Roundup: Illinois is Broke, Can't Pay Lottery Winners; Watch Man Get Attacked by Two Pit Bulls
By Jason McIntyre
Charlotte McKinney … moron using his selfie stick gets a canoe into his truck … here are a lot of facts about the Golden Girls, a show with a great theme song … Arnold is now going to host Celebrity Apprentice … the New Yorker started this, now the liberal media is piling on: “Trump Is Aggravating Republicans’ Race Problem” … I never watch commercials, but apparently there were a lot of Daily Fantasy ones during the NFL’s first weekend … “BBQ Cook Arrested After Throwing Brisket At Woman, Burning Her” … woman becomes unruly on flight to Chicago, attacks another woman, flight attendant … someone in Michigan had the bubonic plague … “Mexican tourists killed by Egyptian security forces” … Terrence Howard dropped out of college after feuding with a professor over the answer to 1 x 1 … Larry David has some thoughts on golf … Illinois is so broke, people who have won the State lottery haven’t been paid … big cuts coming at the LA Times …
Minnesota’s offensive line was awful, as Teddy Bridgewater was sacked five times and the Vikings lost to the 49ers, 20-3. [Pioneer Press]
A deep dive into the Dominican Machine: “Baseball Republic.” [Post-Gazette]
How did I get a radio show on Fox Sports? Here’s the 1st podcast, and I talk about it in the first segment. [Fox Sports Radio]
Sam Bradford was pretty good in his Eagles debut, but a bad decision to kick a late field goal instead of going for it on 4th and 1 was the main reason the Eagles lost to the Falcons, 26-24. [Philly.com]
The St. Louis Rams have the youngest roster in the NFL, so how did they go about teaching millennials? [WSJ]
Marco Rubio on FSU: “I think there has to be a school where people who can’t get into Florida can go to college. And so that’s why we have Florida State.” [Fox Sports]
Craig Sager update: He’s improving since a July surgery, but he’s lost 50 pounds. [Click2Houston]
Gus Johnson will announce 20 Milwaukee Bucks home games this season, and Marques Johnson will be the analyst for about 55 Bucks games. [SI.com]
Very nice story about Jets coach Todd Bowles, who grew up in the projects. [NYT]
Meet the WAGs of the 2015 Miami Dolphins. [Slice Miami]
Eric Fisher, the #1 pick in the 2013 draft, reportedly asked out of the lineup ahead of week one. [KC Star]
I could watch this Kiko Alonso one-handed interception on a loop. What a play.
Woman tells her two pit bulls to attack a man, and he gets mauled by them before people finally help him out.
Moron decides he’s going to race a Challenger at a stop light. He didn’t realize it was a police officer.
Carlos Hyde with a sweet spin move on this touchdown run.