
Talk of the combine: In what is probably a world’s record, UConn’s Byron Jones jumps 12 feet, three inches from a standing start. (Photo: sbnation.com)
Bud’s Round-up of Daily Drivel:
- Moving up the draft board: UConn corner breaks NFL combine broad jump record by 2/3 of a foot, then does 44.5 inch vertical leap for an encore. (YouTube)
- Our politicians are even more incompetent in real life: House of Cards’ season 3 available Friday. (trailer: YouTube)
- $450K for a 10-day vacation? Ken Griffin, founder of Citadel hedge fund, and his free-spending wife continue to fight it out in divorce court. (NBC)
- Interesting: Pew Research’s poll results on Political Polarization in the American Public. (Full report: Pew Research)
- Lack of faith: Saudi man who renounced Islam gets the death penalty. (NBC)
- Start your engines: Consumer Reports announces its top 10 cars and SUVs. (Consumer Reports)
- Reporting on Bill O’Reilly: 3 questions that could decide his war-reporting controversy. (Bloomberg)