May 8, 2015

Link-O-Rama

Headline of the week/weak: "Police rescue man stuck in basketball hoop."

• Sometimes when a Yankees fan tries to catch a foul ball something much better happens.

David Letterman's lengthy chat with David Itzkoff of the New York Times was really good.

Greg Howard of Deadspin wrote a fascinating take-down of Jason Whitlock and everything he touches, which was 10,000 words and somehow still too short.

• I had a lot of fun being a guest on "The Sportive" podcast for their first ever episode with all four hosts in the same room. (I also correctly predicted the Wild would get swept.)

Jeff Dubay was arrested again and charged with "felony methamphetamine possession after police allegedly found meth and more than 30 syringes during a traffic stop."

• City Pages has been purchased by the Minneapolis Star Tribune, which also shut down their own City Pages competitor Vita.mn.

Aaron Rupar, who left City Pages last year after a great run writing the "Blotter" blog, wrote an interesting piece about the tough task of turning page views into revenue.

• On this week's "Gleeman and The Geek" episode we talked about how long the Twins will be able to stay above .500, Byron Buxton's hot streak, and Ron Gardenhire's job search.

• Kraft changing the color of its macaroni and cheese in the name of creating a healthier image seems to miss the entire appeal.

• Minnesota native and former Vikings tight end John Carlson just retired from the NFL at age 30 after multiple concussions.

Bryce Harper hit three homers in his first three at-bats Wednesday and people who claim he's overrated are being silly.

• FSN, along with every other local FOX Sports affiliate, got rid of the "FOX Sports North Girls."

• People complain that Gregg Popovich is too short with media, but whenever he does open up it's always smart and interesting.

• Reds manager Bryan Price went insane on the local media for reporting accurate information.

• KFAN and the Vikings agreed to a new five-year deal, which means Paul Allen will be calling their games on radio through at least 2020.

Torii Hunter wrote a not-great thing about Floyd Mayweather, scolded people for criticizing him, deleted it, half-heartedly apologized, and finally blamed Twitter.

Dana Wessel lost a Home Run Derby to Twins mascot T.C. Bear. By a lot.

Chris Colabello is back in the big leagues with the Blue Jays after hitting .337 with five homers and a .975 OPS in 23 games at Triple-A.

• Some of this week's weird and random search engine queries that brought people here:

- "What happened to Tsuyoshi Nishoka?"
- "How was Ron Coomer an All-Star?"
- "Spoon and Stable review"
- "Nick Blackburn salary"
- "Scott Erickson girlfriend"
- "Sid Hartman train phone ringer"

• Finally, this week's AG.com-approved music video is "A Little More" by Machine Gun Kelly:


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