Roundup: Man Survives Going Through Wood Chipper; Mid-Air Skydiving Rescue; Jennifer Lawrence Loves Doritos
By Mike Cardillo
Did a heroin kingpin help Sochi land the Olympics? (Probably yes.) [ABC News]
How much snow causes school closures, by U.S. state. [The Atlantic]
The dangers of old, out-of-context Tweets. [Hyper Vocal]
The long-forgotten Winter Penthalon must have been amazing. [Gear Patrol]
Rams’ owner Stan Kroenke bought a stadium-sized plot of land in Los Angeles. [St. Louis Dispatch]
The very dark, sad story of former Sons of Anarchy actor Johnny Lewis. [LA Mag]
Chris Simms recounts being a kid at the Super Bowl. [Fox Sports]
Marshawn Lynch opens up about Skittles and Ghost Riding. [Extra Mustard]
Good read on why American soccer players aren’t valued in Europe. [ESPN FC]
Colin Quinn, a great Twitter follow, talks about being hated on Twitter. [Splitsider]
This is cool. The author’s late father (a Pirates fan) went viral (by 1989 standards) and he recently found the clip on YouTube. [Douglas Derda]
The ‘Devil Frog’ was probably terrifying. [The Awl]
“The Brazilian Slum Children Who Are Literally Swimming in Garbage” could be the Vice-ist headline so far of 2014. [Vice]
Brands are creating some elaborate architectural designs to push their products. [Architizer]
All you could ever want to know about the Super Bowl punters. [700 Level]
This mid-air rescue of an unconscious skydiver is wild. [via Slade]
Allison Brie reading Craigslist Missed Connections on Kimmel.
A.J. McCarron says he knew Brent Musberger would talk about his girlfriend.
Did True Detective make a sly Kingpin reference last week? And yes, that’s Roger Clemens as “Skidmark.”
Today is the final YES Network simulcast of Mike Francesa’s radio show. Let’s remember its greatness. This New Yorker profile from 2004 is a great read, too. [via @WFANAudio]
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