Saturday May 17 2025 Daily Links

SATURDAY MAY 17 NEWS STORIES

 


NYU Holding Up Diploma of Bait and Switch Speech Giver

New York University is withholding the diploma of Logan Rozos, an undergraduate student  who made a graduation speech condemning Israel.

Guess he’s not so smart after all.

Read more at The Guardian


Human Remains  Near Taylor Swift’s Mansion

A human leg bone was discovered close to Taylor Swift’s home on Rhode Island, police have said.

Has anyone checked in on Scooter Braun?

Read more at newseek


LA Has a Plan to Help Olympic Traffic in 2028
L.A.’s third Summer Games, is partnering with San José-based aerospace company Archer Aviation to assemble a fleet of electric air taxis.

They’re called helicopters.

Read more at LA Times.


SATURDAY MAY 17 SPORTS STORIES


Caleb Williams Tried to Duck the Bears Last Year

Williams tried to avoid being drafted by Bears in 2024, because he wanted to play for Minnesota.

His dad said it perfectly.  Chicago is where Quarterbacks go to die.

Read more at cbssports.


Dicks Buying Foot Locker

Sporting goods store Dick’s Sporting Goods is buying sneaker store Foot Locker for about $2.4 billion.

What fetishist came up with this idea of getting foot and dick together?

Read more at npr.


Colts Sorry About Their Schedule Release Video

The team apologized to Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill and to Microsoft for parodying minecraft and for parodying Hill’s arrest.

When you have to apologize for a schedule release we are in the fifth layer of nerd.

Read more at NFL


NFL No Comment on Pats Release Video

Dave Portnoy presented the Patriots’ 2025 schedule as an “emergency press conference” 10 years after he was banned from all things NFL.

I give it an 8.3

Read more at NBC Sports


Mad Dog Disapproves of Pete Rose Sitch

“If anyone thinks that what Rose did is equal to what the 1919 Black Sox did, you need your head examined,” Russo exclaimed.

Whose got you mad today mad dog?

Read more at awful announcing.


Steelers Schedule Proves Rodgers is In?

Some speculate that the week 1 Steelers Jets game is proof that behind the scenes everyone knows Aaron Rodgers is going to Pittsburgh.

This will make him decide not to come.

Read more at stillcurtain.


 


SATURDAY MAY 17 CELEB STORIES


Scarlett Johansson Talks Bill Murray

“Bill was in a hard place” during the film’s production, adding: “Everybody was on tenterhooks around him, including our director and the full crew, because he was dealing with his… stuff.”

it’s been a long time since we heard a nice Bill Murray story.

Read more at variety.


CNN Will Air Clooney on Broadway Live

CNN will exclusively televise actor George Clooney’s record-breaking Broadway show “Good Night, and Good Luck,” on Saturday, June 7, the network announced Thursday.

This is the best way to find out that when his run is over…. so is the play.

Read more at cnn.


Kid Rock Restaurant Ducks ICE Raids

Kid Rock’s Big A– Honky Tonk Rock N’ Roll Steakhouse in Tennessee reportedly closed on Saturday to avoid being raided by ICE.

Is there a rap song called Hypocrite?

Read more at the daily beast