Roundup: Ben Bradlee Dies at 93, Ukraine Stadium Collapse Narrowly Misses Little Girl & Renee Zellweger Looks Different
By Jason McIntyre
RIP Ben Bradlee, a journalism titan. [Washington Post, NYT]
San Francisco 7, Kansas City 1 in game one of the World Series. Madison Bumgarner has now pitched in three World Series games (2010, 2012, 2014) and allowed one run in 22 innings. [xxxx]
Evander Holyfield’s son, Elijah, has 30 scholarship offers to play football, and the latest one is from Georgia. [AJC]
As harsh a story on Kobe Bryant that’s been written: “The problem is, he’s just not as good as he thinks he is,” says one source in the Lakers’ inner circle. “He’s just not as efficient as he thinks he is. If he had the other intangibles, like LeBron, or if he was any kind of different person, it would have been easy for us to attract talent, retain it and win.” [ESPN]
Anyone have DISH Network? “Dish loses 7 channels in contract dispute with Turner Broadcasting.” [CNET]
Nikola Vucevic is staying in Orlando for four years, $54 million. He turns 24 years old tomorrow. [Yahoo Sports]
An 81-year old golfer had a hole-in-one on three consecutive days in South Carolina. [ESPN]
Derek Holland gives a rave review of “Dumb & Dumber To.” [The Big Mac Blog]
College basketball coach had a vasectomy scheduled, but his team made the NCAA tournament, so he had to reschedule it … but less than a year later, Saul Phillips and his wife welcomed another child. [Fox Sports]
Seattle’s defensive problem? No depth on the defensive line. [WSJ]
Matthew McConaughey thinks the Redskins should keep their name. Internet, prepare your outrage! [Uproxx]
Ex-girlfriend of a man posts naked photos of his new girlfriend on Facebook. She was arrested. [News Leader]
When you compare Bill Cowher’s drafts to Mike Tomlin’s drafts … yeah, not good. [TribLive]
Convicted rapist is trying to play professional soccer again. Should he be allowed to return? [Vice Sports]
The Wags of the World Series. [Next Impulse Sports]
Remember Cary Williams, who complained about the Eagles’ practices? Well Chip Kelly listened, and shortened them. [Birds 24/7]
Stadium collapse in Ukraine narrowly misses little girl.
Guy celebrates on Price is Right by flopping around doing a reverse worm? [via Brobible]
News bloopers involving spiders. Just get by the first annoying guy and it’s not bad.
Peyton Manning mic’d up for the night he broke Brett Favre’s touchdown pass record. [via Hot Clicks]