Roundup: Hilarious Ice Bucket Fail Montage; Russian Dash Cam Captures Cyclist Flip, Landing & the Nicki Minaj 'Anaconda' Video is Dangerous
By Jason McIntyre
Great look at how the Diamondbacks are still paying for the 2001 World Series. For instance, they’re paying Bernard Gilkey $1 million a year. [Arizona Republic]
Former Rutgers QB leaves his high-paying Wall Street job to return to Piscataway to be a $14k a year (plus grad school tuition!) coach. [NJ.com]
The time new Clippers owner Steve Ballmer turned around a prep school in Washington … with some allegedly shady tactics. [Seattle Times]
Youth sports don’t stop: “We’ve gone from ‘Friday Night Lights’ to Every Night Lights.” [NYT]
Rihanna, Katy Perry, and Coldplay will play at halftime of the Super Bowl, but the NFL reportedly wants whoever plays to pay the NFL. Laughable. [WSJ]
Kawhi Leonard took the NBA Championship trophy home with him for a few days. [San Diego Union Tribune]
The sad story of Jenna Parlette’s death while running for Wilmington College. [NCAA Champion Magazine]
I can buy Matt Mauk of Missouri as a deep sleeper Heisman candidate. [Houston Press]
Nice read on Bryce Petty, the Baylor QB who could win the Heisman and be one of the first picks in the draft. [SI.com]
Chip Kelly acquires former Oregon RB Kenjon Barner for a conditional 7th round draft pick. The Panthers were going to cut Barner. [Charlotte Observer]
The New York Times profiles … Rich Paul, LeBron’s agent. Way to butter him up, guys! [NYT]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on America’s class warfare. [TIME]
Fake? Real? From a Russian movie? Either way, this is fantastic.
Nicki Minaj released the video for “Anaconda,” and the sexual innuendo is off-the-charts. It’ll probably have 50 million views by the end of the week.
People who screwed up the Ice Bucket challenge. This really is funny.
Kobe Bryant, as a junior in high school, scored 35 points in a game, rallying his team to victory. Here he is scoring 18 points in the 4th quarter.