Roundup: Columnist Wants Janay Rice to Leave Ray Rice; President Obama Denied Tee Time & the New Jennifer Lopez Movie Looks Good
By Jason McIntyre
The new owners of the Buffalo bills … Kim and Terry Pegula! The own the Buffalo Sabres. His net worth is north of $3 billion. [Buffalo News]
Jay Mariotti complains to GQ about inaccurate reporting, gets the website to print a correction. [Romenesko]
Cal football player is given a football scholarship. Then, the following summer, he finds out it was just a 1-year scholarship. It gets worse: “In late July, he learned the financial aid office needed the money back — about $11,000 — by Sept. 15. If he didn’t pay it, he couldn’t go to school, couldn’t get his degree.” [Daily Cal]
Was the University of Oregon’s internal investigation of alleged sexual assaults by basketball players timed to help the team’s APR? [KATU]
Mike Chappell left the Indianapolis Star and landed at RTV6 in Indy. [The Indy Channel]
Short, intense exercise, or endurance sports? [WSJ]
Jason Whitlock is in agreement with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Bruce Levenson is no Donald Sterling. [ESPN]
If you’re around 6-foot-8 and live in Omaha and want to own Doug McDermott’s old clothes … his roomates are selling his gear. [ESPN]
The highest-rated college football game of the weekend? Michigan State vs. Oregon on Fox (4.0), topping Notre Dame vs. Michigan (3.0). [Sports Media Watch]
Here’s a claim: Serena Williams is America’s greatest athlete. I’d downshift to “most dominant athlete in her sport right now” but that’s just me. [New Yorker]
If Jason Reitman is doing a movie, you need to watch it. Men, Women & Children looks fantastic.
Remember Nicki Whelan from Hall Pass? Hope so. [via BroBible]
How good does this Jennifer Lopez movie look? Haven’t been able to say that in … forever?
Howard Stern pays tribute to Joan Rivers. Very well done. [via Hot Clicks]