Roundup: High Schools Banning Yoga Pants & Pac-12 Blocked Arizona From Doing HBO Show

Nicki Minaj … why are high schools across the nation banning yoga pants? … this has to be among the largest catfish ever caught … the View sounds like a mess, as the show has fired its executive producer … extremely troubling texts from a teenager who encouraged her boyfriend to kill himself … pretty sad piece: Roanoke and the value of guns … Donald Trump is smart to feud with the press, here’s why … is there a serial sniper on the loose near Phoenix, Arizona? … Atlanta police officer shot after responding to a call – because the police went to the wrong house … “crash and grab” thieves in Chicago stole a lot of jeans … a few days old, but the woman at Sirius behind Howard Stern’s new “PC” behavior … Bloomberg News is going to lay off 80 journalists … Nancy Snyderman breaks her silence about her Ebola Nightmare … Chicago high school bans showing your shoulders … 

HBO wants to do a college version of Hard Knocks, and this season wanted to feature the Arizona Wildcats. Pac-12 commish Larry Scott said no. [Tucson.com]

Adam Wainwright talks rehab over what sounds like a delicious meal at a BBQ joint. [Post-Dispatch]

Charles Robinson feels Kansas City would be a great fit for Robert Griffin III, and Philadelphia would be a bad one. I disagree. [Yahoo Sports]

Terrific read on the life and career of Julius Peppers. [JS Online]

Advertisers must be racist because Serena Williams is a much better tennis player than Maria Sharapova, but makes $10 million less in advertising. [Bloomberg]

So how is Mack Brown doing at ESPN so far? [Dallas Morning News]

“The owner of the defunct Escondido Country Club has agreed to pay the county $100,000 in civil penalties for spreading raw chicken manure on his golf course last year.” [Union Tribune]

Louisiana Lafayette coach Mark Hudspeth can bench press 370 pounds and his wife is scary-ripped. [Kentucky Sports Radio]

Gotta love the mindset of new Houston coach Tom Herman: “we had to train their minds to shut that out and be almost non-human and eliminate the human element.” [Coaching Search]

Keep telling folks to proceed with caution about 2nd round pick Derek Carr despite finishing his rookie year “strong.” [PFF]

As Tom Crean’s Hoosiers turn: Emmitt Holt dismissed from the team, and Thomas Bryant has been disciplined as well. [Indy Star]

This guy was fishing and randomly came across kittens in the water?

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