Roundup: Sex Toy Vending Machines?; Lamborghini SUVs; There Are Still Piles of Snow in Boston
By Mike Cardillo
Former Vanderbilt guard Dai-Jon Parker, 22, died Thursday night. [CBS]
“The less you know about a field,” he said, “the better your odds. Dumb boldness is the best way to approach a new challenge.” … Jerry Seinfeld on the Internet. [NYT]
“Are the NBA Playoffs Boring?” … Ratings were good the other night, so the sport is probably safe. ? [Grantland]
“Why Everett Golson bolted Notre Dame to win title at Florida State” [Fox]
Hilarious: ghostwriter of the Zlatan Ibrahimovic biography says,”I don’t think I have any real quotes from him. I tried to get an illusion of him, to try and find the story. I tried to find the literary Ibrahimovic.” [Guardian]
What happened to Jock Jams? [Mic]
Interesting factual nugget on the Spelling Bee — shorter words are trickier than longer ones. [WSJ]
Rough guess, this is 2,000+ words from a former contestant on Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Geography! [AV Club]
A ranking of 90s alternative music one-hit wonders. [Uproxx]
Solid profile of Sydney Leroux a week ahead of the Women’s World Cup in Canada in June. [Grantland]
Rex Ryan is ready to go! [NFL]
Eugene, Ore., newspaper found a never-before-seen photo of Steve Prefontaine on the 40 anniversary of his death. [Runner’s World]
Georgia high school football team pays tribute to teammate who died of cancer. [Fox]
The opening sentence of this Aloha review uses the word “unintelligible.” [Variety]
Despite a lot of amazing cameos (and being totally insane — in a good way), Big Time in Hollywood, Fla. didn’t get a lot of Internet critical love. I liked it a lot. Here’s a interview with one of the stars. [Vulture]
If you happen to dig the Grateful Dead there is a Bob Weir doc now on Netflix. Some background on it here, including his love of shorts. [Vanity Fair].
American Ultra RED BAND trailer.
Elephants.
Bolts of Steel? … oh hell yeah.
Crashing a very expensive car street racing seems … smart?
Jim Breuer is now doing famous Mets calls as Ozzy Osbourne. What a time to be alive.
Jessica Gomes video.
Note: this video was uploaded in 2011 but, forgive me if that’s possible within this URL, it’s interesting. [via]
Steve Winwood