Roundup: Suge Knight Arrested; Game of Thrones Season Five Trailer; Marshawn Lynch & Gronk Play Mortal Kombat
By Mike Cardillo
NBA sold its digital rights in China for five years, $700 million. [Bloomberg]
Tim Duncan made the West All-Star reserves over DeMarcus Cousins. Huh? [USA Today]
Josh Gordon wrote a first-hand account of his latest suspension and took many of his media critics to task. [The Cauldron]
“I can barely find time every day to read my hate tweets.” Interview with the Indianapolis TV guy who broke Deflategate. [Boston.com]
Word of warning, don’t get arrested in Dubai. [Fader]
“(Richard) Sherman does something unusual. He goes around fixing the jerseys whenever they get too crumpled or untucked. Players admit to confusion about the tactic, but it is, they say, a mixture of football strategy, sportsmanship and abnormal attention to detail. Still, it can get weird.” [WSJ]
Martin Brodeur retired, takes job in Blues front office. [Post-Dispatch]
Fairly logical take on the NBA putting the best 16 teams in the NBA playoffs, regardless of conference. [Grantland]
“Everyone’s stealing jokes online. Why doesn’t anyone care?” [Washington Post]
Martin Starr’s acted in a lot of great stuff this century (Freaks and Geeks, Silicon Valley, Party Down, etc.), so here’s an interview with him. [AV Club]
Always love coming across the term “megacity” since it feels like we’re in the future. [Gizmodo]
Nickelodeon is the latest network that will offer an a la carte service. [Collider]
Odell Beckham Jr. and Drew Brees set a new world record. [BroBible]
There are going to be a lot of movie trailers during the Super Bowl. [Uproxx]
Game of Thrones Season 5 trailer (which will probably get pulled off YouTube by the time you’ve read this.)
Gigi Hadid and Sara Sampaio will lose their SI Swimsuit “rookie” status soon (perhaps they already have) since SI revealed its first 2015 rookie, Erin Heatherton, on Thursday.
Marshawn Lynch and Rob Gronkowski play Mortal Kombat with Conan.
Novak Djokovic vs. a tank. (Real footage, can you believe it?)
Survival of the fittest.
Katy Perry. Sometimes you just gotta ignite the light and let it shine, right? #positivevibes