Roundup: Secret Goldman Sachs Tapes Revealed; ESPN Ombudsman Writes on Bill Simmons; Hello Ello
By Mike Cardillo
ESPN Ombudsman writes on Bill Simmons’ suspension. Basically confirms much our of report from Thursday. [ESPN]
“The Rise and Fall of America’s Awful Beer Glass” [City Lab]
Former SNL writer Jack Handey (Deep Thoughts), remembers Phil Hartman. [Slate]
Is Seattle’s window for bringing back an NBA team closing? [SI]
What’s in a domain name? [NYT]
Here’s a 30 for 30 short (15 mins.) on Mackey Sasser’s struggles with “the yips.” [Grantland]
An oral history of the Trailer Park Boys. [Sharp]
Tips on iOS 8, including what is draining your battery. [BroBible]
ABC’s TGIF lineup provided the world with some great opening credits. [Uproxx]
Andrew Bogut says critics of Dante Exum should, “pull their heads out.” [Sydney Morning Herald]
20 facts about Derek Jeter you may not know (because you can’t get enough Jeter one way or the other). [SI]
Something a lot of people missed about Keith Olbermann’s Derek Jeter clip. [Fox Sports]
The cost of doing comedy on the web. [Splitsider]
This new biography on Beethoven sounds worth checking out, if you like history. [Economist]
It’s my roundup so I’ll link to this NHL 94 fansite if I want to since we talked about it on the highly-buzzed about, award-winning Hard Pass Podcast earlier this week. (Warning: Episode No. 3 drops later today.) [NHL 94]
Crazy surveillance footage from a carjacking outside a Miami Hotel.
Wordplay > Horseplay?
Derek Jeter’s nephew paid tribute to No. 2 last night, too. [via someone named “Tim Ryan“]
“Bye, Felicia.”
Blackhat trailer, new film from Michael Mann.
Ellen Page and Kate Mara made a True Detective video type thing. If you want MORE True Detective, here’s a fake trailer.
Larry Bird on the Bulls? Looks like its possible in NBA 2K15.
ELO > Ello.