Roundup: Sinkhole Swallows Pedestrians in South Korea, Watch Octopus Leap Out of the Water & College Sexual Assault Tied to '50 Shades'
By Jason McIntyre
Jeff Samardzija has some thoughts on analytics. The stat guys are going to be so angry! [Sun Times]
Jozy Altidore’s mission: Turn Toronto FC around. [Toronto Sun]
My favorite player in MLB, Yasiel Puig, would like to do for baseball what Kobe and LeBron have done for the NBA. [LA Times]
Oregon fans certainly have a reason to be geeked about Vernon Adams arriving on campus. [Fox Sports]
The Reno Bighorns are averaging 140 points a game, of course it can’t translate into the pros. [Guardian]
After nine years with the Panthers, the leading rusher in franchise history, DeAngelo Williams, has been released. [Observer]
Ron Washington feels like he’s getting blacklisted by MLB. [Dallas Morning News]
“A University of Illinois at Chicago student leader was charged with sexually assaulting a 19-year-old female student in what Cook County prosecutors said Monday was part of a re-enactment of scenes from the film ‘Fifty Shades of Grey.’ [Chicago Tribune]
Wait, golf is in trouble financially because Tiger Woods is struggling? [NYT]
Marshawn Lynch is trying to trademark, “I’m just here so I don’t get fined.” [Seattle Times]
Well, this is terrifying. Happened in South Korea.
Watch this octopus jump out of the water around :17 and just attack this crab. Bananas. [via Mashable]
How about all that “jigaboo” music at the Oscars? [via Deray]
Russian Dashcam videos always make me jump back in my chair. [via Adam]
Truck in Boston crashes on the highway, and then flies to the road below. The driver was drunk. [via Boston.com]
Stay warm, I mean, thirsty.