especially here at brookline booksmith. some of you may know i am a former reporter for the boston globe. i lived in the city for many years. [applause] thank you. i lived in the city for many years. my first child was born in the city. and you know, i used to come to this bookstore and think, how the heck am i ever going to get a book placed here? and so, it is a real feel to be a tonight. please, would everyone take pictures of me with this behind me just so that later i can propose actually here doing this. [laughter] whenever i am telling a story, whether it is for the globe or it is for magazines or for national public radio or a book, i always like to think of it in terms of moments and scenes, identify those important things early on and build on those. i wanted to begin tonight with you, with a moment. met in chicago. september 1933. the waning days of summer. labor day weekend. the city had been struggling in the grip of the great depression now for years. with record unemployment, redline down the street and flap

the us will have to use of a new spirit of brookline and 99 if they opt to create a novel piece of rydereate another piece. it has been a great few days, it really has. they must be proud of the way they have played, stuck together and being determined to do a job but they are also very well aware of what is ahead of them to morrow. we go again tomorrow. we go back to the hotel now, we refocus, we try and get some tired legs worked on and then they get out there to morrow and this is probably there to morrow and this is probably the most important 18 holes head of these players for a long, long time. we obviously both likely cause, the conditions are great for us. we are really good friends. we like to play together, spend time together and, yes, just work from the beginning so it is great. tomorrow we will be a pa rt it is great. tomorrow we will be a part and we need to keep winning and get those jolt bug .2 missing. great couple of points for moliwood as they are now cleverly called. ben croucher there with the round up of the day's action. now for some analysis from our man on the co

the us will have to summon the spirit of brookline ‘99 if they are to create another piece of ryder cupbbc news. so in today's singles matches, rory mcilroy will open againstjustin thomas, with paul casey out second against brooks koepka. world number twojustin rose faces webb simpson in the third game out, beforejon rahm takes on tiger woods. the first match tees off at five past 11 and you can follow all the action on the bbc website and radio five live. liverpool's100% winning start to the season may be over — but they're still undefeated in the premier league, after daniel sturridge‘s spectacular late goal rescued a 1—1 draw at chelsea. the league's top scorer eden hazard took his tally to six, and chelsea held on to the lead until a minute from time, when sturridge let fly to ensurejurgen klopp‘s side came away with a point. champions manchester city have gone to the top of the table for the first time this season — they're above liverpool on goal difference after raheem sterling and sergio aguero gave them a 2—0 win at home to brighton. and the pressure just keeps building onjose

they did it in brookline back in 99. that was in us soil. day and produced a remarkable turnaround. if they are too good, it'll be very different this time around because he never in front a partisan crowd here, it is the crowd, at present, energy at the crowd provides the players all that is what they feed off and it is very ha rd is what they feed off and it is very hard because they know the american tea m hard because they know the american team are not just hard because they know the american team are notjust playing the opponents, the player they are going against two morrow, they are also playing the crowd so if the american tea m playing the crowd so if the american team can turn it around, that'll be arguably the biggest achievement in ryder cup history for them if they are to go on and keep hold of that trophy. as far as european fans are concerned, i jolly well as far as european fans are concerned, ijolly well hope they will not. thank you for bringing us up will not. thank you for bringing us up to date. a difficult week for man

the united states done it in 1999 by the same deficit at brookline. the party today. —— no party today. manchester united have made their worst start to a league campaign in 29 years, beaten 3—1 at west ham earlier today. so the pressure mounts on the united bossjose mourinho. it's been a turbulent week for him with reports of a training ground bust—up with paul pogba to add to their poorform. pogba was substituted with 20 minutes remaining. goals from felipe anderson and marco arnautovic helped west ham to a 3—1victory, leaving mourinho thinking things aren't going his way. when the moment is not the best it looks like everything is against you. today, we could feel exactly that. one is an own goal. the first isa that. one is an own goal. the first is a mistake, then the referee's mistake. you feel that negativity. manchester city have gone to the top of the premier league with a win at home to brighton... pep guardiola see his side dominate the game and raheem sterling opened the scoring midway through the first half... sergio aguero made it two as

the us will have to summon the spirit of brookline 99 if they are to create another piece of ryder cupomorrow because we know it is going to be tough. get the kettle on! so in today's singles matches, rory mcilroy will open againstjustin thomas with paul casey out second against brooks koepka. world number twojustin rose faces webb simpson in the third game out, before jon rahm takes on tiger woods. will he find his form? the first match tees off at 11:05 and you can follow all the action on the bbc website and radio 5 live. liverpool's100% winning start to the season may be over but they're still undefeated in the premier league after daniel sturridge's spectacular late goal rescued a 1—1 draw at chelsea. the league's top scorer eden hazard took his tally to six, and chelsea held on to the lead until a minute from time, when sturridge let fly to ensure jurgen klopp's side came away with a point. outstanding finish. daniel had three days ago a similar finish in the last game when he hit the crossbar and so obviously he thought next time when i am in that position, i might do it a bit b