Tuesday February 28 Daily Links

TUESDAY 2.28


NEWS STORIES

 



New York Finally Gets Its First Snow

After breaking many records for the longest snow drought in NYC, New Yorkers finally got to see some snow overnight.

Looks like that groundhog was right.

Read more at NY Post


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Murdoch Testified About How Fox Handled Trump Big Lie

The Fox Chairman testified in the Dominion defamation case, and according to documents unsealed this week, Murdoch admitted that Fox news hosts endorsed Mike Lindell’s claims about Trump’s assertion that the election was stolen. He also admitted that the decision to allow those endorsements wasn’t based on truth, but was a business decision. “It is not red or blue, it is green,” he said.

Did anyone tell this old man that snitches get stitches.

Read more at bloomberg


Why are NYC Public Toilets So Divisive

Five NYC parks will each get one new public toilet in 2024, and the pricetag is causing a big dustup. The semi-private metal kiosks are part of a pilot program to test these new toilets meant to discourage use for illegal purposes, while providing a place you can take a wizz. The cost is about $5 million.

Welcome to NY, now piss yourself.

Read more at Gothamist


Manson Family Member Linda Kasabian Dead

No cause of death has been given for the woman who helped put Charlie Manson in prison. Kasabian, who later changed her name, received immunity for her role in the 1969 Manson murder spree in response for her testimony against other members of the family including Charlie.

We keep losing the great ones.

Read more at TMZ



SPORTS



LIV Tour Makes Terrible TV Debut

The Saudi backed LIV tour made its tv debut this weekend with a 0.2 household rating- abysmal ratings- on the CW network.

Who thought Saudi Arabian golf was the CW’s target demo?

Read more at The Daily Beast


Tom Brady to Pursue Stand Up?

Insiders are trolling us- they have to be. Because they’re saying Tom Brady wants to take a shot at performing stand up, and that friends are trying to talk him out of it. They’re blaming his co-stars in 80 for Brady who allegedly kept telling him how funny he was during filming.

Before you do this, Tom, go sit in a closet for four days.

Read more at Radar Online


High School BBall Coach Goes Apeshit on Heckler

It’s not so much about basketball as it is about shaping these bright young minds.

Read more at mediaite


Mahomes Wife Fires Back at Rogan Shaffir Normand and Gillis

After Joe Rogan, Mark Normand, Shane Gillis and Ari Shaffir talked about the Super Bowl and made fun of Patrick Mahomes wife, she fired back calling them out. “Something about grown men talking shit about someone’s wife is real weird…,” she wrote.

If Patrick cared about this at all he’d be the one talking

Read more at barstool.


Commanders Cut Carson Wentz Loose

Wentz has been released from his contract with the Washington Commanders after only one season and is now free to sign with any team.

You can always go to the Jets.

Read more at ESPN


Messi Wins Best Mens Player Award Again

For the 7th time, Lionel Messi scored the prestigious FIFA Best Mens Player award.

Seems like a stupid time to end a Messi burger promotion.

Read more at AP News


Durant Calls Out Barkley

Barkley appeared on First Take and talked about what KD needs to do to secure a legacy now with the Phoenix Suns. “[LeBron] says, ‘I had to win a championship without D-Wade to get old heads’ respect.’ Kobe Bryant says, ‘I have to win a championship without Shaq to get these old heads off my back.’ I hold Kevin Durant to the same criteria.” KD called BS.

Is there ever a tweet KD doesn’t respond to?

Read more at Clutch Points


MLB Pitch Clock Knocks 20 Minutes Off Spring Training Game

Preliminary results are in. Hopes that the MLB pitch clock will help speed up the game are at least partially confirmed with an estimated 20 minutes lobbed off a game during Spring Training

If there’s anything fans love more than baseball it’s less baseball

Read more at NY Daily News

https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/ny-pitch-clock-brennen-davis-20230228-xzdweoztijcpzi3ehqsyuqng7y-story.html


Tracy Morgan Has Just One Word, Bill Walton Responds with Four

For Bill Walton there is no Fire without the Mountain.



CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT



Chris Rock Ready to Talk About the Slap

Rock’s live Netflix special is happening next week, and they’re teasing that he’s going to talk about the slap for the first time on a televised platform, nearly a year after the incident.

Well at least you found a way to move on.

Read more at WSJ


Chris Rock Live Netflix Special Announces PreShow and Post Show

Netflix is determined to make their first Live comedy special a huge event. Not only do they have Chris Rock performing live, they’ve also teased that he’ll talk about the Oscar incident for the first time on television, and now they’ve added a pre-show populated by the most famous comedy voices on the planet. Amy Schumer, Kevin Hart, Jerry Seinfeld, Leslie Jones, Cedric the Entertainer, Sarah Silverman, Wanda Sykes, Arsenio Hall, and more will appear on “The Show Before The Show” which will be hosted by Ronny Chieng. Paul McCartney and Ice T are also scheduled to appear on the pre show. The post show will be hosted by Dana Carvey & David Spade and be called “The Show After the Show”.

The pre and post show will not be recorded so it’s live or bust.

You’re supposed to have up and coming comics open for you, Chris. You’re supposed to be the draw.

Read more at Bleeding Cool


Why Was Aubrey Plaza So Pissed at the SAGs?

Well they said she was elbowed in the face by the men pushing their way to the front of the stage when White Lotus won, but others say they’re not seeing any elbows being thrown.

They’ve gone over this tape like it was the Zaprauder film.

Read more at Daily Mail


AXE is BACK

Damien Lewis and his character Bobby Axelrod will return for half of the seventh season of Billions.

Is this why Mafee is leaving the Bonfire?

Read more at Deadline


Matthew McConaughey Cuts His Sons Hair

10 year old Livingston McConnaghey did not seem comfortable with the dad cut in this photo posted on his moms Instagram.

When Matthew McConnaughy is cutting his own sons hair you know inflation is crazy. Thanks Biden


Adele in Tears at Vegas Show

During a Saturday night performance Adele burst into tears while talking about her decision to postpone her residency by almost a year. She teared up telling the crowd, “I have been waiting for so long to get to this weekend and I didn’t even realise it. What I haven’t been able to get out of my head since the beginning of the show was that it took so long, and I was like, ‘When am I ever going to say I’ve done my residency? And this weekend, if not for the added shows, I would have completed my residency. When I cancelled the original dates it was terrifying to do. But better late than never, and the shows have been a success. I knew I was making the right decision.”

There’s so much crying at Adele shows they should sell their own line of tissues.

Read more at Daily Mail


Now You Can Find Out the 100 Best Songs of 1983

Rolling Stone has lined up the top hits of the year that they call the year pop went crazy.

It took you 40 years but you finally got the list done.

Read more at Rolling Stone


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