Roundup: Christy Mack Talks About Recovery, Pitch Perfect 3 in the Works & is Louisville Ready for an MLS Team?
By Jason McIntyre
Former adult film star Christy Mack talks about surviving the attack from MMA fighter “War Machine.” [ESPN W]
Interesting story about a guy obsessed with getting Sports Illustrated covers autographed. [MadeMan]
D’Angelo Russell claims he “doesn’t know” if he’s going to declare for the NBA or not. He’s a Top 10 lock, almost certainly Top 5. [Cleveland.com]
Michael Crabtree decided to pick for the Raiders over the Dolphins. It’s a 1-year, $3.2 million deal. [Inside Bay Area]
Pitch Perfect 2 comes out next month, but there will also be a Pitch Perfect 3. [Entertainment Weekly]
The Texas Rangers just had their smallest home attendance since 2010. [Dallas Morning News]
Well, this is terrifying: “The Portland station said the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and four towns paid $300 to the hackers after a virus, called a ‘megacode,’ was downloaded on a computer system they share. Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Bracket said that the computer system was unusable until the fee was paid, and that the hackers claimed the program, called ‘ransomware,’ would wipe the entire computer system clean if the fee wasn’t paid.” [Press Herald]
If the Browns trade up to get Marcus Mariota before the Jets … yes, I’ll be upset. [Rotoworld]
Ivan Rabb, a consensus Top 10 player in the high school class of 2015, is going to Cal. This could vault Cal into the Top 25, which will be updated a month’s end. [SF Gate]
Why did Jordan Spieth hire one of his former teachers to be his caddie? [WSJ]
Marcus Paige’s mom says he will return to North Carolina for his senior season. [Scout]
Louisville is ready for an MLS team, but not an NBA one. [Courier-Journal]
Rod Thorn, NBA president of basketball operations, is going to be retiring. [Yahoo Sports]
“I don’t feel safe with your glasses on.” What on earth is this woman talking about?
JJ Watt has to have the best vertical jump of any defensive lineman in NFL history.
Here’s a really bad Sizzler promotion video from 1991. [via Esquire]
Magic Johnson is my favorite athlete of all-time.