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Brooks Koepka says he’ll catch Tiger Woods in majors

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Brooks Koepka has never been a player lacking in confidence.

The four-time major winner said plenty in an interview with Golf Digest’s Matthew Rudy, but the biggest claim came at the end, when Rudy and Koepka discussed priorities in a career. The 31-year-old Koepka said he would rather win tournaments and miss some cuts rather than make the cut every time, then dropped quite an answer when asked about reaching Tiger Woods.

From Golf Digest:

Has Tiger set the bar out of reach?

In my mind, I’m going to catch him on majors. I believe that. I don’t see any reason that can stop me. I’m 31. I have another 14 years left. If I win one a year, I got Jack [Nicklaus]. People misconstrue that as being cocky. No, that’s just my belief. If I don’t have that belief, I shouldn’t be out there. If you don’t think you can win, why the hell are you teeing it up? Yeah, I’m just going for second place this week. There’s a lot of that on tour. Even elite players are very happy with that. Second? Sports are made to have a winner and a loser. You’re one or the other.

Koepka currently has four major titles to his name: the 2017 and 2018 US Open and the 2018 and 2019 PGA Championship. Woods currently has 15 majors, the most recent being his stunning 2019 Masters title (in which Koepka tied for second). Nicklaus remains the majors king among men with 18.

Brooks Koepka remains confident

It might be easy for some to mock Koepka for talking about catching Woods when he’s not even a third of the way there, but it’s important remember a) we are talking about a professional athlete and b) that professional athlete is Brooks Koepka.

Pretty much every major professional athlete you see — from the NFL to the Premier League to the Olympics to the PGA Tour — is going to be an over-confident person. Over-confidence is basically a requirement for sanity when pursuing a career that has an outrageously low probability of financial success.

Koepka saying he believes he has at least 11 more major wins in him is just that confidence evolving to its highest level, from believing you can make it as a professional athlete to believing you can be one of the all-time greats. Koepka is just saying out loud what some other athletes prefer to keep behind closed doors.

And to be fair to Koepka, if there is a golfer active today that could catch Woods, it’s probably him. He hasn’t won one since 2019, but that was due to recurring hip and knee issues in 2020. Since his return from surgery, he has finished in the top 6 in the last three majors.

Among players in Koepka’s generation, the only player who matches him in major titles is Rory McIlroy, and he hasn’t won a title since 2014. If Koepka is healthy going forward (yes, a big if), of course he thinks he can match Woods.

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Garth Brooks cancels tour dates due to COVID surge

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Country star Garth Brooks performs in Washington on March 4, 2020. Brooks is canceling his tour dates in five cities, citing a rising number of COVID-19 cases. He will cancel his planned next shows in Ohio, North Carolina, Maryland, Massachusetts and Tennessee. (Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country star Garth Brooks is canceling his remaining stadium tour dates in five cities due to rising COVID-19 cases.

Brooks had said weeks ago that he would be reassessing the tour in light of the surge in cases. Tickets will be refunded for shows scheduled in Cincinnati; Charlotte, North Carolina; Baltimore; Foxborough, Massachusetts, and Nashville, Tennessee. He had also planned to play in Seattle but declined to put tickets on sale.

“In July, I sincerely thought the pandemic was falling behind us,” Brooks said in a statement on Wednesday. “Now, watching this new wave, I realize we are still in the fight and I must do my part.”

Brooks, one of the biggest selling entertainers in music, restarted touring in July and regularly performs in front of 60,000-70,000 people per stadium. Many of his shows sell out well in advance.

Brooks said he is hopeful that he can resume touring before the end of the year and reschedule those tour dates.

Brooks performed in Salt Lake City on July 17 to a sold-out crowd at Rice-Eccles Stadium. According to a June press release, the concert sold out in 30 minutes. Brooks said at that concert that because tickets sold so fast, he would like return to the stadium for another show before the tour ended.

Now it may be too late.

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Mo Brooks Says He Wore Body Armor to Jan. 6 Rally

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Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) has continuously denounced the investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, even as he’s being sued by his colleagues over his role in inciting it. But while Brooks has said he didn’t believe the riot would turn violent, he told a Slate reporter Wednesday that he was actually tipped off about potential violence, prompting him to sleep in his office the day before the Ellipse speech and wear body armor to the rally. “When I gave my speech at the Ellipse, I was wearing body armor,” he said. Brooks wouldn’t say who tipped him off, what violence could occur, or whether he passed the tip on to relevant people. “That’s why I was wearing that nice little windbreaker,” he said. “To cover up the body armor.”

