Welcome to another edition of The Grind, where we’re impressed with Brooks Koepka’s ability to stay focused on his job, even under the utmost pressure. And amazed by his knack for finding the just right moment to make a statement. And that’s just his product placement game:
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So smooth. Oh yeah, Brooks' golf game is pretty good, too, as evidenced by him picking up a second major title. And as we pick up a Michelob Ultra in Brooks’ honor (This is an Ultra-good sponsorship opportunity, guys!), let’s discuss an extra-wild U.S. Open week.
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Brooks Koepka: Jeez, this guy's career has taken off after witnessing this shot by me last year, huh?
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Brooks made it back-to-back national titles at Shinnecock and answered any silly questions about whether he has the game to win a “true” U.S. Open because he suffered and gritted his way to a win at one over this year. And it was nice for his girlfriend, J..

Patrick SmithLast week, a bombshell report from the Ottawa Citizen revealed that Melinda Karlsson, wife of Senators star defenseman Erik Karlsson, had filed an order of protection against the fiancee of one of Karlsson's teammates, forward Mike Hoffman. The allegations were that Hoffman's fiancee Monika Caryk had been cyberbullying the Karlsson's for an entire year, including posting over 1,000 negative and derogatory statements toward the Karlsson's.
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According to Karlsson's allegations, some of those statements included “wishing my unborn child dead,” and that Caryk also wished Melinda were dead and “someone should 'take out' my husband's legs to 'end his career.'” The Karlssons' first child, a son named Axel, was was stillborn on March 19, 2018.
Hoffman and Caryk immediately denied the allegatons, saying “there's a 150-percent chance” that..

Chuck, Shaq, Kenny, and Ernie are one just about the only redeemable thing happening on sports TV at the moment. As ESPN continues to slash on-air jobs like Ghostface on a bender and Fox imbues their 360-degree coverage of the World Cup with all the enthusiasm of a eulogy for someone they can't pronounce the name of, TNT's NBA Tonight crew has managed to keep their brand of irreverent hi-jinx refreshing, even if it does usually just devolve into Shaq and Chuck threatening physical harm upon each other's bloated carcasses (their words, not our's). Thus when we saw the quartet on a recent episode of another TV institution, Family Feud, we knew we were in for a truly batshit treat.
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In case you can't quite make it out, the category is what a man might use to cover up his broken zipper while at church. All the no-brainers—bible/hymnal, shirt, jacket—are already on the board, so Steve Harvey drops the ball in ..

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) Curtis Strange has some advice for Brooks Koepka ahead of next year’s U.S. Open: Study up on Willie Anderson.

Koepka’s one-shot victory at Shinnecock Hills made him the first back-to-back U.S. Open champion in 29 years, dating to Strange winning his second in a row in 1989. Strange was the first player in 38 years to win consecutive U.S. Opens since Ben Hogan in 1951.

”Nobody wrote about it,” Strange said about his title defense going into Oak Hill. ”I didn’t think about repeating. I never went to a tournament thinking I was going to win. I went to a tournament thinking I was going to play well. When you’re not Tiger Woods-caliber, it’s presumptuous to stand on the first tee thinking about winning.”

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But when he arrived at Medinah in 1990 with a shot at three in a row, Strange couldn’t escape the attention.

”I wasn’t confident or cocky or arrogant, but I believed I might have a chance,” Strange said. ”You can’t help but think becau..

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom has been doing a bang-up job on the viral marketing front. First, Chris Pratt went and got single, then Jeff Goldblum announced a sultry lounge jazz odyssey, and now Dr. Jack Horner, the celebrated paleontologist who has served as the scientific consultant on all four Jurassic Park films, has claimed that human beings could be reviving actual dinosaurs in as little as five years if the species is indeed dumb enough (which we almost certainly are).
FacebookPinterestHorner, who was also the basis for Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III's Dr. Alan Grant, says that while it's not as simple as extracting that ol' dino DNA from mosquitos, his new hypothesis isn't exactly complicated: Reverse engineer birds—the modern descendant of dinosaurs, of course—to redevelop their originally physiology, including snouts for eating, long legs for hunting, and claws that'll open up your abdomen like it's a Jell-O mold. If that's not terrif..

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..