Roundup: Eaten Alive Was a Letdown, Landon Donovan's Career Ends With MLS Cup Title & Rolling Stone Offers New Apology
By Jason McIntyre
San Diego led at the half, but couldn’t score after that, and New England rallied to beat the Chargers, 23-14. [Union Tribune]
Rolling Stone pulls its powerful UVA sexual assault story that was a huge deal last month because of “discrepancies in Jackie’s account.” [Rolling Stone]
You’re going to hear a lot about the Rolling Story story this week. [New Yorker, Washington Post]
Landon Donovan’s soccer career ends with a championship, as the Galaxy defeated the Revolution to win their 5th MLS crown. [Goal.com]
The reason to be depressed about an 8-team playoff: The Committee basically told the Big 12 to go get a conference title game. [Dallas Morning News]
Raiders 24, 49ers 13. Season’s over for San Francisco. No playoffs. I can’t imagine anyone predicted that. [CSN Bay Area]
What makes Jordy Nelson the NFL’s best deep threat? [SI.com]
Nebraska football player tries to take selfie with raccoon, but instead gets bit. So he killed the raccoon with a crescent wrench. [Journal Star]
“Welcome to the new Beverly Hills, where an influx of chopper-chartering, cash-flashing, uber-monied visitors from Saudi Arabia and China are making a huge splash while stuffing the coffers of real estate agents, restaurants, hotels and luxury retail outposts.” [Hollywood Reporter]
Portland 103, New York 99, and the Knicks are 4-18. [NY Daily News]
Jason Werth of the Nationals got 10 days in jail for reckless driving. [Washington Post]
The challenge of transcribing fast-talker Jimbo Fisher. [Tomahawk Nation]
Heat fall to the Grizzlies, and have lost four in a row. Miami is now 9-11. If the playoffs started today – they don’t! – Miami would be out. [Herald]
Russian guy whose car was snowed in … notices that an 18-wheeler is now coming at him. [via Adam]
Here’s the moment that guy was “eaten alive” by the anaconda. In fact, he wasn’t even eaten! The snake started to eat his helmet, he panicked, and that was it.