At the rally, Brooks marked Jan. 6 as “the day American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass!” He claimed he was just using bold words, but Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) has sued him for potential incitement. He tried to claim he could not be sued as a federal employee, but the Department of Justice invalidated that claim Wednesday.

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New York Yankees reliever Brooks Kriske throws 4 wild pitches in 10th; Boston Red Sox rally to win

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BOSTON — It took most of a rainy night at Fenway Park for the Red Sox to find their offense. It took one wild inning by reliever Brooks Kriske for the Yankees to squander an opportunity to gain valuable ground on their longtime rivals.

Enrique Hernandez hit a two-run double that tied the game with two outs in the ninth inning, and Boston took advantage of a record four wild pitches by Kriske in the 10th to rally past New York 5-4 on Thursday.

Kriske (1-1) allowed Boston’s final two runs for a blown save, becoming the first major leaguer to throw four wild pitches in a single extra inning, according to STATS. His four wild pitches are tied for the most in any inning and for the most in a game by any pitcher this season.

All of them came on splitters that bounced.

“It was just pure execution,” said Kriske, optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre after the loss. “It’s part of the game. I’ve got to do a better job.”

New York took a 4-3 lead in the 10th on a sacrifice fly by Brett Gardner that scored Tyler Wade. But Boston quickly tied it in the bottom half thanks in large part to Kriske’s quartet of wild pitches. His first one moved automatic runner Rafael Devers to third base, and a second pitch in the dirt allowed him to score.

After Xander Bogaerts walked, Kriske’s control issues continued. Two more wild pitches got Bogaerts to third, setting up Hunter Renfroe’s game-ending sacrifice fly to right.

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Bryson DeChambeau admits ‘mistake’ as Brooks Koepka’s needling continues feud at The Open

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SANDWICH, England — While Brooks Koepka took great delight in his rival’s missteps, Bryson DeChambeau apologized again Friday for his strong remarks a day earlier about his equipment company and made the cut on the number to qualify for the weekend at Royal St. George’s.

DeChambeau is 12 strokes back of tournament leader Louis Oosthuizen through two rounds of The Open. But the world’s oldest golf championship has seemingly been pushed aside because of DeChambeau’s antics, which included saying that his driver “sucks” and drawing a rebuke from equipment maker Cobra.

“I love my driver,” Koepka said coyly in an interview with Golf Channel after a 66 that saw him move into a tie for 12th.

He later tweeted a photo with the caption: “Driving into the weekend!”

DeChambeau, who shot a second-round 70, was left to pick up the pieces. He declined television and media requests but spoke to a small group of reporters.

“I made a mistake,” he said. “I think as time goes on, I’ll look at this as a growing moment for me personally, and hopefully I can make the right things going on from here on out. I was in a heated situation, and I feel really bad about it.”

After his opening-round 71 in which he hit just four of 14 fairways, DeChambeau said that his “driver sucks” and that he was living on the razor’s edge after four years of trying to get it right.

Ben Schomin, who caddied for DeChambeau two weeks after his split with former caddie Tim Tucker and is Cobra’s tour operations manager, pushed back in an interview with Golfweek, saying the comments were “stupid” and expressing frustration at how hard the company works to appease the eight-time PGA Tour winner.



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Brooks Koepka on feud with Bryson DeChambeau

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SANDWICH, England — If Brooks Koepka is asked, he seems willing to answer any continued questions about Bryson DeChambeau.

Koepka was asked again Tuesday at The Open about their ongoing feud, and the four-time major winner said he’s fine keeping it going because DeChambeau went back on his word about an agreement they had, so now he’s “fair game.”

Their differences were highlighted again two months ago when a taped interview of Koepka showing his disgust for DeChambeau was leaked and went viral. There has been a good bit of back and forth since, all of it starting with Koepka’s slow-play complaints about DeChambeau in 2019.

Koepka said the deal they made came during a discussion at the 2019 Northern Trust tournament at Liberty National in Jersey City, New Jersey.

