Roundup: Largest Great White Shark Ever Captured on Video & Fox News Has Biggest Ratings Week Since Iraq War
By Jason McIntyre
Sarah Shahi, actress … why did Rosie Perez have to apologize for this? Terrible job, ABC … polls this early mean nothing in the political game … who is ready for a sequel to Bettlejuice? … Chuck Klosterman had lunch with Taylor Swift … Fox News just had its biggest week for TV ratings since the Iraq war … man under the influence of something goes wild on police officers, sends two to the hospital … JJ Watt and Vince Wilfork stole the show in the 1st episode of Hard Knocks … said as much on my radio show: I’d go to a Taylor Swift concert with my daughter … after two prisoners escaped in upstate New York, many prisoners were beaten as officers looked for information … former golf channel host Win McMurry is now selling golf gloves … here’s an endorsement for Honors Colleges … how Donald Trump managed to survive the Megyn Kelly blowup …
Here’s a nice story on ESPN’s Sage Steele. [Indy Star]
Fox Sports has announced its NFL announcing teams for the 2015 season. [Press Release]
Elton Brand has retired from the NBA after 16 seasons. I’m surprised he only made two All-Star games. [Pro Basketball Talk]
Is the Field Turf in Canton to blame for the season-ending injury to Shaun Suisham, Pittsburgh’s kicker? [Post-Gazette]
Darrelle Revis says Geno Smith was also at fault for the ugly broken jaw incident. [NY Post]
Interesting look at Tiger’s 2009 loss to Y.E. Yang at the 2009 PGA Championship, and how that defeat was the turning point in his career. [ESPN]
Good story on Fletcher Cox of the Eagles. [Philly.com]
To make room for new kicker Garrett Hartley, the Steelers had to cut former Michigan QB Devin Gardner. [Steelers Wire]
Counting down the days until the massive Mexico/USA soccer match on October 10th. [Goal.com]
Mike Tannenbaum really started from the bottom, and now he’s at the top of the Dolphins organization. [Sun-Sentinel]
Phil Jackson: Andrea Bargnani “was and still is a big tease. When he was injured he refused to do simple non-contact activities like dummy our offense in practice.” [ESPN]
This appears to be the largest Great White Shark ever filmed. The footage is from 2013, and was taken off the coast of Mexico near Guadeloupe island.
Drew Brees: Still accurate.