Roundup: Elephant Tosses Tourists Around & 30 West Point Cadets Injured During Pillow Fight
By Jason McIntyre
Bryana Holly, a model … “Russian town besieged by hungry bears” … doesn’t seem real, but it is: “Why drivers in China intentionally kill the pedestrians they hit” … this has to mean fanny packs are back, right? … big alligator crawls out of a storm drain in Louisiana … “WEEKLY EDITOR IS TALKED OUT OF QUITTING AFTER HUSBAND WINS $2.7M IN CALIFORNIA LOTTERY” … the Knicks are getting a new sideline reporter … the Patriots named illegal formations “Baltimore” and “Raven” … 30 cadets at West Point injured, 24 with concussions, following a pillow fight … half a million likes for Kourtney Kardashian on this photo of her in a bikini on a tricycle … “Ocala Man Blinds Helicopter Pilot With Hair Comb” …
James Conner, Pitt’s star RB, is out for the season with an MCL injury. [Post-Gazette]
Feel like this should be linked weekly: Building a high school athlete. [NJ.com]
Great longform read on the Southwest Conference, which died in 1996. [Dallas Morning News]
Because kids were back in school early this year, ball boys and girls at the US Open were much older. Kramer’s age. [WSJ]
If you didn’t stay up last night, Ohio State trailed Virginia Tech 17-14 at half, but won (and covered) easily, 42-24. [Fox Sports]
Nice read on ESPN’s Rece Davis … a former high school basketball player? [AL.com]
Barry Jackson really loves Dan LeBatard: “What makes Le Batard’s show so appealing is that it’s unlike anything on radio — smart, irreverent, whimsical, self-mocking, unwilling to ask the cliché questions that beget cliché answers.” [Miami Herald]
CNN covers the media extremely well, but what about the rest of the media? [CJR]
Ahead of the Serena Williams – Venus Williams matchup, remember when they used to publish a newsletter? [Slate]
“Eighteen months later, Hub Johnson’s family and friends are still struggling to make sense of his suicide. But they are confident of its connection to the undercover investigation of Asmussen’s barn by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).” [Courier-Journal]
Two former Boise State track athletes sued the school that they were sexually assaulted and harassed by a male teammate and Boise State did nothing. [Idaho Statesman]
More stories about the “skill” it takes to win at Daily Fantasy sports! [Sports Business Journal]
Elephant interrupts meal, tosses a few tourists around.
Sarah Palin wants you to “speak American.”
“Lounger” is the tinder app for frequent travelers. [via Pizza in Motion]
Jabari Parker dunking on middle school kids.
This girl had a nice little meltdown over a kebab.
Ahead of Stephen Colbert’s late-night show on CBS, here’s some brilliance from him with Eminem earlier this summer.
US Open ball boy casually snags a 120 mph serve from Djokovic with one hand. [via Busted Coverage]