Roundup: Charles Barkley Calls Ferguson Rioters "Scumbags," Man Tazed After Texting in Movie Theater & is Clickbait the End of Online News?
By Jason McIntyre
Dale Scott, an MLB umpire, hasn’t hidden the fact he is gay, but revealed it to the public in an interview this week. [Out Sports, NYT]
Is clickbait the end of online news? [American Conservative]
Kevin Durant’s 1st game back: 27 points in 30 minutes, but the Pelicans beat the Thunder, 112-104. Anthony Davis had a decent game: 25 points, 10 rebounds, six steals, four blocks. [Oklahoman]
Charles Barkley: Ferguson rioters are “scumbags.” [Brietbart]
The day UAB football died. [CBS Sports]
LeBron has abandoned his chalk toss. Hop on your jump to conclusions mat and tell everyone what that means! [Cleveland.com]
Joe Posnanski should write less about baseball, and find more compelling features like this one on Priest Holmes. What a read. [NBC Sports]
Stephen F. Austin 64, Memphis 52. Yikes! [Commercial Appeal]
MLB agent: Over 100 teenagers contacted me asking to be “their source.” Kids, what the hell are you doing? Have fun, those teenage years are shorter than a mustard burp. [Baseball Prospectus]
The new MLS team in Orlando already made a social media gaffe. [Guardian]
Anytime you can blend a fake identity and college football, you’ve got a tremendous story. [Washington Post]
Mike Vaccaro must have drawn the short straw to write a column about why the Jets shouldn’t go after Jim Harbaugh. [NY Post]
When asked if he was dating Caroline Wozniacki, Ryan Kerrigan of the Redskins told ESPN 980, “I mean, I don’t really want to get into it. We’re friends, and she was in town, and she wanted to come to the event. We had a nice time at the event.” [DC Sports Bog]
Derrick Gordon, the UMass basketball player who revealed he was gay earlier this year, has not faced any harsh treatment from fans yet. [Gazette]
Any interesting in Jim Harbaugh sharing ‘cherished memories’ from his time with Al Davis? [49ers Hot Read]
The guy who leads the Hilton Supercontest (payout: $736k) remains anonymous. [ESPN Chalk]
Nice to see Ben McLemore growing up. What a play. He had 21 points in the loss last night.
Poor video of Alabama and Auburn fans fighting. [via Deadspin]
Kids seem to be enjoying these cars going up an icy hill … and then sliding back down. [via Adam]
This Wesley Johnson dunk last night reminded me of how good he was at Syracuse. The Lakers beat the Pistons.