Roundup: Woman Sues Estranged Parents for College Tuition; Jennifer Lawrence Cuts Dumb and Dumber To Cameo; Cake Boss Arrested
By Mike Cardillo
“Alex From Target” speaks … what a world we live in. [NYT]
The Cleveland Plain Dealer forced columnist to write apology letter to Dan Gilbert following radio appearance. [The Cleveland Leader]
The Dolphins are 6-4 following a 22-9 win over the Bills. [Miami Herald]
Frank Caliendo, “I’m 100 times happier at ESPN. I was very stale at Fox. Much of it was my own fault. I was lazy and didn’t fight for things I wanted to do at other times.” [Newsday]
NASA built a drone made out of mushroom fungus. [Verge]
Engrossing, if challenging, read on Pelicans forward Ryan Anderson and his life/career following his girlfriend’s suicide last year. [SI.com]
“What the hell happened to Jay McInerney?” [Salon]
Another profile of Jay Bilas vs. the NCAA. [Washington Post]
LSU lands the No. 1-rated basketball recruit for 2015-16. [Nola.com]
Here’s a link to Ken Pomeroy’s look back at his preseason rankings from last year if that interests you. [KenPom]
The No. 1 link of the Roundup (obviously): Mike Francesa says he might attend FrancesaCon 2015. [NYDN]
Jennifer Lawrence’s cut her cameo from Dumber and Dumber To. [Film Drunk]
The aforementioned Jim Carey/Jeff Daniels movie gets a poor review here. [AV Club]
Smart take/read on the FIFA ethics farce. [The Guardian]
A certain Fly Girl from In Living Color was Sir Mix-A-Lot’s inspiration for his famous song about butts. [BroBible]
Roundtable discussion about Jurgen Klinsmann’s progress with U.S. Soccer (which plays Colombia Friday afternoon). [ESPNFC]
An oral history (sorry) of Weird Al’s UHF. [The Dissolve]
Charting how much soccer players earn on average by league across the globe. [Daily Mail]
“The Last Honest NCAA Coach” (You’ll have to click to find out who it is.) [Sports On Earth]
Any interest in buying a Swedish dude’s house? What if I told you this guy was a huge Aliens/Predator enthusiast? [Radass]
Given I wrote about a 19-year-old Baywatch/WCW crossover episode earlier this week, I’m duty-bound to link to an even older Andre the Giant interview with Letterman, you know, because it’s important and stuff. [With Spandex]
“This has been another edition of: Something You Just Read on the Internet” [700 Level]
Here’s a video featuring Cristiano Ronaldo’s girlfriend and Matt Harvey’s ex.
Nice play for the game-winner by Courtney Lee for Memphis Thursday night.
Adam Sandler has a new movie coming up where he plays a cobbler with a magical sewing machine. Method Man is also in it.
There’s a law in Portland, Ore., that any place that serves alcohol must also serve food, which leads to “foodie” strip club fare. [via BroBible]
Ronaldo is even a jerk in practice with his national team cohorts.
Steely Dan