Roundup: Man Gets Ticket for Eating a Cheesburger While Driving, Mom Sends Invoice After Kid Doesn't Show at 5th Birthday Party & Bacon-Scented Lotto Tickets
By Jason McIntyre
Rhian Sugden … who knew there were so many coyotes in Chicago? … boy doesn’t show up for a kids’ 5th birthday party, is sent an invoice … awful beyond belief: high school soccer player who had the flu, passed out in the shower, fell through the glass door, and severed her carotid artery and died … guy searching for his wallet in a trash bin got scooped up by the garbage truck … working out is a waste if all you do the rest of the time is sit around … Playboy went from selling six million copies a month to one million now … ISIS executed 13 teenage boys are watching a soccer match on TV … “I had to strip naked to prove I was a woman” … Tony Verna, the creator of Instant Replay, died at the age of 81 … with a headline like, ‘Literary Cunnilingus Killjoy,’ how can you not click … hilarious, and I think you’ll laugh at No 2 & 3 … very sad: 9-month old dies after being accidentally shot in the head by 5-year old … DreamWorks Animation is cutting 15% of its employee base … New Hampshire lottery “launches $1 bacon-scented scratch ticket” … the very rich are getting richer …man cited for eating a cheeseburger while driving in Cobb County, Georgia …
Rick Bozich is 100% right – Tom Crean and Indiana have been one of the biggest surprises of the college basketball season. I’ll shelve any future Brad Stevens-to-Indiana posts … for now. [WDRB]
Nice column from Berry Tramel about Russell Westbrook. You may have forgotten Westbrook told him, “I don’t like you” over the weekend. I’m not sure why the paper cut out the very last line (see here) from the original, though. [Oklahoman]
Georgetown 78, Villanova 58. Big East basketball, it’s … unpredictable! [CSN Washington]
Dustin Johnson, fresh out of rehab, is all grown up now! And he’s getting help from his fiancee’s dad, Wayne Gretzky. [Golf.com]
Darren Carrington wasn’t suspended from the National Championship for smoking weed – he merely was around people who did. Second hand smoke can get you popped according to the NCAA’s archaic rules. [CSN NW]
The tab on the Kentucky basketball trip to the Bahamas? $792k. [Courier-Journal]
I’m still dubious we’ll ever see a pro sports team in Las Vegas. [US News & World Report]
Kansas blows 20-point lead vs Oklahoma at home, hangs on for 85-78 victory. [Journal-World]
Stem cell treatments saved Gordie Howe’s life. [Windsor Star]
What is life like as an NHL dentist? [Bleacher Report]
Have you been wondering what one-time power agent Leigh Steinberg has been up to? [NYT]
Fat Joel Embiid? Is the rookie near 300 pounds? [Philly.com]
Thon Maker, who is thin and tall and handles the ball like Kevin Durant on the perimeter, has options, and looks like a future NBA star. [ESPN Insider]
Which way might the Tennessee Titans be leaning with the No. 2 pick right now? [Titans Online]
“After failing for months to persuade Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder to meet with Native Americans opposed to the team’s name, a prominent civil rights organization that works closely with the National Football League is calling for the moniker to change.” [Wash Post]
Video of a Lamborghini going 200 on the highway. Then, at 1:30 the driver starts to lose control. After that, many pictures of the destroyed vehicle. The accidentally happened in September, 2014. The driver and camera survived.
Dirk Nowitzki ruined this Chandler Parsons interview. [via Big Buzz]
This is terrifying: 18-wheeler hits black ice, and is coming right at you.