World Golf Championship for the first time and has offered big incentive for players who have skipped Firestone for the French Open.That put defending champion Shane Lowry in a tough spot. The Irish is on the cusp of qualifying for his first Ryder Cup, but felt he should be at Firestone to defend. Whatever ranking points he earns this week will not count toward the Ryder Cup, leaving him three big events -- the Scottish Open, British Open and PGA Championship -- to make the team.Only 61 players are at Firestone, the smallest field since 2001, when this WGC featured a 39-man field of only Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup players.Johnson might have a little rust, but he is equipped with more confidence than ever.It was a popular victory, evident by the number of messages he received. Among the most meaningful was from hockey great Wayne Gretzky, his future father-in-law, who told him it was one of the greatest performances he ever saw. It meant a lot, because hes seen a lot of good things, Johnson said.And it was popular with his peers, particularly having to play the last seven holes not knowing the score because of an impending USGA ruling, and mainly because of how much heartache Johnson already had endured in the majors.Hes arguably the most talented golfer in the world. Ive been quoted saying that quite a few times, Jordan Spieth said. It was not a surprise, but personally knowing him and also knowing kind of the experiences to an extent that hes gone through, I thought it was very cool.Johnson said he had his doubts, normal for someone whos had so many close balls in the majors.Those appear to have been put to rest.I felt like I had it before, but it never worked out, Johnson said. But now I really know Ive got what it takes to get it done. I believed that I had it, but theres always that thing in the back of your head telling you, `Do you really have what it takes?He watched over the last six years as Rory McIlroy won four majors, Spieth won back-to-back majors last year, Jason Day won his first at the PGA Championship.Johnson moved up to No. 3 in the world, and he believes he is just getting started.I know when I play my best I can beat them, he said. But can you play your best all the time? The only person thats ever done that for a long period of time is Tiger (Woods) in recent years. But I know Rory and Jason and Jordan, when they play their best, theyre going to be very, very difficult to beat, just like when I play my best. Its going to be hard to beat me. Adidas Nmd Clearance Sale .Y. -- Sabres forward Drew Stafford has witnessed plenty of turmoil during his eight seasons in Buffalo. 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A man-of-the-match effort from Mitchell Pearce in his return from injury has failed to lift Sydney Roosters out of the NRL doldrums, the Tricolours losing 24-20 to Canterbury at Allianz Stadium on Thursday night.In just his fourth game this year due to injury and suspension, Pearce set up all three of the Roosters tries and saved another in a sublime effort in the opening match of round 17 before 7,741 fans.But it wasnt enough as poor defence cost the Roosters again.The Tricolours now need to win all of their last nine games to finish with 28 points, the usual cutoff point for the final eight.David Klemmer carried the ball forward for the Dogs all night and was their best alongside Brett Morris who scored two tries, as Daniel Tupou did for the Roosters.Canterbury move into the top four, but will only stay there for a day if Brisbane beat Melbourne on Friday night.On the back of 63 per cent of the ball in the opening quarter and a very controlled performance the Roosters unexpectedly led 12-0 with Pearce cranking the home sides attack into gear.Daniel Tupou sensationally snatched a Pearce bomb out of the cold night air for the games first try in the eighth minute.A Pearce offload in the 19th minute put Latrell Mitchell through the Dogs line and the rookie fullback stood up his opposite Will Hopoate and raced away to score.But handling errors and penalties then hurt the Tricolours. Curtis Rona skipped over for Canterburys first try in the 13th minute.Brett Morris first try of the night then drew the scores at 12-all after Moses Mbyes conversion.But the Roosters revival didnt continue after the break. Jake Friend dropped a pass from Pearce with the Bulldogs line open as Daniel Tupou did in the first half.The Bulldogs took full advantagge.ddddddddddddosh Jackson forced his way over through some flimsy goal line defence in the 56th minute and the Dogs led for the first time of the night 18-14, after a Jackson Hastings penalty goal had broken the deadlock earlier in the half.When Brett Morris scored his second try on the hour courtesy of some more poor defence from Blake Ferguson, Canterbury led 24-14 and the Roosters looked done.Tupou scored his second try with three minutes to go to keep the match alive but the Dogs held out.Roosters fullback Latrell Mitchell suffered a knee injury in the second half and didnt return.Pearce could be in judiciary trouble over a high tackle on Josh Morris in the first half. Morris stayed down after the tackle, which wasnt penalised, but curiously didnt go off under the concussion rule.Hasler was happy with the Dogs efforts after their sixth win in seven games.It was a bit of an ugly game and a spoiling games, and games like that are always good to win, he said.In the second half we put ourselves in a good position to come up with the points.It was Brett Morris second double in two games in his return from injury.He is an amazing finisher, Dogs skipper James Graham said.Nine times out of 10 he comes up with it. Roosters coach Trent Robinson bemoaned his sides inability to go on with things after their early dominance.It was a great start from us in the first 30 minutes, he said.It was disappointing we let them back in before halftime.But the second half was messy right from the start.We played some football. There was enough there from us to win the game, but our defence wasnt good enough to win the game. ' ' '