Roundup: Creed Lead Singer Broke and Living in a Hotel; Man Buys $1 Million Car, Totals it the Next Day & Kobe Bryant Nets Triple Double in Win
By Jason McIntyre
“There is never going to be competitive balance in baseball.” But wait … [Cleveland.com]
Excellent longread on Super Mario Lemieux. [Post-Gazette]
LA Galaxy lose to Seattle, 2-1, but advance to the MLS Cup final anyway. [LA Times]
Sad story about former Buffalo Bills linebacker Darryl Talley. Here’s the weird thing about this story: I remembered it from the weekend, but when I googled to find it, it wasn’t on the first page. That’s because the paper didn’t put his name in the URL, so all the aggregators who did, benefited. [Buffalo News]
Good journalism, terrible program: New Beginnings of Tampa would get homeless people to work Tampa Bay Bucs games, and not pay them. In return they get shelter and food. [Tampa Bay Times]
Sure, it was a better job 20 years ago than it is today, but Nebraska is still a very good football job. Who’s getting it? [Big Red Today]
Interesting read on the woman who wrote the Rolling Stone story on the University of Virginia’s rape story. [Washington Post]
Ellis Johnson, the Auburn defensive coordinator, has been fired. [AL.com]
Really cool look inside the contract of Elvis Dumervil. [National Football Post]
What might be next for Frank Beamer, the longtime coach at Virginia Tech? [SI.com]
Minnesota Gophers basketball player Daquein McNeil arrested on domestic violence charges. Police report says McNeil hit his 28-year old girlfriend with a belt, choked her and poured cold water on her. [Star Tribune]
So, young twitter reporter, what happened to Yoenis Cespedes? Seems like a harsh column. [Herald]
DeMar DeRozan of the Raptors tore his groin and will be out a month. Without him, the Raptors lost to the Lakers, 129-122 in overtime. [Yahoo Sports]
In the win over the Raptors, Kobe went bananas – 31 points, 12 assists, 11 rebounds.
Happened last week, but this game-saving block was incredible.
Rookie Zach LaVine had the game of his career against the Lakers Friday, scoring 28 points.
Jonathan Holmes of Texas hit a game-winning 3-pointer with less than :03 left and the Longhorns won in Storrs, 55-54.