After a five-year absence from the big screen, Brooks returned with Wrong Is Right (1982), a satire about the media that was largely ignored by moviegoers, despite the presence of Sean Connery.
But as the round ended, it appeared that a big Brook uppercut and left hand had levelled the scores on the judges' scorecards.
It was a Profile in Cowardice and one of the biggest stains on Brooks' career in journalism and punditry.
Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis): Runts compared with the other species, brook trout are the biggest losers in 2080.
It is, Brooks writes, "the biggest political experiment of our lifetimes".
Brooks says: "The biggest problems are things like the exchanges, which is where people are going to buy insurance, whether young people, who really don't have much incentive to get into the system, are going to get into the system.
Brook Lopez, one of the biggest keys to the Nets' hot start this season, will miss the next two games after spraining his right foot.
The rest of the lineup in what's being promoted as "the biggest video in country music history," includes Alabama, Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Eric Church, Brett Eldredge, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Ronnie Milsap, Charley Pride, Rascal Flatts, Reba McEntire, Darius Rucker, George Strait, Randy Travis and Trisha Yearwood.
"The biggest influence that I talk about is my mom," says Brooks, the Oklahoma City Thunder's understated head coach.
That leaves the center spot as the biggest question because the United States will probably bring the serviceable but unspectacular Brook Lopez and Tyson Chandler to man the post.
