Roundup: Brawl at UTEP Tailgate, Serial "Butt Grabber" on FIU Campus & Fox and Friends Host Makes Bad Ray Rice Joke
By Jason McIntyre
The best read on TMZ unearthing Ray Rice’s knockout video: “Yet when we spend all this time and money on what we think people want, we often end up closing the distance between ourselves and those we’re supposed to keep honest.” [Philly Inquirer]
By far, the best Bruce Levenson ‘take’ is from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. [TIME]
The best pass rusher on the Colts, Robert Mathis tore his Achilles while working out and is done for the season. He’s currently serving a 4-game suspension. [Pro Football Talk]
Is shoddy grass to blame for Jadeveon Clowney’s meniscus injury? [Chronicle]
Following sideline tantrum, Washington Huskies suspend cornerback Marcus Peters for the Illinois game. [Seattle Times]
The Patriots offensive line was dominated by Miami, and now they play the Vikings, who had five sacks against the Rams. [Globe]
Williams Gay of the Steelers, whose mother was killed in a domestic violence act, wants to help Ray Rice. [Post-Gazette]
US Open fashion hits and misses. [Hot Clicks]
Joel Embiid on Nicki Minaj: “She’s got a big butt, and she uses it well.” [Crossing Broad]
Longtime Green Bay Packers beat writer diagnosed with “Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, or CJD, an extremely rare neurodegenerative disorder with no known cure.” [ESPN Wisconsin]
Former South Carolina running back Harold Green was arrested and charged with assaulting five high school female students. [The State]
June Junes is resigning as head coach of the SMU Mustangs just two games into the season. [Dallas Morning News]
Sure sounds like the Dolphins will be without all three starting linebackers for Sunday’s game against Buffalo. [Miami Herald]
Marvin Barnes, who led Providence to the 1973 Final Four, has died. [Providence Journal]
Man, this UTEP tailgate turns into a brawl, and two large men end up on the ground, bloodied and hurt.
Fox and Friends, talking about Ray Rice beating up his then-fiancee: “I think the message is, take the stairs.” [via Uproxx]
Wicked cool time lapse video of a drawing of Robin Williams. [via BroBible]
The Dick Graze. If Channing Tatum is doing it, you know it’s cool.