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NEW YORK -- At age 34, the Bryan brothers posed with the trophy with Bobs infant daughter and chatted about Mikes upcoming wedding. Theyve now set the Open-era Grand Slam title record, but the pair doesnt plan to stop adding to that total anytime soon. The American twins won the U.S. Open mens doubles final in straight sets Friday for a 12th Grand Slam championship. They had been tied with Australian greats Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde for the most in the Open era, which started in 1968. "We looked up to the Woodies, and to steal all their records is unbelievable because we idolize those guys," Mike said. "Theyre one of the reasons we play doubles." The Bryans, seeded No. 2, beat Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-4 without facing a break point. In the third round, they were two points from losing the match in a second-set tiebreaker when Bob pulled off a between-the-legs trick shot -- and they went on to win in three sets. After needing two tiebreakers in the quarterfinals to move on, the Bryans won their last two matches with little hassle. Last month, they achieved their biggest goal of 2012 by winning their first Olympic gold medals at the London Games. "It did take pressure off," Mike said. "We talked about it before each match. Were like, Lets swing free. We have the gold. We came into this probably a little fatigued and just running on adrenaline from the Olympics. We could see the finish line." Bob was passing around his medal after Fridays match, convinced its a good luck charm. Golfer Sergio Garcia wore it during the tennis tournament in Cincinnati last month, then promptly posted his first PGA Tour victory in four years. The brothers plan to stick around long enough to defend their title in Rio in 2016. That leaves plenty of opportunities to pad their Grand Slam record. "Hopefully we can snag a couple a year, one or two," Mike said. "We got one this year. You do the math." They had been stuck on 11 since 2011 Wimbledon, losing to Paes and Stepanek in this years Australian Open final. "We had a rough 12 months," Bob said. "We took a lot of lumps, but now thats all forgotten. Its sweeter than ever." The Bryans also tied the Open-era record with their fourth U.S. Open championship, matching Bob Lutz and Stan Smith. They had been in danger of finishing a year without a major title for the first time since 04. "Still would have been a good year because we have the Olympics," Mike said. "But we wanted to keep the streak alive of eight years with a Slam." Next on the list of goals: the Davis Cup match against Spain. Paes, from India, and Stepanek, from the Czech Republic, were seeded fifth. They were under pressure on their serves the entire match and saved 10 of 12 break points, but one break in each set was plenty for the Bryans. The brothers combined to get in 79 per cent of their first serves, and even when they didnt, they won 73 per cent of points on their second serves. Mike isnt the sentimental type, insisting he hasnt cried since high school -- he thought the Olympic medal ceremony might bring the tears but even that failed to work. So he and Bob werent going to offer too many deep thoughts about this latest milestone. At least one member of the family is relishing it, though. "My dad gets a real kick out of the records," Bob said. "He has a spreadsheet on his computer. Im sure hes updating it right now." wholesale nfl jerseys .Y. -- Brayden Schenn scored the winner on Wednesday as the Adirondack Phantoms defeated the St. Cheap NFL Jersyes . A compelling first two rounds of Euro 2012 group stage matches provided most of what fans and television viewers want -- and what the problem-plagued 2010 World Cup lacked. http://www.garotasnavan.com/ . The incident took place during Saturdays 1-1 draw at the Britannia Stadium but was missed by the referee. The Football Association took retrospective action after the elbowing was caught on video. Wilkinson will now miss Stokes match at Premier League leader Chelsea on Saturday, as well as games against Swansea and Liverpool. Cheap NFL Jerseys China . Joseph started last week in place of Steven Jyles and went 17-of-27 for 311 yards with two touchdowns and one interception in a 31-30 loss to the Stampeders. nfl jerseys china . It could be one heck of a match-up but it will be hard to surpass last years overtime thriller between these teams. I guess expecting another overtime game is expecting too much. I believe its nice that the two top-rated teams in Canada meet in the CIS final. CHICAGO -- Jordan Danks stepped to the plate in the ninth inning and imagined himself hitting a game-winning home run. Then he did it. Danks hit his first major league homer in the bottom of the ninth and the Chicago White Sox overcame a three-run deficit to beat the Oakland Athletics 4-3 on Friday night. "Being late in the game, especially bottom of the ninth, its something that everybody dreams about their whole life," Danks said. "Right before that I saw myself doing it and it was just one of those things. It was just awesome." With two outs in the ninth, Danks sent the first pitch he saw from Pat Neshek (1-1) deep into the right-field seats for Chicagos fourth solo shot of the game. Dayan Viciedo, A.J. Pierzynski and Alexei Ramirez also connected. Brett Myers (1-1) pitched a scoreless inning to help the AL Central leaders win for the 11th time in 16 games. Viciedo tied it at 3 with his homer in the seventh, snapping a 5-for-43 slide. Before the game, the White Sox placed All-Star slugger Paul Konerko on the seven-day concussion disabled list. The first baseman took an elbow to the right temple area Tuesday on a close play at first and is eligible to return Aug. 17. "Its not going to be easy not having him in the lineup," Chicago manager Robin Ventura said. "Its the best thing for him to get him back at full strength. Were just going to have to find ways to have guys like Jordan Danks come through in ways like that." The White Sox won for the 14th time in 18 home games and maintained a one-game lead over second-place Detroit. Brandon Moss hit a two-run homer for Oakland. Brandon McCarthy came off the disabled list to make his first start for the As since June 19. He had been sidelined with a strained shoulder. The right-hander was staked to an early 3-0 lead but couldnt hold iit, allowing a season-high three home runs.dddddddddddd "You dont see that often, but they were four pitches that were hittable pitches and they took advantage of all of them," Athletics manager Bob Melvin said. Pierzynski extended his career high with his 22nd homer in the second and Ramirez hit a hanging curve out to left in the fourth, his fifth of the year. "Its sort of nice to look up there and see some good numbers so far," Pierzynski said. "But the biggest thing, were winning and that makes up for all of it." McCarthy, who broke into the majors with the White Sox in 2005, was chased by Viciedos drive. He went six-plus innings, allowing three runs and six hits. Moss provided the big early blow for Oakland. After Chris Carters ground-rule double leading off the second, he hit a towering home run down the right-field line off starter Gavin Floyd to give the Athletics a 3-0 cushion. Floyd allowed seven runners in the first three innings, but pitched into the seventh. He gave up three runs and seven hits. The White Sox bullpen backed him up with three scoreless innings. "Its kind of been like that the last couple games," Floyd said. "But it is what it is. Ive got to go out there and compete and try to keep the team in the game. Its not always going to be like that, but when it does happen Im going to battle my butt off to try to put up zeros." Oakland got on the board in the first inning on an RBI groundout by Josh Reddick. NOTES: Oakland announced starting pitchers Tommy Milone and Jarrod Parker would be pushed back and LHP Travis Blackley will make a spot start Saturday. Parker is expected to start Tuesday in Kansas City and Milone next Friday against Cleveland. ... The White Sox send LHP Francisco Liriano (3-10, 5.03 ERA) to the mound against Blackley (4-3, 3.30) on Saturday. ' ' '
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