“We had a conversation at Liberty, and he didn’t hold up his end of the bargain and I didn’t like that, so I’ll take my shots,” Koepka said.

He then went on to explain how it went wrong.

“He didn’t like that I had mentioned his name in slow play, so we had a conversation in the locker room,” Koepka said. “And then I guess we said something else in the press conference but didn’t mention his name in it, and he walked up to [Koepka’s caddie] Ricky [Elliott], said something. It was, ‘You tell your man if he’s got something to say, say it to myself.’ I thought that was ironic because he went straight to Ricky. Ricky told me when I came out, hit a few putts, and then just walked right over to him, we had a conversation.

“We both agreed we’d leave each other out of it and wouldn’t mention each other, just kind of let it die off, wouldn’t mention each other’s names, just go about it. So then he decided I guess he was going on that little, whatever, playing video games online [on Twitch in which he made light of Koepka appearing in ESPN’s The Body Issue] or whatever and brought my name up and said a few things, so now it’s fair game.”

DeChambeau also spoke on the matter on Tuesday.

“He can say whatever he wants,” DeChambeau said. “I think he said something back at Liberty National not upholding something. I don’t know what he’s talking about in that regard. Maybe that’s on me. Maybe I didn’t. I really don’t remember anything about that. We just had a conversation that I really don’t know what happened, because we haven’t really bantered back and forth until now, so it’s like why is that happening now.

“Besides that, I’m just here to play golf and focus on that. If we want to keep bantering back and forth, obviously being respectful and keeping lines where they aren’t getting crossed, yeah, I think it’s fun and a good environment for people in golf.”

Koepka said there would be no issues with DeChambeau as a teammate at the Ryder Cup in September.

“It’s only a week,” he said. “I can put it aside for business. If we’re going to be on the same team, I can deal with anybody in the world for a week. I’m not playing with him. I’m pretty sure we’re not going to be paired together; put it that way. I think it’s kind of obvious.

“It doesn’t matter. I don’t think we’re going to be high-fiving and having late-night conversations. I do my thing, he does his thing. Yeah, we’re on the same team, but it’s not an issue at all. I don’t view it as an issue. I don’t think he does.”

Koepka, who is ranked eighth in the world, has been in the top 5 in three of his past four appearances, including a tie for second behind Phil Mickelson at the PGA Championship and a tie for fourth at the U.S. Open behind Jon Rahm.

He got his first look at Royal St. George’s on Tuesday and was not overly impressed.

“Quite a few blind tee shots, kind of hitting to nothing,” Koepka said. “Fairways are quite undulating. I don’t know, it’s not my favorite of the [10-course] rotation, put it that way.

“[But] I don’t care whether I like the place, don’t like it. You’ve still got to play good and go hit the shots. Playing St. Andrews is probably my favorite place in the entire world to play. Portrush two years ago was … I love that place. I thought that was just such a good Open. A fun golf course to play. Really enjoyed that.

“This one, it’s just not as exciting. I don’t know why. Whether it be a couple shots to nothing, a couple blind tee shots or shots in where you can’t really see much. I’m not too big of a fan of that.”

Koepka, 31, is making his seventh appearance at The Open, his last finish a tie for fourth in 2019 at Royal Portrush. He also tied for sixth in 2017 at Royal Birkdale.

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Top-100 Cornerback Terrance Brooks Commits To Ohio State

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Kerry Coombs has done it again.

A mere 12 days ago, Ohio State missed out on Toriano Pride, a four-star cornerback ranked 186th nationally who had been at the top of the board but ended up choosing Clemson. By the time Pride was ready to commit, the Buckeyes knew they wouldn’t be the choice, so they shifted their focus.

The guy who then came into focus? Terrance Brooks, a four-star 2022 cornerback from Little Elm, Texas.

The 5-foot-11, 190-pounder ranked 58th nationally received a scholarship offer from Coombs and Ohio State on June 14, set up a short-notice official visit to take place a week later and, on Wednesday afternoon, suddenly ended his recruitment by committing to the Buckeyes.

The pledge from Brooks comes as a notable – but welcomed – surprise for an Ohio State team in the process of overhauling its secondary. He’s the 8th ranked cornerback in country, and he now joins a 2022 defensive backfield haul that currently already also includes five-star cornerback Jaheim Singletary, four-star cornerback Jyaire Brown, three-star cornerback Ryan Turner and three-star athlete/safety Kye Stokes. 

