Roundup: Dara Torres Just Misses Olympic Team, Scientology at Crux of Cruise-Holmes Divorce & Mike Vick Got Married
By Jason McIntyre
Rich athletes in New York start charities, don’t really donate that much money. [Post]
Mike Vick got married in Miami over the weekend. [Page 6]
Dara Torres, 45, just missed out on making the Olympic swim team. [USA Today]
Why can’t any pitchers stay healthy this year? [MLB.com]
A very cool Steve Nash photo montage. [Republic]
Johnnie Morton was facing five years in prison, but only got two years probation. [OC Weekly]
What a terrific, uplifting story by Karen Crouse. [NYT]
Randy Edsall has a PR firm trying to burnish the Terps’ image. [Sun]
“Russian businessman Mikhail Smirnov folded four eights, believing he was beaten by a straight flush, as the first $1 million buy-in charity tournament at the World Series of Poker began.” [Bloomberg]
I, too, am perplexed as to why Bryce Harper isn’t in the All-Star game. [CBS Sports]
UNC’s new agent policy. Will it work? [Sports Agent Blog]
The media continues to hammer Joe Paterno over the Penn State emails. [SF Gate]
As has been expected for months, Maryland cut seven sports from its athletic department. [Post]
Mike Miller’s Florida house was auctioned over the weekend. There were 11 bidders. [Biz Journals]
Watch this dude just trash a T-Mobile store, then get arrested. [via Herbie]
I abhor reality TV, but I’d consider watching this show about strip clubs. [via DCist]
Purdue trick shots, anyone? [via Sean]
Not sure what Bar Refaeli is doing here, but it makes me want to go on vacation. [via Herbie]