Roundup: Rainforest Spider Will Haunt Your Dreams; Chris Christie Kicked Out of Amtrak Quiet Car
By Jason McIntyre
Kahili Blundell, a model … this spider in the rainforest is the size of a small puppy … “Sex offender charged with flying drone near State Fair” … a story about Amber Rose, and at the very bottom she’s not wearing clothes … surely people saw this coming: Amazon to test deliveries using newspaper trucks … really sad story about a man and his dog, but it has a positive ending! … “Woman charged after bar fight over chicken wings” … warning: really really sad dog story … “Man accused of killing girlfriend, calling her mother with gory details, arrested in Tijuana” … well said, Anthony Mackie, well said … statue of Lenin now looks like Darth Vadar … Matthew Berry used to be a writer on the show “Married with Children” … if it’s over for Jeb Bush, as the National Review posits, then get ready for Donald Trump … “NYPD union wants New Yorkers to boycott Quentin Tarantino movies for his views on police” … Chris Christie was asked to leave the quiet train on Amtrak for talking too loudly on his cell phone …
My radio show, condensed into a podcast. Guests: Jeff Goodman, Manish Mehta, Colin Cowherd. [Fox Sports Radio]
David Climer, who has been at the same newspaper since 1974, is leaving on October 30th. [Tennessean]
If you missed the news Sunday, Flip Saunders, the NBA coach, passed away at the age of 60 after a 4-month battle with cancer. [NBA.com]
So why do the Packers still have Letroy Guion on the roster despite all these off-field problems? [Journal Sentinel]
What’s it like on the TV set of ESPN’s His & Hers? [Vibe]
Is Kyler Murray vs Kyle Allen internally ripping apart Texas A&M? [Houston CBS]
Might the Miami Marlins go after Don Mattingly? [Miami Herald]
Gennady Golovkin, who smashed David Lemieux at the Garden two weeks ago, is one of the best boxers in the world right now. [SI]
Did you know Carolina RB Jonathan Stewart once leg-pressed 615-pounds in college? [Observer]
Why do white people like the writing of Ta-Nehisi Coates so much? [Daily Beast]
Nice reminder, with college hoops a few weeks away: Rick Barnes, Avery Johnson and Ben Howland are all coaching in the SEC. [Gainesville Sun]
The inevitable decline of Peyton Manning. [Atlantic]
Keep an eye on #51 of Stanford, he’s a nasty blocker.
“Eight inches of his shaft in his hand.”