Roundup: Spielberg Blames Indiana Jones Flop on George Lucas, Video of DUI Arrests in Halloween Costumes & of Course Andrew Luck!
By Jason McIntyre
We’ll go heavy on the World Series today, but we’ve also got to start the day with it: David Freese, hero. [SI]
The missing ingredient from all the college basketball Title contenders. [Rush the Court]
I was on the Hot Clicks podcast with Jimmy Traina. Go listen to me babble on about announcers, the media, gambling and other stuff. [Hot Clicks]
The last Indiana Jones movie was awful, and Steven Spielberg blamed it on George Lucas. [Empire]
Should Matt Forte have taken the initial deal he was offered? Seems like the Bears’ front office got to this columnist. [Tribune]
MLS gets a New York – Los Angeles playoff game for the first time since 2001. Henry vs. Beckham! [Times]
David Carr carves up Gannett and the Tribune company. Really good stuff. [NYT]
“Tebow cannot keep playing the same way for a very basic reason: He will fail to survive physically through the remaining 10 games.” [Post]
Bad news for Pittsburgh fans: RB Ray Graham is done for the season due to a knee injury. [Post Gazette]
Is Providing A Porn Star To An MLB Player An Improper Inducement? [Sports Agent Blog]
Buffalo columnist wonders why the Bills took a chance on Shawne Merriman. [News]
“Baseball’s inferiority complex vis-à-vis the NFL remains among its weirdest – and weakest – foci.” [Jeff Passan]
How many Andrew Luck stories will you read between now and the Cardinal playing in the national title game? [LA Times]
Black sports fans in DC love the Redskins. [Wash Post]
Rex Ryan’s son is a high school football player in Jersey. [Star-Ledger]
The year of the tight end in the NFL! [WSJ]
Jerry Kill coaches the terrible Minnesota Golden Gophers. He got a raise and an extension, probably so opposing coaches don’t use his health issues against him on the recruiting trail. [Star Trib]
Fell the in the shower or a hot drunk mess? [Daily Mail]
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety released this PSA of people dressed up for Halloween who were arrested for DUI/DWI. [via here, via CJ]
If Gus Johnson called hockey …
Of course they loved your outfit …