(#1) The Best Twitter Reactions to the LA Clippers' New Logo [TIME]
The Los Angeles Clippers, the city's perennial “other” NBA team, have seen a remarkable resurgence under new owner Steve Ballmer and are trying to emerge from the shadow of the Lakers (and the headlines of the recent past, which they made for all the ...
(#2) Seth Petruzelli charges cage after Kimbo Slice's Bellator 138 win, gets blown off [MMAjunkie.com]
ST. LOUIS – Seth Petruzelli, the man who first knocked out Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson in MMA, brought a temporary halt to the former bareknuckle fighter's victory on Friday at Bellator 138. The cageside brouhaha followed Slice's Bellator 138 main ...
(#3) Read President Obama's Statement Marking Juneteenth in Wake of Charleston ... [TIME]
A century and a half later, Americans still recognize this occasion, Juneteenth, as a symbolic milestone on our journey toward a more perfect union. At churches and in parks, lined up for parades and gathered around the barbecue pit, communities come ...
(#4) Somehow, Kimbo Slice and Ken Shamrock Pull Off Perfect End to Bellator's Circus [Bleacher Report]
Those were about the only two options Friday night, when Bellator MMA dusted off 51-year-old Ken Shamrock to fight 41-year-old Kimbo Slice in a nationally televised main event bout. Luckily for almost everyone involved—with the notable exception of ...
(#5) Why the Confederate flag still flies in South Carolina [CNN]
Back in 2000, civil rights activists successfully lobbied to have a much larger Confederate flag removed from the Capitol dome. But there was a compromise. The South Carolina Heritage Act decreed that just about all other tributes to Confederate ...
(#6) How Dope's Director Made a Teen Flick for the Internet Age [Wired]
For fear of sounding deeply reductive, Dope feels a lot like John Singleton's seminal Boyz n the Hood if it had been a more hopeful and uplifting film. But of course, when Singleton made Boyz in 1991, it couldn't have been hopeful. The Los Angeles ...
(#7) 'Astronaut Wives Club' fires up ABC [New York Post]
“The Astronaut Wives Club” showed no failure to launch for ABC Thursday night. The Space Race-era miniseries about the wives of NASA's Mercury 7 astronauts premiered to respectable ratings, averaging 5.5 million viewers at 8 p.m. — better than the ...
(#8) "Burbs" actor and comedian Rick Ducommun dies at 62 [CBS News]
Actor and comedian Rick Ducommun, known for his role in the 1989 film "The `Burbs," has died at age 62, his family said Thursday. Peter Ducommun said his brother died on June 12 at a Vancouver, British Columbia, hospital after suffering from ...
(#9) Why White Supremacists Identify With Rhodesia [War is Boring]
Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old shooter who terrorized a community and murdered nine people at a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina on June 17, has admitted to his crimes. Some of the first images we saw of him made it explicitly ...
(#10) 'Game of Thrones' nude body double Rebecca Van Cleave defends Lena Headey [FOX CT]
When “Game of Thrones” viewers watched Cersei Lannister's Walk of Shame, they were actually seeing Rebecca Van Cleave's naked body. But she argues that doesn't take away from Lena Headey's performance. “I personally don't agree with anybody who ...
(#11) Rob Kardashian Photographed At In-N-Out Burger [International Business Times]
"Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star Rob Kardashian was spotted at an In-N-Out Burger outlet in Los Angeles Thursday. Above, he attends the opening of the Kardashian Khaos store at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Dec. 15, 2011. Reuters.
(#12) U.S. Open motivates Steve Marino for PGA Tour return [FOXSports.com]
From 2012 to '14, Marino played in just 31 PGA Tour tournaments, the last ones using up his medical extension so that by the start of 2014-15 he could play a few tournaments on the Web.com Tour. He wasn't even sure how. "Some sort of weird status," ...
(#13) Caitlyn Jenner thanks Laverne Cox [USA TODAY]
Especially since there aren't that many other transgender figures in the public eye. Before Jenner revealed herself, Laverne Cox was already working hard to pave the way for transgender acceptance. And that's not lost on Jenner, who thanked Cox in a ...
(#14) Fitbit investors be warned: past performance does not guarantee future results [Fortune]
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 18: Fitbit Chief Executive James Park (R) rings a ceremonial bell for the company's IPO debut on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on June 18, 2015 in New York City. Fitbit Inc. opened 52% above their IPO price during its ...
(#15) Paulina Gretzky shows off slim post-baby body [UPI.com]
Paulina Gretzky at the 41st American Music Awards in Nov. 2013. The model showed off her post-baby body this week on Instagram. File photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI. | License Photo. LOS ANGELES, June 19 (UPI) -- Paulina Gretsky wowed fans with her ...
(#16) STUDENTS CELEBRATE TUBMAN WITH SONG-RECORDING SESSION [Auburn Citizen]
"Harriet Tubman is important to all of us," he said. "Her favorite saying was 'just keep going.'" His introduction was followed by remarks from Tubman scholar Kate Cllifford Larson, via Skype, who also assisted the students with research on Tubman's ...
(#17) ALICE COOPER Says PAUL MCCARTNEY Is 'A Rocker' [BLABBERMOUTH.NET]
THE BEATLES legend Paul McCartney, actor Johnny Depp and AEROSMITH's Joe Perry make appearances on the forthcoming album from legendary rocker Alice Cooper featuring songs that were originally written and recorded by THE DOORS, Jimi ...
(#18) Pablo Sandoval goes back to his happy place [Boston Herald]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Pablo Sandoval was so sure before last night's game he was about to be asked about going on Instagram during the Red Sox game in Atlanta Wednesday night, that he wagged a finger and said, “No. I'm not talking about it.
(#19) Why Was Brandi Glanville Fired From 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills'? 'Diva ... [International Business Times]
It would appear that Brandi Glanville is the latest “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star to get booted from the franchise. She had been with the show fulltime for three seasons, starting in Season 2. It was announced Thursday that Bravo had decided ...
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