Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens, who are in a movie together … a NASA shot of NYC on Sept 11, 2001Bengals fan punches Ravens fan at Applebees … US ambassador killed in Libya … “Kentucky Man Sues Doctor For Amputating His Penis” … nice read on actor Mandy Patnkin … this qualifies as crime on Martha’s Vineyard … days old, but a solid profile of Jay-Z … “Innovation in Journalism Goes Begging for Support” … he didn’t want to pay his tab, so he urinated on the floor … “accidentally shoots off his penis and testicle” … David Foster Wallace was a fraud, said Bret Easton Ellis …

The TV rating for Baltimore and Cincinnati on Monday Night Football was abysmal. [Sports Media Watch]

Here’s a terrific profile of The Fabulous Sports Babe. [Grantland]

What is American Soccer? [What a Howler]

Crushing Debt Drove Me to Kosovo — And Then to Iraq. [The Billfold]

The Yankees lost to the Red Sox on a Jacoby Ellsbury walk-off homer single. [Herald]

Brent Grimes, Atlanta’s best cornerback, is out for year with an Achilles tendon injury. [AJC]

“Duke must receive a notice of allegations from the NCAA with the charges and what bylaws the enforcement staff feels were broken before the organization’s four-year statute of limitations expires” [News & Observer]

Josh Childress signs with the Nets. [NYT]

Oakland won its fifth straight and now lead Tampa by two games and Anaheim by 2.5 games in the Wild Card race. [Chronicle]

The nervous state of Tobacco Road. [CBS Sports]

BJ Upton lost his wallet. Twitter found it. [Rays Index]

“UBS whistleblower Brad Birkenfeld gets record reward from IRS [$104 million] for exposing tax evasion at the Swiss bank.” [Christian Science Monitor]

Marine flips out on cab driver, pounds him badly in brutal beating. Warning: Can be tough to watch. [via Adam]

According to the You Tube description, the cyclist only suffered a broken arm and leg after this crash. [via Cartmaniak]