Roundup: Playboy Dumping Nudity, Steelers Win at the Buzzer & Donald Trump Will Live-Tweet the Democratic Debate
By Jason McIntyre
Rhian Sugden, a model … starting in March 2016, Playboy will not have any naked models … idiots with confederate flags and brandishing weapons rolled up to a black kid’s birthday party and made threats … can’t urge you enough to read this extremely long story on Nicki Minaj, this is phenomenal writing … Donald Trump is going to live-tweet tonight’s Democratic debate … Nick Cassavetes is going to write the new Roadhouse movie … “Leading Anti-Marijuana Academics Are Paid By Painkiller Drug Companies” … tiny island in the Caribbean has lost 1/4 of its men to the drug trade … Rita Ora loves the 2001 version of Lady Marmalade, wants to sing it with Miley Cyrus, Iggy Azalea … Olive Garden in Missouri apologizes for asking an armed cop to leave … “Family files lawsuit against Ford after carbon monoxide deaths” … Kansas City building collapses, killing two fire fighters … woman decides to periscope her drunk driving, and viewers tip off police, who arrested her … fear the venomous caterpillar in Pennsylvania …
If you went to bed early, you missed Le’Veon Bell scoring a 1-yard TD run as the click expired, giving the Steelers a 24-20 win in San Diego. [Post-Gazette]
Maryland’s firing of Randy Edsall irked its top booster, Under Armour’s Kevin Plank. [Campus Rush]
Mets 13, Dodgers 7 in Game 3 of the NLDS. The Mets lead 2-1, and could close out the series tonight against Clayton Kershaw. Scroll down to see the reception for Chase Utley. [NY Post]
Steve Sarkisian is just like you and me: He runs up big bar tabs. Except he was the leader of men as the coach of USC. [LA Times]
Two high school teenagers started a popular SEC podcast. From their bedroom. [Tennessean]
Fabian Johnson took himself out of the USA-Mexico game in the 111th minute Saturday, and as a result, Jurgen Klinsmann kicked him out of camp and sent home. [Goal.com]
The ultimate play-to-the-whistle moment: High school football team blocks kick, celebrates … the kicking team picks up the ball and scores. [Thunder Treats]
There are six unbeaten NFL teams, and if you read this story, you’ll see why the gap between them and the have-nots is widening. [WSJ]
Enjoyed this story about how Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield once wanted to play football … for the Texas Longhorns. [Oklahoman]
Ole Miss finally heard from the NCAA: star offensive lineman Laremy Tunsil will return on October 24th when the Rebels play Texas A&M. [Clarion Ledger]
Awesome story about an Indianapolis woman who awoke to find a burglar in her house, but she had a sword nearby and captured him until the police came. [Indy Star]
Major penalties to the Louisiana Lafayette football program for rules violations. [The Advertiser]
Jerian Grant with the no-look pass. The Knicks are undefeated in the preseason!
Welcome to New York, Chase Utley.