The Roundup: Friday the 13th, Matt Kemp, Scottie Pippen, Kevin Kolb, Jonathan Franzen and Hilary Duff
By Jason McIntyre
Canadians: I’ll take the internet over sex, thanks. [Toronto Sun]
The Kevin Kolb era begins tonight in Philly. [Inquirer]
So Matt Kemp and the Dodgers sound like they’re headed for a split, right? [LA Times]
How Scottie Pippen was discovered. [Tribune]
“[People in the crowd] were saying, ‘Oh he’s from Duke’ and ‘You’re playing like a white boy,’” Williams said. “Just regular trash talking from New York City. Obviously, you throw the ball between somebody’s legs, you cross somebody over and make a 3, people are like, ‘Oh, he actually can play.’ I’ve always been able to play.” [NY Post]
The seedy guy who peddles “Missing toddlers, murdered coeds, septuplets, serial killers—an endless parade of freaks and victims” to the networks and cable news. Fascinating. [The Atlantic]
Great, albeit sad, read on the linebacker who was cut by the Jets on Hard Knocks. [ESPN NY]
Any Jonathan Franzen fans out there? He’s on the cover of Time Magazine. [MediaBistro]
Hilary Duff is getting married to NHL player Mike Comrie this weekend, supposedly. [Page 6]
It took him awhile to recover from the Mitchell Report, but Jay Gibbons is back in MLB. [LA Times]
“Mother suing Walt Disney Parks and Resorts claims that she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and about a dozen other ‘permanent’ maladies because Donald Duck grabbed her breasts two years ago at Epcot Center.” [Philly Daily News]
At the US basketball scrimmage from Radio City Music Hall, the offense was hideous … [via Jose3030]
… and blue won it on the dunk.