Roundup: Video of a Cop Tasering a 14-year-old Girl, Rick Perry Wants to Be Tim Tebow in Iowa & RIP Christopher Hitchens
By Jason McIntyre
In Denver, Tim Tebow is the first to arrive and last to leave. “While other players went out at night, he loaded films of various offenses in his computer and studied and studied and studied until they were locked in his memory.” [Yahoo Sports]
Adrian Peterson wants to play this weekend – for fantasy owners. [Star Tribune]
Kenny Frease just wants the guy who slugged him, Yancy Gates, to know that he “never wanted to press charges.” [Enquirer]
Atlanta Falcons 41, Jacksonville Jaguars 14. This was unwatchable. [AJC]
Larry Scott wants to move the Pac-12 basketball tournament to Las Vegas. [Bloomberg Business Week]
It’s Friday, time for more Tim Tebow links! Read this. We’ll load up on Tebow links today since he’s got no shot to be the Patriots, and thus we won’t talk about him next week. [Herald]
Chris Pronger going to be out indefinitely due to a concussion; his career might be over. [Globe & Mail]
The Blazers have acquired Jamal Crawford, who should nicely replace Brandon Roy. [Oregonian]
The Nets waived Travis Outlaw and picked up Shawne Williams. [Star Ledger]
Matt Kalil, the Trojans’ great offensive lineman, is leaving early for the NFL draft. He’ll be a Top 10 pick, maybe Top 5. [LA Times]
Former McDonald’s All-American Jelan Kendrick bombed out at Memphis, and he’s already doing the same at Ole Miss. [Gary Parrish]
Did the Packers drive Ndamukong Suh crazy by repeatedly untying his shoes on Thanksgiving? [M Live]
Arizona State’s new coach, Todd Graham, is … enthusiastic! [Arizona Republic]
No, Missouri is not nearly the most “complete” team in college basketball. [Grantland]
Here’s a Tim Tebow “exclusive” interview with Steve Serby. [NY Post]
Crazy video of a cop tasering a 14-year-old honor student. For some reason, a large clip of the surveillance video is missing. [via Morning Call]
The definition of a close call on the road. [via Adam]
Rick Perry hopes that he is the “Tim Tebow” of the Iowa caucus.
Here’s video of Barcelona’s David Villa breaking his leg. [Daily Mail]