Roundup: Packers Screwed by Refs, Bob Ryan Says Newspapers are Dead & Less Gangnam, More Russian Dash Cam!
By Jason McIntyre
The Packers have a lot to bitch about after “losing” 14-12 to Seattle. [Journal-Sentinel]
John Abraham arrested for failing to leave the scene where … a woman was going to jump from a building? That’s a weird NFL arrest. [AJC]
Bob Ryan is the latest to say it: Newspapers are dead. [Sports Business Daily]
Good column off the Scab Decision in Seattle. Huge for the Seahawks, bad for the NFL. [Times]
Las Vegas says the Lakers and Heat have the same odds to win the NBA title. [LA Times]
Dion Overstreet Jr., who used to be a child actor – Moesha! Newsradio! – will play basketball for the Washington Huskies. [College Basketball Talk]
Darrius Heyward-Bey has been released from the hospital with a concussion and a strained neck. [SF Gate]
Chipper Jones: Baseball’s play-in game is “stupid.” [AJC]
Delonte West is back in the studio. [Slam]
“College of Charleston officials not in agreement on move to Colonial Athletic Association.” [Post & Courier]
RIP former boxing heavyweight champ Corrie Sanders, who was killed by robbers. [LA Times]
Newspaper hung out with Denard Robinson’s friends and family during the Notre Dame game. His girlfriend refused to give her name. [Michigan Daily]
UT frat boys are the loseriest bros ever: “After conducting several interviews, investigators determined the fraternity members had used rubber tubing to give each other alcohol enemas. Police said the practice heightens and speeds up the process of alcohol entering the blood stream because it bypasses filtering by the liver.” [WBIR]
Game-winning kick in a high school football game is blocked. But returned by the kicking team for a TD! [via USA Today High School Sports]
Oregon Duck, Gangnam Style? Is this fad over yet?
More Russian dash-cam videos, less Gangnam, please, internet.