Roundup: Student Slammed by Cop, Arrested in Classroom; NBA Season & World Series Begin Tonight
By Jason McIntyre
Candice Swanepoel, an angel … teacher guilty of changing girls grades in exchange for nude photos … could sports blogger Matt Jones run for Congress in Kentucky? … incredible photo from 2007 of a silverback Gorilla being carried to burial … “Year after Philly pot law changed, arrests are down” … look what this woman’s family told her when she said she was going to marry a black man … “Chewbacca arrested at Ukrainian polling station” … depressing story about driving while black in North Carolina … Aziz Ansari wouldn’t do an Indian accent, so he didn’t get a tiny job in Transformers … not the Onion: “Dog named Trigger shoots Indiana hunter in foot” … Kylie and Kendall Jenner were hit with a lawsuit over a logo …
If you went to bed early: The Cardinals nearly blew a 26-10 lead with five minutes left and survived the Ravens, 26-18 when Joe Flacco threw an interception in the end zone with :00 left. [Arizona Republic]
Come on NCAA, get real: Caleb Swanigan, a promising Purdue freshman, still isn’t cleared by the NCAA. [Bleacher Report]
Really nice piece on Flip Sanders by Steve Rushin, who had known the coach for decades. [SI.com]
Pat Haden spends how much time on seven boards? Congrats on his daughter for making $68k a year for doing one hour of work a week. [LA Times]
Excellent story about Monta Ellis, from his childhood to now, where he’s expected to score for the Pacers. [Indy Star]
Paxton Lynch, the Memphis QB, is having a monster season, and he could play in the NFL. [247 Sports]
Earnie Stewart, the former US National team forward, is going to be the Sporting Director of the Philadelphia Union. [Philly.com]
A timeline of everything Kevin Durant has said about his free agency. [Oklahoman]
It’ll be DC United vs the New England Revolution Wednesday in a playoff knockout game. [MLS Soccer]
A former Texas A&M football recently killed a jogger for no reason. The jogger’s wife, distraught, just committed suicide. [Dallas Morning News]
Buffalo-Jacksonville in London on Yahoo averaged 2.36 million viewers. The Jets-Dophins London game on CBS earlier this season averaged 9.9 million viewers. [CNN]
Idaho has suspended its star WR, Dezmon Epps, after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend over the weekend. [SI.com]
If I were a QB, I’d be afraid of Cameron Wake.
Tough to make sweeping judgements from this :16 video – no idea what led up to it – but the cop has been put on leave.
Excellent blocking was made for Vine. Look at this pancake by the Clemson WR.