Roundup: Tom Hanks F-Bomb on Good Morning America, Hines Ward Extortion Attempt & a Man Broke Out a Sword on the Subway
By Jason McIntyre
St. Louis is one win away from another World Series trip after 8-3 win over San Francisco. [Post-Dispatch]
Chip Kelly and Oregon raced to a 43-7 lead on Arizona State and then called off the dogs, winning 43-21. [USA Today Sports]
The Vanderbilt/Northwestern future football series has been cancelled. [Tribune]
And Vandy dropped Ohio State from the 2013 schedule. [Plain Dealer]
Garrett Reid died of a heroin overdose. “Further searches of Reid’s apartment and belongings found 47 syringes and needles in a gym bag, as well as 19 vials of an unknown substance.” [Inquirer]
The Timberwolves have a new policy: No knuckle push-ups. That’s how Kevin Love broke his hand. [Twin Cities]
“Scoring style superlatives” among players returning to college basketball. [Ken Pom]
San Francisco 49ers 13, Seattle Seahawks 6. If you took the 49ers -8 … well, we’ll talk about this later. [Oakland Tribune]
Any of the ballers here bidding on Bobby Knight’s 1987 Championship ring? [Steiner Sports]
“Brookline man arrested on charges he tried to extort Hines Ward.” [Post Gazette]
Does Tony Sparano’s masterplan with Tim Tebow date back to his Wildcat attempt in Miami with Pat White? [Sports Guy Geek]
Alabama has been favored in 35 straight games. [Outkick the Coverage]
This guy witnessed Lincoln getting assassinated. [via The Atlantic]
The description from the youtube uploader can’t be topped: “Dude gets jumped by two youngsters on the light rail… Than a crazy ass white boy jumps up and pulls out a Samurai sword!!” [via Adam]
Baby Elephant rescued, then runs to hug its mommy.
Tom Hanks dropped an F-bomb this morning on GMA.