PITTSBURGH -- John Huston shot a 5-under 65 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Senior Players Championship. Huston started on No. 10 and was even par halfway through his round before making a big move on the front nine at soggy Fox Chapel. Huston shot 5-under 30 coming in, including four birdies and an eagle on the short par-4 seventh. The 52-year-old Huston missed three months this season because of lower back problems. Fred Couples, Duffy Waldorf, Fred Funk and Russ Cochran were a stroke back in the third major on the Champions Tour schedule. Tom Pernice Jr. had three straight birdies to start his round and led a group of five players at 67. The start of play was delayed nearly five hours because of heavy rain. When the sky cleared the soft greens allowed players to be aggressive on the typically treacherous greens at the rolling course located a few miles up the Allegheny River from downtown Pittsburgh. Nobody did more damage than Huston. The seven-time PGA Tour winner got his round going with a tap-in birdie on the par-5 18th, kickstarting a stretch where he made five birdies in a span of seven holes, including a 40-footer on No. 6. He capped the run by driving the green at the 295-yard par-4 seventh and sinking the 25-footer for eagle to vault him into the lead. The putts gave Huston a welcome confidence boost after spending three months getting treatment on his back. He returned last week and finished 32nd at the Encompass Championship then took a couple days off to rest up. He only found the fairway nine times but was bailed out by his putter. Huston came into the tournament ranked 54th on tour in putting average but had little trouble once things started falling. Couples, searching for his first victory of the season, put together three birdies on the back nine, including one on the 18th that pulled him within a shot of the lead. Couples finished fourth at Fox Chapel last year, faltering on the weekend to finish four shots behind winner Joe Daley. Points leader David Frost, who edged Couples by a shot at the Regions Tradition three weeks ago to capture the first major of his 32-year career, bounced around all day before joining a large group at 68. Newly minted Hall of Famer Colin Montgomerie began his Champions Tour career with a steady 1-under 69. The 31-time winner on the European Tour started a little shaky, flying his approach shot on the 10th hole over the green. He scrambled for par and missed just one more green the rest of the day. Montgomeries debut was pushed back several hours after strong overnight storms left portions of the 6,696-yard course under water. Twice players were told to warm up only to be notified of a delay before things got going just after noon. 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The Atlanta Falcons on Thursday waived linebacker Torrey Green?after learning of multiple sexual assault allegations made against the undrafted rookie last year in Utah.Falcons owner Arthur Blank told reporters that Green was cut Thursday morning after the team learned of the allegations the night before.We dont want anybody connected to the organization who has those kinds of accusations around them, Blank said.The Salt Lake City Tribune reported that four separate sexual assault allegations were made against Green -- three to the Logan City Police Department and one to the North Park Police Department -- in 2015 while he was attending Utah State.The Tribune reported the Cache County Attorneys Office in Utah actively investigated those allegations against Green. Capt. Curtis Hooley of the Logan City Police Department told ESPN on Thursday that Green hasnt been charged with a crime, and that Cache County Attorney James Swink declined to prosecute two of the three cases investigated by his department.We were not able to get enough evidence to charge him, said Hooley, who said Green was interviewed by the police officer who investigated all three cases.A third case is still open while police investigate and speak to witnesses who were friends of the woman.?The fourth case was investigated by the nearby North Park Police Department. North Park Police Chief Kim Hawkes confirmed Thursday that his department had a sexual assault case involvving Green but declined to say whether the investigation was closed or what became of it.ddddddddddddache County Deputy Attorney Barb Lachmar told the Tribune that the office is re-examining the cases and doing some additional investigation to assist us in making our final decision.Three of the women making the allegations against Green were students at Utah State at the time of the alleged assaults. According to the Tribune, all three notified officials at Utah States Sexual Assault and Anti-Violence Information office before contacting police.Green was not named in the Tribunes story last month but he denied the allegations in a July interview with the paper and said everyone makes mistakes.This isnt just Salt Lake, this isnt just Logan, this isnt just Utah, the whole U.S. is about to hear about something thats blown out of proportion basically and thats going to ruin a young mans career, Green told the Tribune in remarks published Thursday.Green was not on the practice field Thursday morning, and the Falcons announced the transaction shortly after practice began. He was highly unlikely to make the 53-man roster, although it was possible he could have remained with the team as part of the practice squad.ESPN Staff Writers Vaughn McClure, Mark Schlabach and The Associated Press contributed to this report. ' ' '