The Brooks File

  • Class: 2022
  • Size: 5-foot-11/190 lbs.
  • Pos: CB
  • School: Little Elm (Little Elm, Texas)
  • Composite Rating: ★★★★
  • Composite Rank: 58 (8 CB)

Brooks, until the middle of this week, hadn’t been viewed as a Buckeyes lean at all. The Crimson Tide were seen by most to be the favorites to land the Texan. He’s coming off a weekend official visit to Alabama, and he previously went on official visits to Texas, Florida and Oregon in June. Back in April, he released a top-five that featured Alabama, Texas A&M, Oregon, Texas and Florida. Also, his father played for Texas A&M and is in their Hall of Fame.

Instead, he chose Ohio State where he becomes the seventh top-75 pledge in 2022 – for reference, no other team has more than four top-75 commitments thus far – and bolsters the program’s No. 1 class ranking in the cycle. He’s the third player from Texas to commit, joining five-star quarterback Quinn Ewers and five-star wide receiver Caleb Burton.

In spite of all of the legitimate on-field questions surrounding Coombs’ first season as Ohio State’s defensive coordinator, what’s indisputable is his impact on the recruiting trail. Sure, he’ll have to work to hold onto the commitments of several 2022 defensive backs – including Singletary, who just visited Georgia – who are listening to other schools. But he has now locked down a pair of top-100 cornerbacks in both the 2021 and 2022 cycles which feature both quality and quantity. There’s a lot for the Buckeyes to like from what Coombs has done, with Brooks being the latest recruiting win.

Pos Name Rating Rank Size School
QB QUINN EWERS ★★★★★ #1 NATL | #1 QB 6-3 | 206 Southlake Carroll (Southlake, TX)
CB JAHEIM SINGLETARY ★★★★★ #13 NATL | #5 CB 6-1 | 170 Robert E. Lee (Jacksonville, FL)
LB C.J. HICKS ★★★★★ #18 NATL | #2 LB 6-3 | 220 Archbishop Alter (Dayton, OH)
WR CALEB BURTON ★★★★★ #33 NATL | #3 WR 6-0 | 165 Lake Travis (Austin, TX)
LB GABE POWERS ★★★★ #38 NATL | #3 LB 6-4 | 230 Marysville (Marysville, OH)
CB TERRANCE BROOKS ★★★★ #58 NATL | #8 CB 5-11 | 190 Little Elm (Little Elm, TX)
WR KALEB BROWN ★★★★ #60 NATL | #5 WR 5-11 | 177 St. Rita (Chicago, IL)
CB JYAIRE BROWN ★★★★ #120 NATL | #13 CB 6-0 | 178 Lakota West (West Chester, OH)
WR KYION GRAYES ★★★★ #151 NATL | #21 WR 6-1 | 170 Chandler (Chandler, AZ)
OT TEGRA TSHABOLA ★★★★ #185 NATL | #20 OT 6-5 | 340 Lakota West (West Chester, OH)
RB DALLAN HAYDEN ★★★★ #235 NATL | #24 RB 5-11 | 195 Christian Brothers (Memphis, TN)
TE BENJI GOSNELL ★★★★ #319 NATL | #13 TE 6-4 | 225 East Surry (Pilot Mountain, NC)
TE BENNETT CHRISTIAN ★★★★ #347 NATL | #14 TE 6-6 | 235 Allatoona (Acworth, GA)
CB RYAN TURNER ★★★ #372 NATL | #35 CB 6-0 | 180 Chaminade-Madonna Prep (Hollywood, FL)
ATH KYE STOKES ★★★ #418 NATL | #36 ATH 6-2 | 185 Armwood (Seffner, FL)
Prospect Rating Data: 247Sports

Brooks has prototypical cornerback size and, notably, is said to have exceptionally long arms. How long? Well, Gabe Brooks of 247Sports says it’s in the “plus-9 range relative to height.” That means if he is 5-foot-11, then he has a 6-foot-8 wingspan. Insane – and helpful to playing cornerback. 

Brooks will play his senior year of high school at Little Elm High School in Little Elm – after transferring from John Paul II High School in Plano – before moving on to Columbus.



