Roundup: RIP Gore Vidal, Massive Indian Power Outage, Jerry Jones Wants to "Beat Some Giants Asses"
By Ty Duffy
RIP Gore Vidal. Would greatly recommend “Burr” and “Julian.” [NYTimes]
The Daily offloaded a large percentage of its staff yesterday. Thoughts go out to the sports staff. [AllThingsD]
Floyd Mayweather files $61 million claim against bankrupt casino. [Birmingham Business Journal]
The case for Doc Rivers coaching the U.S. team in 2016 [Yahoo!]
Yeah, the BBC’s coverage has been a million times better than NBC. [NPR]
Margaret Lambert is the last living Jewish athlete banned from the 1936 Olympics. [Independent]
Instead of using its stock sale to pay off its debt, Manchester United will distribute $320 million into the pockets of owners and top execs through an elaborate bonus scheme. Hooray Glazers! [Guardian]
A Florida man “only shot a n—er” and left him bleeding on the ground. Not sure what the big deal is. [Raw Story]
A woman sold her baby for a pickup truck and then sold the pickup truck for cash to by meth in…Florida. [WPBF]
This artist did Joe Posnanski no favors. Wow. [Daily Beast]
Tennessee man thinks girlfriend is having an affair with Mitt Romney, commits domestic assault and looks exactly like you would expect. [The Smoking Gun]
Bradley Cooper as the Elephant Man. Tyler Duffy as Mikhail Baryshnikov opens Off Broadway in November. [The Superficial]
The 20 Richest Rappers Alive [Bro Bible]
Tommy Turnover Rees was suspended for Notre Dame’s opener in Ireland. Notre Dame fans are heartbroken. [Chicago Tribune]
Mitch Mustain is pitching for the White Sox. [LA Times]
Brandon Rush agreed to a two-year $8 million deal with Golden State. [Woj]
A compilation of drunk fails.
Real Madrid players playing baseball.
Starman
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