The Roundup: Dan Wheldon's Life and Legacy, the McCourts Are Finally Divorced & Two NBA Players Try to Rap
By Jason McIntyre
Can’t stop reading about Dan Wheldon. So sad. [St. Pete Times, USA Today, Sentinel]
Brian Kelly better beat USC under the lights in South Bend Saturday – tons of Top 100 recruits will be there watching. [South Bend Trib]
The McCourts have reached a divorce settlement! She gets $130 million and relinquishes any claim to the Dodgers. [Times]
Nice story on NY Jet great Al Toon and his son Nick, who is a receiver at Wisconsin. [NY Daily News]
The St. Louis Cardinals are going to the World Series! [Post-Gazette]
Carles Puyol and his WAG, Malena Costa, have apparently broken up. [Kickette]
Pretty uplifting story about an Oklahoma high school basketball player who moved to New York and was homeless, but turned things around. [Oklahoman]
Detroit Lions’ RB Jahvid Best suffered another concussion over the weekend, the 2nd in three months. [Detroit News]
Baseball! Billions! [Fast Company]
A profile of Jill Abramson, the first female executive editor of the New York Times. [New Yorker]
Really nice read on Jeremy Kerley, the Jets’ rookie and new No. 3 receiver. [NYDN]
Wow, this Stephen Jackson rap video is awful.
Brandon Bass made a horrible video, but at least his song is an upgrade over Jackson’s (which isn’t say much).
A few weeks old, and somewhat depressing/shocking. At the 2:41 mark: “The government does not rule the world. Goldman Sachs rules the world.”