Roundup: Looming Bacon Shortage, Man Runs Red Light and Hits Scooter & Sportscenter's Huge Rating
By Jason McIntyre
Louisiana Monroe’s 2-QB, Zone-Read system is very cool. [Smart Football]
Hawk Harrelson is the most biased announcer in baseball, study says. [WSJ]
Who are the best players in college basketball coming off injury this season? [SI]
Here’s a nice story about Nelson Cruz of the Rangers. [Star Telegram]
Save the game, Roger Goodell! [Tampa Bay Times]
The NHL lockout has claimed 20 employees of the St. Louis Blues. [Post-Dispatch]
Yankees lost. So did the Orioles. No change atop the AL East. [Sun]
Weak college football Saturday. Are you going to watch some Ryder Cup action? [Sun-Times]
Even though the rating for the Seattle/Green Bay game was down year-over-year, the Sportscenter that followed the game generated the highest rating in ESPN history. [Twitter]
“After finding a lost iPhone at a movie theater, a Pennsylvania man allegedly refused to return it unless the owner paid him a ransom, police allege.” [Smoking Gun]
The Mets are awful, so Citi Field is very, very quiet these days. [Journal]
“When Cupid told his bosses at the Sysco Corp. he had been approved for a transplant, they congratulated him. Three days later, however, they told him to clean out his desk — his job as night manager at the food distribution giant’s Riviera Beach plant was being eliminated.” [Palm Beach Post]
European dash cams need their own TV show. [via Adam]
Great memory jog – wrestling fans will appreciate this old referee controversy. [via Hot Clicks]
Difficult-to-watch collision between a scooter and a car that ran a red light. [via Cartmaniak]
This parking attempt gets truly hilarious at the :44 mark. [via Adam]