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Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood announce coronvairus test results

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Country legends Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood have shared a health update after being tested for coronavirus.

In a press release, a rep for Brooks, 59, confirmed that he had tested negative while Yearwood, 56, tested positive.

According to the release, the pair were already quarantining “at home on the heels of a recent positive Covid test by a member of their team.”

“The Queen and I have now tested twice,” said Brooks. “Officially, she’s diagnosed as ‘on her way out of the tunnel’ now, though, which I’m extremely thankful for.”

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The delay in testing — which came about a week after they were exposed — was due to the “severe winter weather in Tennessee.”

Country star Trisha Yearwood (left) has tested positive for coronavirus while her husband, Garth Brooks (right) tested negative. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/WireImage)

“Anyone who knows me knows my world begins and ends with Miss Yearwood, so she and I will ride through this together,” the star shared, adding that he would not be participating in his Inside Studio G series on Facebook for a time.

“And anyone who knows [Yearwood] knows she’s a fighter and she’s been doing everything right, so I know we’ll walk out the other side of this thing together,” Brooks said.

Yearwood is “dealing with symptoms,” said the release, but is “doing okay.”

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“She’s tough. She’s stronger than me,” Garth assured fans, welcoming prayers and positive thoughts.

He concluded: “Living with her, I sometimes take it for granted she’s one of the greatest voices in all of music, so the possible long-term effects on her concern me as her husband and as a fan. We’re very lucky she is currently under the greatest care in the best city for treating and healing singers.”

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood were exposed to coronavirus earlier this month and weren’t able to get tested right away because of the winter weather. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

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Reps for Yearwood did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment.

Brooks’ team announced that he and his wife were exposed to COVID-19 on Facebook on Feb. 11.

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“Due to someone on their team testing positive for Covid-19 and out of an abundance of caution, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are canceling everything and testing and quarantining for two weeks,” they said at the time.

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Garth Brooks says Trisha Yearwood’s tested positive for COVID-19

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Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are quarantining together as she has tested positive for COVID-19. (Photo: Reuters)

Trisha Yearwood has tested positive for COVID-19. Garth Brooks issued a statement on Tuesday and said he “will ride through this” in quarantine with his wife of more than 15 years.

The country superstars revealed on Feb. 11 they were isolating at home and canceling scheduled events after a member of their team contracted the virus. According to a spokesperson for Brooks, Yearwood, 59, tested positive in recent days while he remains negative.

“The Queen and I have now tested twice,” Brooks, 59, tells Yahoo Entertainment in a statement. “Officially, she’s diagnosed as ‘on her way out of the tunnel’ now, though, which I’m extremely thankful for.”

According to the statement, severe weather in Tennessee prevented the couple from getting tested until almost a week after their initial exposure.

“Anyone who knows me knows my world begins and ends with Miss Yearwood, so she and I will ride through this together,” Brooks notes, adding projects like his weekly Inside Studio G conversation on Facebook will be paused. “And anyone who knows her knows she’s a fighter and she’s been doing everything right, so I know we’ll walk out the other side of this thing together.”

Yearwood is dealing with symptoms, but is doing OK, per Brooks’s rep.

“She’s tough. She’s stronger than me,” Brooks says, noting they welcome any prayers and good thoughts. “If anyone asks, that’s what you can do for her. That’s what I’m doing.”

Brooks admitted he’s still worried about his wife and potential long-term effects from contracting the virus.

“Living with her, I sometimes take it for granted she’s one of the greatest voices in all of music, so the possible long-term effects on her concern me as her husband and as a fan,” he concludes. “We’re very lucky she is currently under the greatest care in the best city for treating and healing singers.”

Yearwood and Brooks have had to quarantine before due to COVID-19 exposure. One of Brooks’s three children from his previous marriage, 24-year-old daughter Allie, had a mild case of the virus.

“As a parent, nobody knows what COVID is going to do in the future so you just watch over them,” Brooks said in July, noting his daughter just had a sore throat. “You pray a lot and hopefully she will come out of this thing with just that.”

Brooks added during the interview over the summer that recent months have “probably been the most we’ve ever gone through as a couple.”

“What’s on the other side is so great, especially when you are with the right one,” he declared.

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