(#1) NFL review: Brandon Marshall should have been flagged for hit to Newton's head [USA TODAY]
The NFL has determined officials erred in not flagging Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall for his hit to Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton's head in Thursday's kickoff game. Dean Blandino, the league's senior vice president of ...
(#2) Here's what Gary Johnson should have said about Aleppo [The Week Magazine]
Actually, when MSNBC's Mike Barnicle first asked me about it, I didn't even know that Aleppo was a place — I thought it was an acronym. Which is pretty embarrassing — at least The New York Times knew Aleppo was a city, even if they weren't sure which ...
(#3) How Do You Make Sully Exciting When We Already Know Everything Ends Up OK? [Slate Magazine]
Most Americans have nothing but fond (if faint) memories of the January 2009 “miracle on the Hudson,” when U.S. Airways pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger managed to land an Airbus jet on the surface of the icy Hudson River after a collision with a ...
(#4) Mets sign former QB Tim Tebow to minor league deal, 'intrigued' by potential [ESPN]
Tim Tebow signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets on Thursday and will begin his professional baseball career in the fall instructional league on Sept. 19 in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Mets general manager Sandy Alderson insisted that ...
(#5) Could make a decision by week four or five [RollingStone.com]
The Summer of Marshawn Lynch might be coming to a close, but It looks like the running back might not be done with football after all. When Lynch announced his retirement from football seven months ago, not everyone was convinced. Shortly after he did, ...
(#6) Reaparece Jaden Smith rapeando en nuevo video musical | El Comercio Perú [El Comercio]
Jaden Smith vuelve a dar de qué hablar, pero esta vez no se trata de una declaración polémica del hijo de Will Smith y Jada Pinkett Smith. Se trata de un clip que está circulando en YouTube, en el que el joven artista demuestra sus habilidades ...
(#7) Lady Gaga Producer BloodPop Details 'Perfect Illusion' Creation [RollingStone.com]
To make "Perfect Illusion," her explosive new single released Thursday, Lady Gaga sat at a piano in Shangri-La Studios in Malibu, California, with producer Mark Ronson and songwriter Kevin Parker of Tame Impala flanking her in La-Z-Boys. "They hashed ...
(#8) Texas high school freshman shoots another girl, kills herself [New York Daily News]
A 14-year-old student at Alpine High School in west Texas shot and wounded one girl before turning the gun and killing herself Thursday morning, police said. In a chaotic scene that played out in a bathroom just before 9 a.m., the wounded student ran ...
(#9) Joe Manganiello will play Batman villain Deathstroke, which could transform ... [Washington Post]
The evolution of Joe Manganiello's superhero movie bad guy talents has come full circle with the announcement that the “Spider-Man” vet will be playing deadly assassin Slade Wilson/Deathstroke in future DC Comics-inspired movies, notably in Ben Affleck ...
(#10) 2016 NFL Schedule kicks off tonight with Carolina at Denver [FBSchedules.com]
The 2016 NFL Schedule kicks off tonight, Thursday, Sept. 8 with the Carolina Panthers visiting the Super Bowl Champion Denver Broncos. The game will be televised by NBC at 8:30pm ET. Sunday's action begins at 1pm ET with nine games, followed by one ...
(#11) Jets' Brandon Marshall receives racist tweets after Broncos' Brandon Marshall ... [NJ.com]
Before Thursday night's NFL season opener between the Broncos and Panthers, Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall kneeled during the national anthem. This is a trend sparked by 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's kneeling anthem protest, which is ...
(#12) 'Fanatic recklessness': Nations rip North Korea for reported nuke test [USA TODAY]
TOKYO — North Korea claimed Friday that it successfully conducted a "higher level" test of a nuclear weapon, its second in eight months and its fifth since 2006. The announcement drew immediate condemnation from the United States, South Korea, China ...
(#13) Seattle Seahawks Players May Join Kaepernick's Anthem Protest? [snopes.com]
Some members of the Seattle Seahawks have told reporters the entire team may symbolically join San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who has been protesting racial disparities and police violence in the United States by refusing to stand ...
(#14) Peyton Manning's next career won't be as a DJ [SB Nation]
The Broncos are back in action tonight as they kick off the 2016 NFL season against the Carolina Panthers, but the quarterback that helped the team win Super Bowl 50, Peyton Manning, is retired. Surely he's looking for something to do in retirement ...
(#15) 'Destiny' players can get a new gun from 'Rise of Iron' right now [Digital Trends]
Destiny players still need to wait another week and a half until the release of Rise of Iron — but Bungie has served up a sneak preview as part of a preparatory patch that was beamed out yesterday. While the update is largely concerned with laying ...
(#16) What NBC Sports Can Learn From Eurosport's Approach to Live International Events [Adweek]
... NBC did offer that option for the most part, at least digitally (though the opening and closing ceremonies were broadcast and streamed on a delay, frustrating viewers), Eurosport takes a more aggressive approach to encouraging its viewers to watch ...
(#17) Supercut celebrates 50 years of Star Trek with all the best movie quotes [The Verge]
Star Trek might be the inferior Star series (don't @ me), but I'll concede that the franchise has had some strong moments in its half-century of existence. A number of those are collated in this celebratory video, 90 seconds of memorable movie moments ...
(#18) Von Miller dons first-ever pair of 'Yeezy' cleats in NFL opener [ESPN]
We all know Kanye West came out with his own fashion line "Yeezy." But who knew there would be cleats too? Denver Broncos star Von Miller tweeted out this thank-you to the artist for his new cleats. And, boy, are they fresh.
(#19) 'The Wild Life' Review: Robinson Crusoe Tale Shipwrecks on Bad Writing [TheWrap]
Nothing feels remotely fresh, let alone savage or zany in “The Wild Life.” It's a dull, uninspired and frantically tedious animated retelling of the Robinson Crusoe story, complete with a menagerie of ditzy, caterwauling beasts. Consequently, this ...
(#20) Landon Donovan Will End Retirement and Return to MLS [New York Times]
Landon Donovan, the American midfielder who walked away from soccer two years ago at age 32, is not done playing after all. Now a father who, at 34, has not played a competitive match in almost two years, Donovan said Thursday that he was coming out of ...
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