Roundup: Orion Test Launch; Ryan Leaf Released from Prison; New Terminator Trailer
By Mike Cardillo
Belgians want credit for inventing French Fries. [Eater]
Columbia football players wrote letter to the school president alleging head coach Pete Mangurian pressured them to play with concussions, among other grievances. [Spectator]
“The worst thing you could say about “Peter Pan Live!” was that it was a lousy hate-watch and, thus, a tiny bit boring.” [Washington Post]
“Protest, Power, and the St. Louis Rams” [Fox Sports]
Bustner Olney explains why he’s not voting for the Hall of Fame this year. [ESPN (Insider)]
A proposal to improve college basketball, or at least eliminate late-game foul-a-thons. [The Cauldron]
Alan Sepinwall gave his 10 best TV shows of 2014. [HitFix]
A look at Tim Howard’s struggles this year at Everton — is he overrated by Americans? [FourFourTwo]
Run the Jewels talking about their love of Steven Seagal. [AV Club]
Christopher Walken dancing as Captain Hook GIFs, should that interets you. [Uproxx]
Here’s a theory: Kevin from Home Alone grew up to be Jigsaw from the Saw movies. (Hey, this is why the Internet exists, right?) [Grantland]
Four suggestions to improve the state of network TV sitcoms. [Vulture]
An important holiday gift guide. [RTARL]
Here’s video of the Orion launch.
I plan to move to Chile some day because I’ve read it has spotty Internet coverage (probably not true). This (extraneous) Swimsuit video was shot in Chile.
New Terminator movie trailer is all sorts of confusing. My only critique: it needed more G ‘N R.
This is a new way to play defense.
NOPE. [via BroBible]
Smashing Pumpkins.