Roundup: Election Hurting NFL TV Ratings; 102-Year Old Arrested; How Failure is Good
By Jason McIntyre
Hailey Baldwin, a model … here’s a worthwhile read on mistakes and failure … bail for the guy who ran on the field at the Bears game: $250,000 … well this Hitler book sounds pretty terrifying … “102-year-old St. Louis woman checks ‘arrest’ off bucket list” … a lot of websites falls for fake “I Married My Granddaughter” story … Kim Kardashian’s bodyguard was with her sisters at a club when she got robbed … “Implication of sabotage adds intrigue to SpaceX investigation” … inside the final months in the life of Robin Williams: He was losing his mind and was aware of it … “What the FBI Files Reveal About Hillary Clinton’s Email Server” … no, Warren Beatty did not sleep with over 12,000 women … this is a smart piece on Kim Kardashian’s robbery, but I can’t believe the author struggles to grasp why everyone thinks maybe it’s a stunt …
Paxton Lynch was competent for a half, and now there’s a QB controversy in Denver. [Post]
Atlanta linebacker Sean Weatherspoon tore his Achilles and is out for the season. [AJC]
My Fox Sports Radio Show: The NFL might not see it, but there’s a QB issue. Also: Defending Andrew Luck, and how his early career is ahead of Peyton Manning, and similar to Lebron’s in Cleveland. [Full 3-Hour Show; 30-Minute Podcast]
Great behind-the-scenes look David Ortiz in his final season. [Boston Globe]
LeBron James has endorsed Hillary Clinton for President. [Business Insider]
I’d agree with all these problems the Jets are currently having. If you’re just talking Ryan Fitzpatrick, you’re doing it wrong. [NY Post]
Jeff Fisher talked a little bit of trash to Bruce Arians after the Rams stunned the Cardinals. [NFL.com]
The college football QB nobody is talking about: Mitch Trubisky of North Carolina, who has thrown 13 TDs and no interceptions. [Fox Sports]
No tax break for Olympic heroes. Pathetic. [NYT]
Just scan to the quotes about the 2000 election and what it did to the Fall ratings back then. [SBJ]
This is a nice story. Need more of these in sports.
The NFL in 2016: Good defenses rule, and it just so happens many of those teams have bad QBs.
Big news! Guess what the new Batman movie will be called?
Can’t believe the border scene from Sicario only has 69k views. Scene’s so good, I expected it to be close to a million.