Roundup: Why the Jets Need Ryan Fitzpatrick; Vanity Fair Spikes Story on Father of Hadid Sisters
By Jason McIntyre
Kara Del Toro, model? … attractive woman wears sexy dress to wedding, gets slammed by other women on Facebook … FBI: No charges filed against Hillary Clinton … interns protest job dress code, get fired en masse … “How ‘Advantage Players’ Game the Casinos” … Kentucky cheerleaders got engaged, and their photo went viral … “Beavis was the Wokest Bae” … Facebook is turning into an echo chamber, and that hasn’t worked well for Twitter … according to Nate Silver’s website, Clinton has a 77% chance of winning presidency … six of LA’s greatest urban legends … is Good Morning America going to shake things up and make Michael Strahan the lead? … “Fish with human-like teeth caught in Russia” … the two most expensive cities to have a baby are in California, but #3 is Minneapolis? … “NYPD Cracks Down on Cyclists After Driver Deliberately Kills Cyclist” … the height of vanity: Paying for an interview … the billionaire father of the Hadid sisters has a shady background, yet Vanity Fair is protecting him? … this is a disturbing video of police killing a black man that could threaten to turn Baton Rouge into another Ferguson …
My Fox Sports Radio show from Saturday: Crushing the Lakers, defending Kevin Durant, and of course, Andrew Luck vs Peyton Manning. [3-Hour Show; 30-Minute Podcast]
This may get you mildly excited for Ken Griffey Jr going into the Hall of Fame later this month. [SI]
Philadelphia sports columnist Bill Lyon writes about his battle with Alzheimer’s. [Philly.com]
Malik Newman, one of the best high school basketball players in the Class of 2015, has transferred from Mississippi State to Kansas. [ESPN.com]
Speaking of the rich getting richer … Dylan Ennis, a Villanova transfer who was injured at Oregon last year, gets an extra year from the NCAA. Ducks are stacked. [Oregonian]
The 50 Most Powerful People in Southern California sports. I’ve been here a month and didn’t crack the list. [Inland Valley Daily Bulletin]
Iceland was routed by France in the Euro 2016 quarterfinals, but this is still a terrific read on the rise of soccer in that country. [Guardian]
Seems like a reach for Hillary Clinton to make these calls: “perhaps wooing Sheryl Sandberg from Facebook, and maybe asking Tim Cook from Apple to become the first openly gay cabinet secretary.” [NYT]
Kevin Durant is spineless! Read between the lines: Please talk about me! [Indy Star]
Now this is an NBA column. Great stuff from LeBatard on Dwyane Wade and the Heat. [Miami Herald]
Dirk Nowitzki agrees to 2-year, $40 million deal to stay with Mavericks
Only a moron would try to fire a shotgun with one arm …
Shut ’em down open up shop.