Your Monday Morning Roundup
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The roundup:
Peter King predicts the Eagles will be a top 3 rushing team.
This story is a month old (but if you haven’t seen it, it’s new to you!)– the NFL was taking money from the government to honor vets. What? You mean to tell me all that flag-waving and hero worship isn’t born from spontaneous appreciation of those brave men and woman who allow us to do things such as… support a league as nefarious as the NFL?
“Players and NFL personnel may not participate in promotional activities or other appearances at or in connection with events that are held at or sponsored by casinos,” an NFL spokesman said in an email statement to FOX Sports.
Punishment for participation in the event would likely result in a fine but a suspension would be unlikely, a source told FOX Sports.
A source connected with the National Fantasy Football Convention told FOX Sports that NFL representatives were calling players and even the parents of some players threatening that participants could be suspended. An NFL spokesman denied that has happened.
What in the hell? I’m actually on Romo’s side here. That’s how ridiculous Roger Goodell is– I’m supporting Tony Romo.
Not looking good for Evan Mathis with the Eagles.
Andre Iguodala has been impressive so far in the Finals. Why? Because he’s a great role player-defensive stopper and in no way should’ve been any team’s “star” like he was on the Sixers. Mo Speights? Not so much.
pic via (@CBSSportsNBA)
Whomever wrote this copy for Nats wine should be sent to the place where the Phillies Twitter person should be sent– somewhere with no communication to the outside world:
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Rihanna was so annoying at Game 1 of the Finals that the Warriors owner had to move seats, away from her. Somewhere, Mychal Kendricks is Joe Jackson mad.
Larry Collmus calling the end of The Belmont (do they call it The Belmont?) is the best thing from the weekend.
LeSean McCoy and DeSean Jaccson at DeSean’s golf event to support pancreatic cancer research that probably won’t support pancreatic cancer research:
Nothing says golf like acid washed jeans.
LeSean McCoy’s five stages of grief.
Phil Mickelson is awesome. Gave two kids a $100 tip at a lemonade stand. The girl is saving up for a Kindle. The boy? A Nerf gun.
Rich people outrage over the “closing” of the Four Seasons is absolutely ridiculous (it’s reopening in the net Comcast tower in a few years). These are words someone actually said… about a hotel:
“We need a new hangout. Where are we going to go?” Tamburino lamented. “I’ve been crying. I’m really depressed over this.”
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Phillips stayed over Thursday night before a nostalgic breakfast. She’d gotten married at the Four Seasons. She swam there daily, entertained clients, and relaxed in the lounge.
“It was my place to find perfection,” she said.
Brent Martin, the general manager, has attempted to comfort the bereaved.
“The hard part is people asking, ‘Where do I celebrate my anniversary?’ ”
Many of the 365 employees were just as despondent. Martin had to bring in outside help to dismantle the guest rooms. “Our current housekeepers couldn’t do it. It was just too emotional,” he said.
HOW WILL THE CITY GET THROUGH THIS?
MLB owners voted a couple of years ago not to extend nets behind home plate. On Friday, a women almost died after being hit with a broken bat. The pictures are horrific.
Joke:
To be fair, he got completely mugged by Iguodala at the end of Game 2.
How is this a thing?
John Oliver made good on his Bud Light Lime promise.
Two presidents and a former president at Pennsylvania State University received a collective $4.1 million in compensation in 2013-14, a report by the Chronicle of Higher Education shows.
They include Rodney A. Erickson, who steered Pennsylvania’s flagship university in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal and stepped down in May 2014; Eric Barron, who replaced Erickson; and former president Graham B. Spanier, who was forced out as president after the Sandusky scandal broke in November 2011 but who remains on the payroll as a tenured faculty member.
Spanier will make $600k per year through 2017 as a tenured faculty member.
Philly gaming studio to release an Xbox game this summer.
Apple keynote. 1 p.m. today.
I’m probably not alone in thinking goalie Solo is a terrible person:
Solo, perhaps the best women’s soccer goalie in the world, had repeatedly hurled insults at the officers processing her arrest, suggesting that two jailers were having sex and calling another officer a “14-year-old boy.” When asked to remove a necklace, an apparently drunk Solo told the officer that the piece of jewelry was worth more than he made in a year.
A week doesn’t go by without the Sixers social media team getting props for something. This time, it was celebrating the anniversary of Iverson stepping over Tyronn Lue on Instagram.
Brian Taff, whose voice will never match his face, carried the Special Olympics torch in Philly this weekend.
The FIFA-produced film United Passions opened in ten cities this past weekend, including Philadelphia. On Friday and Saturday, in those ten cities, it grossed $607.
Temple professor Xiaoxing Xi, accused of espionage, has plead not guilty.
The machines are alive and turning on us.
A man who was being treated for intoxication at a Bucks County hospital escaped the facility and ran into a lake. And you know that feeling when you’re like, “Hey, I’m not that drunk,” but the next day you know you were all stumbly? This dude, who once again was hospitalized from being drunk, had the opposite problem:
Langhorne-Middletown Fire Chief Frank Farry says the Yardley resident evaded several boats. More than 40 police, firefighters and emergency medical services personnel participated in an hour-long rescue effort that ended when he was handcuffed to a rescue boat and sedated by paramedics.
10 players most likely to stay and leave during Eagles OTAs.
Brand study says you should allow user generated content. GREAT IDEA. Lots of good stuff this weekend in The Crosswalk.
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