Warren Little/Getty ImagesYou might have heard about the historical oddity that transpired on Sunday at Shinnecock Hills. Walking beside Brooks Koepka as he became the first golfer since Curtis Strange to win back-to-back U.S. Opens was Curtis Strange himself. The World Golf Hall of Famer was following Koepka and Dustin Johnson as an on-course commentator for Fox. When Koepka joined the repeat U.S. Open winner club, Strange was there to give him his introductory hug (the instructions to the secret handshake are in the mail).
You probably did not hear, however, about another historical oddity that transpired on Sunday, one that also involves Koepka and Strange as well as the low amateur at the Open.
Back in 1989, when Strange successfully defended his title at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., the low amateur at the championship was a college golfer Greg Lesher. Lesher was a rising senior on the LSU men’s golf team who shot a 16-over 296 for the championship, finishing in T-63.
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It was an eventful tournament at Shinnecock Hills. Holly Sonders recaps the best shots of the 118th U.S. Open. Sponsored by #Lexus

The college golf world is in mourning following the unexpected passing of Western Kentucky men’s golf coach Phillip Hatchett.

Lachlan CunninghamJ.R. Smith probably thought he was in the clear this summer with everything else going on in sports. Wrong. The Cavs' swingman slash walking meme and his all-time blunder from Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals are back in the news again, because you can buy the jersey he was wearing when he made said blunder.
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NBA Auctions is selling the coveted(?) item, which has been bid up to $3,000 at the moment:
FacebookPinterestOf course, this prompted a lot of “A Cavs fan should buy it and burn it” jokes. But in reality, Smith should have burned it the second Game 1 was over to avoid something like this happening.
In case you don't remember J.R. Smith not remembering the score, here's a look back at a moment LeBron James certainly wishes he could block out of his memory:
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The Cavs wound up losing in overtime and weren't competitive the r..

I ask you, friends: Are people who jump down from the stands, run around the field/course/court like idiots, and bring a halt to a game…not people? Do they not bleed red blood like you and me? Are they not deserving of mercy, bedeviled as they are by drunkenness and stupidity and a crushing desire for temporary fame?
This guy decided to streak (I use that word regardless of the person's state of dress, because as far as I know we don't have a word to distinguish between naked and clothed streaking) at a CFL game, and look what happened to him:
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Then this guy made the same move during a rain delay at the College World Series:
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A few thoughts:
1. Streakers need to start using some defensive maneuvers. You can't just sit there and let someone have a free shot at you! Try a damn spin move!
2. Have we just decided that violent assault is totally cool now if someone streaks? I'm not necessarily saying I want that player or..

Brooks Koepka's repeat win, and the success of similar players, hints that the U.S. Open is becoming a event where a specific type of golfer tends to succeed

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — PGA Tour players don't typically advertise where they're staying when they rent a house for a week, but there are certain tell-tale signs. A U.S. Open-logoed Lexus courtesy car parked in the driveway, for instance. Or sometimes even the golfer himself emerging with his clubs over his shoulder.
Regardless, one evening early last week, Brooks Koepka received a knock on the door of his Southampton rental house, and he opened it to find a kid from the neighborhood asking for his autograph.
“Which never happens,” Jena Sims, Koepka's girlfriend said. “Then word on our street literally spread.”
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As the week progressed and Koepka worked his way into contention at the U.S. Open, his base of neighborhood supporters grew. And when he rose Sunday to head to the golf course, he spied these signs on the corner on his way over.
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Just about the time Tommy Boy Fleetwood was heating up at the U.S. Open on Sunday, the Mexican national team was cooling down following a stunning World Cup victory over defending world champions Germany in Moscow. The party for the fans who travelled halfway around the world just to eat borscht in the dead of summer was just getting started, of course, but amid the tears, singing, proposals, and liver-pureeing levels of vodka consumption, it was a lone grandmother who became the de-facto mascot of Mexico's unlikely group stage triumph:
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Sports fans are a superstitious bunch. We know this. Much like Sister Jean's rise to stardom back in March, however, there's just something about the sight on 60-something-year-old woman, plate of food in hand, crossing each and every player the Mexico starting lineup—including goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, who she blesses not once, but THREE times—that has the entire world (German..

If Mo Bamba's only chance of scoring points was by dunking, he'd still be one of the top picks in Thursday's NBA Draft. The 7-footer who just turned 20 last month is an absolute terror on defense, blocking 3.7 shots per game as a freshman at Texas. But on the offensive end, the man with an NBA combine-record 7-foot-10(!) wingspan is capable of more than dunking. Apparently, a lot more.
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Check out this viral video making the rounds Monday morning. If you just focus on the ball, you'd think it was a clip of Stephen Curry shooting three-pointers. Instead, it's Big Mo. Wait, can we call you Big Mo? Sorry, probably should have asked a man of your stature for permission first. Anyway, check out the jaw-dropping clip:
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Good lord, is that impressive. So he's got the biggest wingspan, the smoothest jumper, AND the best name/n..

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) Brooks Koepka now has as many majors as Greg Norman and as many PGA Tour victories as Pat Perez.

Koepka belongs in the conversation of elite players in his generation by winning his second U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, a test that asked an entirely different set of questions than the U.S. Open he won last year at Erin Hills.

Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth are the only players in their 20s to have won multiple majors, at least for now.

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And while the 28-year-old Koepka is only in his fourth full year on the PGA Tour, to see his supreme performance at Shinnecock Hills makes it hard to believe he has only one other PGA Tour title. That was three years ago at the Phoenix Open.

That’s likely to change. It might have to for Koepka to get the recognition he deserves, even if that’s not what drives him.

His record should get anyone’s attention.

Koepka has finished among the top 15 in nine of his past 10 majors starting with the 2015 Bri..