The Roundup: Kanye West Rant After Grammys; Remembering Dean Smith & Bill Maher on the Vaccination Debate
By Jason McIntyre
Casey Batchelor, famous for a reality show in London … man cuts off undercover cop while driving a stolen car, then lists “drug dealer” under occupation … “A man stole money from a group of Girls Scouts who were selling cookies in front of a Publix store” … Kenny G doesn’t listen to rap “crap” … seven Grammy-nominated recordings were financed through Kickstarter? … if you’d planned on using Turbo Tax this year, think again? … “Troops fathered 400,000 children in post-war Germany” … woman confronts a pretty nasty internet troll … Ted Lilly avoids jail time in insurance fraud case … and Swarthmore College applications from women just increased 10x … gangster move in Chicago after taking a parking spot someone called ‘dibs’ on … “barber offers ‘old man’ haircuts for misbehaving kids” … paparazzi chasing Bruce Jenner cause car accident, resulting in the death of 69-year old woman … father shoots his son, kills him, after son allegedly doused his parents with flammable liquid and threatened to light them on fire … “Greek finance minister says euro will collapse if Greece exits” …
Awesome read on Billy Walters, the most famous (notorious?) sports gambler on the planet. [ESPN]
No surgery for A’s closer Sean Doolittle, but he has a slight rotator-cuff tear in his shoulder and will miss the start of the season. [SF Chronicle]
Great column from Pat Forde on the passing of Dean Smith. [Yahoo Sports]
Zdeno Chara, the 6-foot-9 Boston Bruin, now has his real estate license. [Boston Globe]
Memphis 94, Atlanta 88. Grizzlies scored the game’s final eight points. Please don’t let this be the NBA Finals. [AJC]
I’ll save all the Brian Williams links for Inside Blitz, but this was the story that triggered it all. [Stars & Stripes]
So many people wanted to play in JJ Watt’s charity softball game, the servers crashed when the masses tried to get tickets. [Houston Chronicle]
Will the Clippers still make the playoffs if Blake Griffin sits out for 4-6 weeks due to elbow surgery? [Fox Sports West]
Maryland gets pounded again on the road, this time by Iowa. That’s three losses by 15+ on the road for the Terps in the last three weeks. [Sun]
Vanderbilt basketball and baseball has a superfan who has is now showing up incognito following an incident involving Florida fans. [Tennessean]
Ranking the NFL rosters headed into free agency. This is terrific. No surprise the Seahawks are 1st, but Lions are 6th. [Rotoworld]
Greg Hardy steps into court Monday, with his future in Carolina hanging in the balance. [Observer]
Learned plenty here about John Daly, assuming it wasn’t satire: He just won a golf tournament and he’s marrying his caddy, who will be his 5th wife. [Hugh Esling]
James Shields is going to the Padres, having signed a 4-year deal. [SB Nation]
Kanye West went on stage briefly at the Grammys, but this time, saved his dumb rant for afterward …
What a egotistical, overrated douche.
Love you, Taylor Swift. [via Isaac]
Al Jefferson’s pass was slightly off the mark.
I watch Nashville, but I never expected this to get 3.2 million hits that quickly.
Bill Maher chimes on the vaccination debate and … well, this surprised me. [via Science Blogs]
I probably won’t watch the J. Lo movie when it comes to cable, but damn, that’s a pretty bad error.
SI Swim models talk about their favorite bathing suits.