Roundup: Lovie Smith USC Rumors, Usain Bolt's Chicken Nuggets Olympic Obsession, & Why Didn't Kids Watch the World Series?
By Jason McIntyre
Why weren’t kids watching the World Series? [Wall Street Journal]
Bummer for the Hurricanes: Duke Johnson’s out for the year with a broken ankle. [Herald]
I’m shocked that Mitch ‘Wild Thing’ Williams nearly got into a fight with Lenny Dykstra at an autograph signing. [Crossing Broad]
Rats. Sounds like college basketball referees are going to call more fouls this season. [Journal Star]
Yikes: “Airplane mishap puts scare into ASU football coaches.” [Arizona Republic]
Washington fans will appreciate this piece on former player and current analyst Phil Chenier. [Washington Post]
Brad Ausmus, longtime MLB catcher, will reportedly be the next Detroit Tigers manager. [Detroit News]
Not a huge surprise, but former Laker Antwan Jamison says Kobe and Dwight Howard didn’t get along. [NBA.com]
Oliver Luck watch: He has started the interview process at the University of Texas. [Dallas Morning News]
Bob Ryan lists David Ortiz as the 4th greatest Red Sox player of all-time. [Boston Globe]
There are rumors Lovie Smith is in the mix for the USC football job. [CSN Chicago]
Verne Lundquist, 73, is aware there’s a college football drinking game based on his telecasts. [AL.com]
Usain Bolt claims he had 1,000 Chicken Nuggets from McDonald’s during his 10 days in Beijing during the Olympics. [NY Post]
This is a prank? The guy hanging from the rope isn’t really dead!
Sports anchor attempts to do an entire newscast as “Paul Burgundy.” I didn’t think it was that funny.
Police attacks TV news crew in Washington DC. Lots of obscenities. [via Adam]