Roundup: Iggy Azalea vs the Worst Paparazzi Ever; Hawk Knocks Drone Out of the Sky & Missing British Parrot Returns Speaking Spanish
By Jason McIntyre
If you went to bed early, the 49ers rallied from 14-0 to beat the Rams, 31-17. They covered and thanks to a pick-six in the final minute, the over hit, too. [Mercury News]
Chip Hale is the new manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks. [Arizona Republic]
Amateurism is dead, somebody tell the NCAA. [AJC]
Do you know anyone who watches Walking Dead? It drew 17.3 million viewers for the season premier Sunday Night. [TV by the Numbers]
Bad idea? “Inspired by the booming market for young adult novels, a growing number of biographers and historians are retrofitting their works to make them palatable for younger readers.” [NYT]
Injuries mounting in the NFL: Denver LB Danny Trevathan is out 3-6 weeks with a cracked bone in his knee. [Denver Broncos]
And Knowshon Moreno, who just returned from injury, is now on injured reserved with an ACL injury. [Miami Dolphins]
Sad, unsettling story about the mysterious death of a high school football player named Lennon Lacy. It seems this story isn’t nearly over. [The Guardian]
Wisconsin, our 4th-ranked team heading into the college basketball season, opened practice Monday and Nigel Hayes dropped 15 pounds in the offseason. [JS Online]
The NHL season has barely gotten underway and Toronto Maple Leafs fans are already angry. [National Post]
Rex Ryan’s really sucking up to GM John Idzik in hopes of keeping his job. [NY Post]
Fox tried to a new NFL announcer Sunday, MMA’s Mike Goldberg, in a cross-promotional effort. Problem is, Goldberg didn’t have a great game. [PFT]
The NCAA is the worst, part XXXVII: “The more the nonacademic-based compensation is awarded to the athlete, the more it removes the NCAA’s defense of “amateurism” and the important principle of the student-athlete.” [Wisconsin State Journal]
The Cane-on-Cane hate was tempered a bit with the win over Cincinnati, but will it return with a loss to Virginia Tech? [Sun-Sentinel]
Two losses in a row, so it’s time to question Kevin Sumlin! [Houston Chronicle]
Iggy Azalea vs. a losery paparazzi guy in the parking lot. His logic here … disturbing. [via BroBible]
Get excited about the upcoming NBA season.
Hawk attacks drone, knocks it out of the sky.
Michigan’s Dennis Norfleet can dance! [via Hot Clicks]
Cleveland Browns tight end goes on a date with WWE Diva Rosa. [via The Buzzer]