Roundup: Hammer-Wielding Man Stuck in Basketball Hoop & Did ISIS Strike in Texas?
By Jason McIntyre
Lais Ribeiro, a model … two men (from ISIS?) open fire outside Muhammad art show in Texas, are shot and killed … hammer wielding-man gets stuck in a basketball hoop in Seattle … South Carolina student charged with spitting and pouring a household cleaner into the food of her roommates … “25 percent of Americans save no money for emergencies” … Switzerland is officially the happiest country on Earth … “Texas Governor Deploys State Guard To Stave Off Obama Takeover” … Wendy Tippett joins hockey wives … this look inside the Freddie Gray investigation is a must-read … you can take out ‘insurance’ at certain stores if Philly if you buy an NFL jersey and that player is traded or cut … a guide to the music of Mad Men … a gallery of the hottest professional softball players … woman texted her ex-boyfriend “driving drunk woo” minutes before getting in a car accident that killed a passenger in her car … screenwriter of ‘Dances with Wolves’ died at the age of 69 … could be an ugly holiday coming up for cash-strapped Greece …
The PGA Tour remains stuck in the stone ages. Writer uses the iphone app Periscope and loses her credentials for the year. [Golf.com]
High school athletic director collapses and dies as his team is celebrating a State Championship victory. [News-Press]
“Americans are bracing for a summer of racial disturbances around the country, such as those that have wracked Baltimore, with African Americans and whites deeply divided about why the urban violence has occurred.” [WSJ]
Yankees sweep the Red Sox at Fenway, remain in 1st place in the AL East. [NY Post]
Three football players from Georgia Southern were arrested late last week. A “Schedule 1 Controlled Substance” was involved. [Statesboro Herald]
Great get for Mike Brey and the Irish – junior point guard from New Jersey, Temple Gibbs. [Notre Dame Scout]
Rasheed Suliamon, the 1st player dismissed from the Duke basketball program, opens up about what happened. [ESPN.com]
Derek Anderson took some surprising shots at Kentucky coach John Calipari. [KSR]
Speaking of Kentucky, Calipari has whiffed on a lot of stars in the high school class of 2015, but Isaiah-Briscoe sounds like a future star. [Slam]
Advanced stats didn’t like the NBA Rookie of the Year, Andrew Wiggins. Of course they didn’t. [538]
I’m a conspiracy theorist, but even I get that the Chip Kelly/Marcus Mariota dream in Philly is over. [Oregonian]
Texas assistant coach and Baylor assistant coach go at it on twitter after Bryce Petty was drafted by the Jets. [ESPN]
Great story: Seahawks sign Nate Boyer. His story rules.
Shocked this only has 2.5 million views after two months. Was working on my Running Man all weekend after watching this a few dozen times.