Roundup: Brittany Maynard, RIP; Ben Roethlisberger is on Fire & Iggy Azalea Split Her Pants at a Bar Mitzvah
By Jason McIntyre
Ben Roethlisberger: 370 yards passing, and six touchdowns – again! – as the Steelers routed the Ravens, 43-23. He’s thrown 12 TDs in the last two weeks. [Post-Gazette]
Good breakdown of the 4-year, $70 million deal Klay Thompson got. [Mercury News]
Thomas Vanek, an NHL player, endorsed and handed over a check from the New York Islanders for $230,000 to allegedly cover a gambling debt. [Democrat & Chronicle]
Still can’t believe Georgia lost 38-20 to offensively-challenged Florida? Read this. [AJC]
Well, this is extremely sad: College basketball assistant coach and his wife were driving, five days before the wedding, and got in a car accident. [CBS Sports]
Funny how much positive press Bret Bielema continues to get despite struggling so badly in the SEC. [Arkansas News]
Dustin Johnson files a lawsuit, claiming his former agents embezzled from him. [Wei Under Par]
Alec Burks signed a 4-year, $42 million extension with the Jazz. Utah has now locked up Hayward, Favors and Burks for the next four years. [Yahoo Sports]
Kansas is so loaded, 3-pointer specialist Conner Frankamp is going to transfer. Probably to Wichita State. [The Sporting News]
“A British-Iranian woman detained in Iran after trying to watch a men’s volleyball match has been sentenced to a year in prison, her lawyer says.” [BBC]
Remember the Utah high school quarterback who bricked at the end of the game and his team lost the playoff game? He’s a straight A-student and all-around good kid. [The Blaze]
Kobe Bryant was excited that Jeremy Lin ignored his on-court demands Friday: “I don’t want chumps, I don’t want pushovers, and if you’re a chump and a pushover, I will run over you … At some point, you’ve got to piss on the fire hydrant.” [ESPN LA]
If Rob Gronkowski is healthy, Dan Wetzel thinks the Patriots could finally win another Super Bowl. [Yahoo Sports]
Nice hole-in-one, Lee Westwood.
Iggy Azalea split her pants while performing at a Bar Mitzvah, and she wasn’t wearing underwear. [via Uproxx]
The best news bloopers from October. [via Hot Clicks]