Roundup: Lindsay Lohan Scuffles with Her Fiance; Is Katie Ledecky the Next Michael Phelps?
By Jason McIntyre
Cara Delevingne, from Suicide Squad … 12-year old boy dies on “world’s largest waterslide” at Schlitterbahn … this is a cool video … finally, Facebook is fighting the war on clickbait … “Why Doesn’t Hillary Clinton Have More Press Conferences?” … people are bashing cargo shorts again … “Why facts don’t matter to Trump’s supporters” … read books – you’ll live longer, according to science … “Muslim couple kicked off Delta flight for ‘sweating’, saying ‘Allah’ and texting” … this guy passed away and his wife and girlfriend both put obits in the paper … another day, another big Roger Ailes story … a bunch of photos of Lindsay Lohan and her fiancee getting in a scuffle …
If you’re blasting Kevin Durant’s departure, you must do the same for Russell Westbrook because he stayed. Also, Favre or Elway? And Richard Deitsch stops by to talk sports media. [‘Best of’ Podcast; Full 3-hour show on Fox Sports Radio]
HBO is in full spin mode on the new Bill Simmons show. [Ad Age]
The wife of a Chicago Bears lineman won a bronze medal at the Olympics. [Chicago Tribune]
Welp, the North Dakota State President got caught in a big lie about the school’s media rules. [Forum News Service]
Katie Ledecky is probably the next Michael Phelps. That’s not crazy to say. [538]
Attempting to rank Brett Favre all-time among NFL QBs in the Hall of Fame … 5th? One spot behind Elway? [Green Bay Press Gazette]
Super depressing story about former NFL player Bryan Scott. Yes, it involves CTE. [Philly.com]
Dario Saric with a clutch block of Paul Gasol at the buzzer that led Croatia to an upset of Spain in the Olympics. [Crossing Broad]
For college basketball recruiting nerds, you’ll enjoy this look at some underclassmen who will be a big deal in a few years. [SI.com]
There’s a US Olympic male weightlifter … and he’s a vegan. [Veg News]
Anyone else excited for Hard Knocks, which premiers Tuesday? [LA Times]
“But the Warriors’ greatness actually might help LeBron close in on MJ. He could argue that Jordan never faced such a formidable Finals foil.” [Sentinel]
Wacky story about a reporter taking down “flossing.” Should this mean we should no longer floss? [Poynter]
The Detroit Lions have a new player evaluation plan! [Detroit News]
Mock it now, praise me later: Alabama isn’t going to the college football playoff.
It’s video of a comet plunging into the sun at 350 miles per hour.
And I thought the flame thrower would win this.