Roundup: Ben Roethlisberger Goes Down, Marcus Davis is Allergic to Blocking & Husband Catches Wife in a Car with an Exchange Student
By Jason McIntyre
Pittsburgh beats Kansas City 16-13 in overtime, but the Ben Roethlisberger shoulder injury is the bigger story. [Post-Gazette]
Woj has chimed in on Phil Jackon’s power grab with the Lakers. [Yahoo Sports]
What are the chances Mike D’Antoni runs the type of offense that brings back the Showtime Lakers? [SI]
“Roy Mars was peeing in his compost last weekend — it adds nitrogen — when he looked up and saw something streak across the sky.” [News & Observer]
“A 38-year-old teacher whose husband found her having sex with a 16-year-old boy in a vehicle at or near St. Lucie West Centennial High School was arrested Sunday on a felony charge.” [WPTV]
Jason Whitlock tackles the Bernie Fine mess. [Fox Sports]
Everyone still loves reading about Nate Silver, right? [Chicago Mag]
If you read far enough down here, you’ll see someone at ESPN taking a shot at this site and Deadspin. [Ombudsman]
It’s good to have Melissa Stark back. [SI]
LaMarcus Aldridge on Kobe getting Mike Brown fired: “I have been getting word that he wasn’t happy with how things were going, and if he’s not happy, then your chances there are pretty slim — as we saw with Shaq. … Everybody talks around the league, and there was talk that he wasn’t happy.” [Oregonian]
Once again, USC is No. 1 in terms of foreign student enrollment. [LA Times]
The McAfee Virus guy is alleged to have killed his neighbor. [Fox News]
Marcus Davis has perfected the art of not blocking. And bad blocking. And he’ll be running stairs for a long, long time. [via Smart Football]
Three men are recovering after a huge fart. [via Hot Clicks]
Damn, how did we miss this Jerryd Bayless chasedown block on Ray Allen? What an athletic play.