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THE

POPE

Patrick Reed of the United
States poses with the trophy
after winning the WGC-
Mexico Championship
golf tournament, at the
Chapultepec Golf Club in
Mexico City, Sunday, Feb. 23,
2020.
Associated Press
Patrick Reed

plays better

as the

accusations

get louder

By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The
bookies had Patrick Reed
at 40-1 odds going into
the Mexico Championship,
which should have come
down before he even hit
a shot. More accusations
of cheating, this time from
Brooks Koepka during a
town hall show on Sirius XM.
And then former CBS ana-
lyst Peter Kostis weighed
in during a "No Laying Up"
podcast in which he said
he saw Reed improve his LeBron's clutch jumper sends
lie four times. The noise got
louder. And that's when
Reed always seems to get Lakers past Celtics 114-112
better. His one-shot victory
in Mexico City might not
quiet any critics. It left no Los Angeles Lakers' Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (1) dunks
doubt, however, that the
29-year-old Reed might against the Boston Celtics during the second half of an NBA
be as resilient as anyone basketball game Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, in Los Angeles.
in golf. He says he doesn't Associated Press
listen, and that his team — Page21
wife Justine, her mother,
attorneys — fill him in.

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