Roundup: Director Tony Scott Committed Suicide by Jumping off a Bridge, Danica Patrick Dropped an F-Bomb on ESPN & Video of a Motorcycle Accident in Russia
By Jason McIntyre
Jay Glazer: Excellent story-teller. [Times Union]
It’s early, but Barry Sanders Jr. is playing well for Stanford, and should be part of the running back rotation. [SF Gate]
Tremendous read on Jonathan Hargett, a former high school basketball star now in jail for dealing drugs. [NYT]
Really nice read on Everett Golson, one of Notre Dame’s QBs. [South Bend Trib]
Tony Scott, the director of Top Gun, Unstoppable, Last Boy Scout and many other movies, jumped off a bridge and died. [LA Times]
Roger Federer destroyed Novak Djokovic over the weekend, including 6-0 in the first set. [Enquirer]
It is never too early to start talking about the preseason college basketball tournaments. [SI]
Rays broom Angels, continue torrid streak. [Tampa Bay.com]
New Texas A&M offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury got a funny text message from his former coach, Mike Leach. [Morning News]
Hey Knicks, why haven’t you said a damn word about Jeremy Lin? [Times]
Adria Gasol is 18, the younger brother of Marc and Pau Gasol, and 6-foot-10. He’s walking on at UCLA. [Yahoo]
The Pirates beat the Cardinals in 19 innings. Pittsburgh is 6.5 behind Cincinnati in the NL Central; 1/2 game up on San Francisco in the Wild Card race. [Trib]
Vanderbilt’s James Franklin went into Georgia and landed a top defensive line prospect. [AJC]
Due to an AD change at Boston College, Eagles football coach Frank Spaziani is as good as done. [Eagle in Atlanta]
We all saw Danica Patrick run over a shoe this weekend. But did you hear her drop an F bomb on ESPN?