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Can you smell it? That smell is the first day of Spring.
Now, while anyone with their head properly screwed onto their body knows that Spring doesn’t actually start to April rolls around. In fact, New York City is supposed to get about a foot of snow tomorrow, meaning it’s just as much winter outside as it was a month ago.
However, there is something to be said about the day the calendar decides to tell you it’s Spring, as it means we are all one step closer to our ultimate goal: summer.
Anyway, to COED’s Quick Fix: Everything You Need To Know Today.
Pop Culture
– Apparently, Stewie from Family Guy doesn’t have a British accent. F*ck Family Guy — classic “you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain” scenario:
– Re-watched one of my all-time favorite movies last night, Sunshine. This one flew under the radar when it came out over a decade ago, but the director (Academy Award winner Danny Boyle) cast (Chris Evans, Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Mark Stong, Benedict Wong) plot & visuals are all excellent:
Sports
– There’s another new football league coming, via ESPN:
Charlie Ebersol, who directed a documentary on the XFL that aired last year as part of ESPN’s 30 for 30 series, announced Tuesday that his league, the Alliance of American Football, plans to debut Feb. 9, 2019, the week after Super Bowl LIII. The season will run 10 weeks and will have 50-man teams.
To help him steer the league, Ebersol brought on former NFL general manager Bill Polian, currently an analyst for ESPN. The player side will be overseen by former Pro Bowl Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu, while the team side will be guided by former USC standout and executive J.K. McKay. Advisers to the league also will include former NFL players Hines Ward and Justin Tuck, as well as Dick Ebersol.
– Speaking of ESPN, they ranked the most dominant athletes of the last 20 years? Who was number one you ask?
– A refresher on all the latest trades and free agency signings in the NFL.
News & Politics
– Three people were shot at Great Mills High School in Maryland this morning.
– Tough times over at Facebook, as people are dumping stock left & right due to the company’s data scandal.
– Texas is dealing with a serial bomber.
– Self-driving Ubers are now officially killing people & I called it two years ago:
College News
– Saint Joseph’s rugby player Mark Dombroski was found dead in Bermuda.
– Nevada Basketball coach Eric Musselman is crushing life on & off the court:
Viral Randomness
– White rhinoceroses are on the verge of extinction, as there are only two left in the world:
– When the skwad gets a fit off so you gotta get a pic:
– Throw that shade, Blake:
Hottest of the Day
– Rita Ora makes this list like 3x a week:
– The chick from Split is a smoke & I will continue to scream it from the mountaintops until someone, somewhere hears me:
Quote of the Day
“She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbor:
“Winter is dead.”– A.A. Milne, ‘When We Were Very Young’
Song of the Day
– Want to get hyped for the gym? Feel like a badass? Here you go:
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