Roundup: Another Worker Tests Positive for Ebola; Penn State Pulls Scholarship Offer From Sayreville Recruit & Shark Feeding Frenzy
By Jason McIntyre
The Kansas City Royals are one win away from reaching the World Series. [KC Star]
Penn State has pulled its scholarship offer to a recruit from Sayreville High School in New Jersey. [Philly.com]
Tremendously sad story about a college basketball player who found out she had an inoperable brain tumor shortly after her 18th birthday. She’s going to try and play one game for Mount Saint Joseph University before she passes away. [Local 12]
“In 1872, one misplaced comma in a tariff law cost American taxpayers more than $2 million, or $38,350,000 in today’s dollars.” [Priceonomics]
Mike Slive, the longtime commissioner of the SEC, is retiring in July 2015. He has prostate cancer. [SEC Sports]
Bill Simmons is back from his suspension at ESPN! [NYT]
Small Michigan high school ends season prematurely because of injuries and concussions. [CBS Detroit]
How have tennis players fared on Dancing with the Stars? [The Tennis Island]
Trying to assess where rebounds go. [Grantland]
When Bill Russell and KC Jones visited Alcatraz. [Boston Globe]
An extensive look at my sad, sad Jets. [Over the Cap]
The Pistons have lost Jodie Meeks for eight weeks due to a lower back injury. [Freep]
The 1989 World Series earthquake was 25 years ago this October. [Boston Globe]
A lengthy profile of former MLB commish Fay Vincent. [Just a Bit Outside]
Couple weeks old, but what happens when the floor disappears at a North Face store? [via AdWeek]
Just your average reverse, flea flicker touchdown in Division III.
This is what a shark feeding frenzy looks like. They’re enjoying Blue Fish.
Dumb Jeopardy story. [via Uproxx]
Look at this kid putting on a show in the background. [via Hot Clicks]