Roundup: Brian Williams Raps Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, Free Agents Pass on Oklahoma City & Cute Girl Does Social Experiment in the Street
By Jason McIntyre
Oklahoma City can’t recruit free agents. Turned down by Dorrell Wright and Mike Miller? Ouch. [Oklahoman]
Peter Gammons is launching his own website, Gammons Daily. [Sports Business Daily]
Tino Martinez speaks to Ken Rosenthal: “Do you realize I’m out of baseball basically because a couple of players didn’t pick up balls in the cage when I asked them to? As a coach, when I asked them to pick up the balls, why didn’t they just say, ‘Absolutely, no problem, I’ll do it right now.’ ” [Fox Sports]
Jay Williams, the college basketball analyst, is a diverse cat: “Williams has agreed to become managing partner for the Leverage Agency, a sports, entertainment and media marketing company.” [Herald Sun]
When the NYT does longform, it really, really does a good job. [Times]
The NFL’s all-bad contract team. [Grantland]
That high-risk loan Vince Young took out in 2011 during the NFL lockout? Well, the bank is coming, and pretty much taking what they want. [KHou]
Should Reddit Be Blamed for the Spreading of a Smear? [NYT Magazine]
Lane Kiffin will be closing USC football practice during the season. [LA Times]
The best news bloopers from July. At a minimum, watch the little girl dancing at :30. [Hot Clicks]
What happens when a cute girl in daisy dukes randomly asks guys on the street if they want to have sex with her? [via Herbie]
Man – allegedly on mushrooms – goes berzerk, grabbing a police officer’s gun around the 1:06 mark. It took multiple officers to control this kid.
Brian Williams raps Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch on NBC. Great job, Jimmy Fallon. [via Cartmaniak]