Roundup: Falcons Hold on to Beat Broncos, Gretchen Carlson Got Pranked on Fox News & is an Inmate Too Obese to Execute?
By Jason McIntyre
Falcons 27, Broncos 21. Ugly game. Atlanta is 2-0. [AJC]
It was ugly because the scab referees were terrible. [Post]
NCAA does a very NCAA thing to UVA soccer player Ari Dimas. [Virginia Sports]
“The truth behind the death of Vikings legend Wally Hilgenberg.” [Star Trib]
Everyone who hit a halfcourt shot got season tickets in the Izzone. [M Live]
The Redskins have lost two defensive starters – Adam Carriker and Brian Orakpo – for the season, and QBs in the NFC East are thrilled. [Wash Post]
NC State incoming freshman Rodney Purvis has been cleared by the NCAA – only after providing “four years worth of syllabi, class assignments, and textbook information for the 16 core classes.” [Charlotte Observer]
White Sox open up a three-game lead on the Tigers with 16 games left. [Sun-Times]
Wes Welker’s increasingly diminishing role in New England. [Globe]
The 2014 World Cup mascot is … an armadillo. [FIFA]
Giants beat the Rockies, and now lead the Dodgers by eight games in the NL West. [SF Gate]
Lingerie football player dating Gio Gonzalez of the Nationals. [Larry Brown Sports]
“UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp, beleaguered by two years of athletics-related scandals, will resign the position at the end of the academic year and return to a role that he always loved: chemistry professor.” [News & Observer]
Gretchen Carlson got pranked by this douche. [via Hot Clicks]
Should I just link to the Vince Vaughn line in the Wedding Crashers? [via Jeff]
Monkey clearly has a fondness for this reporter.
The USC/Stanford game in 100 seconds.