Roundup: Maury Guest Looks Like Female Ted Cruz; Woman Jumps in Tiger Cage at Zoo to Retrieve Hat & Magnificent Seven Movie Trailer
By Jason McIntyre
Solveig Mork Hansen, a model from Denmark … “Chinese women warned about dating handsome foreigners” … this is a helluva map on life expectancy of 40-year olds with low household incomes … “Canada’s ‘Black Widow’ charged with breaking release terms” … what a story about the worst renter in Indianapolis … “How the Trumpian Right and the Illiberal Left Feed Off Each Other” … if you’ve seen Batman/Superman, you’re fired up about the Justice League … “How Much the Highest-Paid Athletes Earn Per Second: The Gender Wage Gap in Sports” … bus driver targeted by large owl because it thought his bald head was an egg? … “Opioid Users Are Finally Getting This Lifesaving Overdose Drug” … a Digable Planets reunion tour! … if Ted Cruz had a sister, she’d look exactly like this guest on Maury … Donald Trump nearly swept all the delegates in New York, and is back on track to possibly win the nomination … putting water in a soda cup led to this Arkansas teenager getting arrested …
My Fox Sports Radio show: NFL Draft, movies, NBA playoffs, a dash of Kobe, plenty of 2016 Warriors vs 1996 Bulls. [3-Hour Show; Best of 30-Minute Podcast]
Facebook pulled down a popular page with over 4.4 million likes. Why? [NiemanLab]
Rebecca Marino retired from tennis at the age of 22 when she was ranked as high as 38th in the world. Then, she decided to take up rowing. [CBC]
Historically bad Game 2 effort from the Celtics in an 89-72 defeat in Atlanta. Brad Stevens gonna a playoff game this year? [Boston Globe]
Excellent piece on Patrick McCaw of UNLV, who is going to be a 1st round NBA draft pick in June. [Upside & Motor]
One of the top things to watch in the Big 10 over the next year: Can Lovie Smith recruit college stars to Illinois? [Chicago Tribune]
The new face of the San Antonio Spurs: Defensive player of the year Kawhi Leonard. [Express News]
This is deep, and it’s political, but it’s accurate: “provoking protests against their right to express themselves would add to, rather than subtract from, their base of support.” [NY Mag]
Fox Sports is on the verge of locking up half the Big 10 football/basketball rights fees. With Jim Harbaugh ascending at Michigan, this is massive. [SBD]
First thing of Kobe Bryant, then read this about Miami Heat players sacrificing money. [Herald]
Uplifting high school baseball story. Would be nice if more of these stories got more pub. [News-Press]
I’m surprised Girls is still a thing. Maybe in New York. Haven’t had anyone mention the show to me in years. [NYT]
For hardcore TV watchers, here’s an interesting piece on scheduling shows. [AD Week]
Michael Strahan is moving from “Live with Kelly and Michael” to “Good Morning America,” the latter which is struggling. [Variety]
Houston Astros pitcher Collin McHugh has done a nice thing. [Chronicle]
You can “accidentally” order a live yak online. [AJC]
Bears asking for food, and getting it. While standing up!
Moron in Canada jumps into tiger cage to retrieve a hat. She’s lucky.
Driving in water is never smart. But this guy had an Hummer H1.
The Magnificent Seven looks really good.