Roundup: Watch a Woman Feed an Alligator, NBA Owner Buys Local Newspaper & Rap Lyrics as a Smoking Gun
By Jason McIntyre
How to rescue baseball from itself. [Bloomberg View]
University of Iowa lost about $200k on the 2014 Outback Bowl. [Gazette]
Powerful, awful, and yes, it’s going to make you angry: “More than anything, I’m exhausted from living in the same House as the student who sexually assaulted me nine months ago.” [Harvard Crimson]
A “fan” drove five hours from West Virginia to see 76ers sideline reporter Molly Sullivan. Creepy? Not creepy? [Review-Journal]
There was a mural of new Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason painted, but now it has to be re-done because they made the coach look like he was out of the “minstrel” era. [Tennessean]
A longform piece on Haverford Hoops,the very terrible 1990s college basketball team. [SI]
Why did Jurgen Klinsmann dump his No. 2, Martín Vásquez, less than three months before the World Cup? [Planet Futbol]
All access: Video behind-the-scenes from Michigan vs. Kentucky. [KY Sports Radio]
Uh-oh: Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor is buying the Star Tribune. [NBA.com]
From late Monday night: “During a timeout in the second half, George Hill got into a verbal confrontation with Lance Stephenson on the bench and they had to be separated by teammates.” [ESPN]
Where have all the black coaches gone in college basketball? [Yahoo Sports]
“The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Atlanta apologized for building a $2.2 million mansion for himself.” [AP]
Federal judge dismisses ESPN request to dismiss a libel suit filed by Bernie Fine’s wife. [AP]
Oklahoma City Thunder fans, this is pretty classless. [Houston Press]
Poker pros are now betting on each other. [WSJ]
A fantastic compilation of Joakim Noah on the fast break. [via Reddit]
Oh, look, here’s a Florida woman feeding an alligator! [via Adam]
With DeSean Jackson joining the Redskins … hey, remember the time he caught an 88-yard TD on the 1st play of the game against Washington?