Roundup: Oregon vs. Ohio State for the NCAA Title; Exploding ATMs; Steven Gerrard Leaving Liverpool for MLS?
By Mike Cardillo
Ohio State 42, Alabama 35, if you went to bed early Thursday night/Friday morning. [Columbus Dispatch]
Earlier, Oregon defeated Florida State 59-20 at the Rose Bowl. [Oregonian]
The future of online media keeps getting brighter … or not. [New Yorker]
Why Nick Saban doesn’t text. [WSJ]
Jimmy Butler … potential NBA MVP? [The Cauldron]
Steven Gerrard announces he’ll leave Liverpool at the end of the season. LA Galaxy are a possible next stop for English soccer great. [The Guardian]
Is this the best NFL rookie receiver class in history? [MMQB]
Gene Chizik close to taking North Carolina defensive coordinator post. [AL.com]
If you like the band The Pixies you might like this link. If not, not sure why you’d click this link. [Esquire]
Here’s the troll-iest college football bowl column possible. You’ll never guess who wrote it (well, the link URL basicaly gives it away.) [Boston Globe]
First NFL playoff game broadcast on cable (ESPN), “greeted with shrugs in Football Nation.” [Newsday]
NBA writer Zach Lowe unveiled his annual journeyman all-star team. [Grantland]
Former Major League pitcher Brett Myers has a country album. It gets a review, of sorts. [700 Level]
The year 2015 according to Back to the Future II. [BroBible]
Nope.
Obviously …
Matthew McConaughey deserves a best comedic performance Emmy for this new Lincoln ad.
Christie Brinkley recently celebrated a birthday.
Every goal or assist Cristiano Ronaldo tallied in 2014.
Gordon Lightfoot