Thursday May 26: Daily Links

THURSDAY 5.26
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SPORTS
Announcer Urges Fans to Demand Gun Law Reform Before Game 5
The announcer for the Miami Heat urged fans to contact state senators to demand some kind of action regarding gun control on Wednesday before game five began. After asking for a minute of silence for the victims of the Uvalde massacre, he said “The Heat urges you to contact your state’s senators by calling 202-224-3121 to leave a message demanding their support for commonsense gun laws,” he said to loud applause as the number appeared on the Jumbotron. “You can also make change at the ballot box. Visit heat.com/vote to register and let your voice be heard this fall.”
When the public address announcer cares more than the senate, the country is circling the drain.
Kyle Shanahan Says They're Planning to Trade Garoppolo
The 49ers were so close to trading Jimmy Garoppolo, until he needed shoulder surgery. Now Shanahan says they still expect to trade him, but there’s no guarantee.
This is really pumping the team up.
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Colin Kaepernick Going to Work Out with the Raiders
It’s been six years since Colin’s played in the NFL but he’s been trying to get back and now there’s some hope. He’ll be trying out with the Raiders in just a few days.
Do they even “knee’d” him?
Former NFL Player Explains What Started that Airport Brawl With a United Airlines Employee
Brendan Langley says that the worker hit him first, and also that the airport employee called him a pussy. Brendan’s lawyer said “Brendan Langley was minding his business walking through the airport with his bags when he was accosted by a United Airlines employee who claimed to ‘run the airport. When Brendan tried to ignore him, the assailant followed and harassed Brendan, calling him a dick and a ‘pussy’ and challenging him to fight. Footage from the airport security cameras establishes without question that Brendan was in reasonable fear of physical harm, and reasonably and lawfully defended himself.”
So this employee called Brendan a pussy and physically threatened him.
Which one do you think made him the most mad?
News Releases Steelers QB Cause of Death
Broward County Medical Examiner said that NFL star Dwayne Haskins died from “multiple blunt force injuries.”
I thought we all understood that from that whole “hit by a dump truck” part of the story. No?
CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT
Dude Who Has Seth Green's Bored Ape Won't Give it Back
One of the problems with buying crypto and NFTs, is the government doesn’t insure it, you can’t return it, you can’t really even prove it’s yours. So after Seth Green’s Bored Ape NFT was stolen by someone who wiped out his entire NFT collection, he was fucked five ways to apeland. The person who currently owns the NFT says they bought it legitimately and have no plans to give it up. This is a problem for Green who planned to make use of his NFTs in a new tv series he’s developing.
I’m a bored reader. Does that get me anything?
Kate Moss Testifies Depp Didn't Push Her Down Stairs
Earlier in the trial Amber Heard implied that Depp pushed Kate Moss down a flight of stairs back in the 90s. But Moss says that never happened. She said the only stairs incident involved her slipping and falling down a set of stairs while on vacation.
“There had been a rainstorm and as I left the room I slid down the stairs and I hurt my back. He came running back to help me and carried me to my room and got me medical attention. He never pushed me, kicked me or threw me down any stairs.
Well this is the nicest thing that’s been said about him in quite some time.
Scott Disick Really Bummed He Wasn't Invited to Kourt's Italian Wedding.
Sources say Disick has not been handling his lack of an invitation well at all.
Yes, every ex should be invited to the third ceremony for the second marriage.
Britney Spears Demands Deposition of Her Dad
Jamie Spears has been avoiding being deposed by Britney’s attorneys and they say they’re sick of being ducked.
It’s over Johnny and Amber. You’re about to get knocked off the front page.
Don McLean Drops Out of NRA Conference After Texas Shooting
You know him best as the man behind the song American Pie, or maybe his other hit, Vincent.
McLean told TMZ, “In light of the recent events in Texas, I have decided it would be disrespectful and hurtful for me to perform for the NRA at their convention in Houston this week. I’m sure all the folks planning to attend this event are shocked and sickened by these events as well. After all, we are all Americans.”
What was he doing there in the first place?
Kourtney Didn't Invite Cait!
Looks like Caitlyn Jenner didn’t get an invite to Kourtney Kardashian’s Italian wedding to Travis Barker. While the happy couple was tying the not, Cait was at the racetrack with her new passion project, Jenner Racing.
I hope Ricky Gervais wasn’t behind this
Will Smith Had an Ayahuasca-Fueled Vision of the End of His Career
While a guest on Dave Letterman’s Netflix interview show, Smith talked about taking too much of the drug over a two year period including one crazy vision about losing everything, including his career. And this happened long before his career interrupting Oscar outburst.
“I started seeing all of my money flying away, and my house is flying away, and my career is going away, and I’m trying to grab for my money, and my career and my whole life is getting destroyed. This is my fear, and I’m in there, but I’m wanting to vomit,” he recalled. “I hear a voice saying, ‘This is what the f— it is, this is what the f— life is.’ And I’m going, ‘Oh, s—, and I hear Willow screaming, ‘Daddy, help me, daddy, how come you won’t help me?’ And I’m like, ‘I don’t see you, baby.'”
Maybe it was the ayahuasca that set him off.
TRENDING & VIRAL
The Reviews are In! Elvis!
Austin Butler is getting great reviews for his performance as Elvis, and Tom Hanks is getting a lot of love too.
There’s so much colonel in this movie you should get a bucket of fried chicken with every ticket.
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