Roundup: Stone Temple Pilots' Scott Weiland Dies, Pamela Anderson on Playboy, Keenan Reynolds for Heisman

Miss Teen USA contestant who went viral for flubbed answer contemplated suicide [US Weekly]

I have a confession to make. I visit the Today Show’s website every day. So much safe water-cooler content for conversation starters. [Today]

It’s time for the next great crop of parking garage designers to step up. [CBC]

The press’ lost status as gatekeepers has dramatically changed the way it operates. [The Awl]

How is it possible that The Onion is so consistently brilliant? [The Onion]

Whitlock’s latest, on Tiger Woods, is sure to stir up opinion. [J School]

Happy 30th birthday to the Chicago Bears’ Super Bowl Shuffle. [ESPN Chicago]

Iowa Hawkeyes having fun with the “eye test” [Des Moines Register]

Digging the new Arizona Diamondback uniforms. [Arizona Central]

Leading Florida wide receiver Demarcus Robinson will play against Alabama. [Gamedayr]

Chris Ivory, trying not to laugh.

The perils of sitting courtside.

S.T.P.