Roundup: Actor Who Played Alf Has Died; Kevin Hart's House Robbed; Red Hot Chili Peppers Doing Carpool Karaoke
By Jason McIntyre
Nicole Scherzinger … two-year old dragged into lagoon by an alligator on a Disney property … snake falls from the sky, or bird drops snake? … prolific sperm donor in New York has sired “22 kids over the past 12 years with 18 women” … actor who played ‘Alf’ has died after spending three days in a coma … “Owen Jones walks out of Sky News show after hosts ‘downplay’ homophobia of Orlando shooting” … this pregnant woman’s ultrasound picture looks like a car … “Laid-Off Americans, Required to Zip Lips on Way Out, Grow Bolder” … dapper Jay Williams talks about his ‘signature style‘ … “Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion” … Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead compares Texas politician Dan Patrick to ISIS after tweet … columnist needs only seven minutes to buy an AR-15, which proves something? … twitter made a $70 million investment into soundcloud … Kevin Hart’s California house robbed of $500k worth of jewelry and clothes while he was in Miami … an 11-foot alligator was pulled from a Florida drain …
Yesterday, the NHL is going to Vegas. Today: Stanley Cup Finals ratings were abysmal. Hmmm. [Ad Age]
Thank you, sports, for being an escape. Mr. Buffon, Italy’s goalie: “It’s not that you perform better because you drink three fewer glasses of wine. But giving up a pleasure is a way to give you that rage.” [WSJ]
“Jurors Are Refusing to Serve Under Stanford Rape Trial’s Judge Aaron Persky.” [Esquire]
Chris Durkin, a 16-year old from the Richmond, Virginia suburbs, has signed with DC United. [Washington Post]
Clear off your Thursday night: Game 6 of the NBA Finals and USA/Ecuador in the Copa America quarterfinals. Here’s an early soccer preview. [Goal.com]
Don’t tell us you’re going to make a huge leap, Justise Winslow – just do it. [Herald]
Doug Gottlieb will be the coach for the USA Open Men’s basketball team at the World Maccabiah Games in 2017. [Maccabi USA]
Re-visiting the African-American NBA analytics discussion. [Undefeated]
Russia soccer fans better clean up their act, or the soccer team will be booted from Euro 2016. [BBC]
Carpool Karaoke with the Chili Peppers is quite good.
Miss Em Rata got over a million views on this video.