Professional tag is the next great sport
The first sport everyone learns to play is tag. You chase your friend. They chase you. Then you go inside and watch cartoons. The people at World Chase Tag have different ideas and see tag as the next great sport. I’m not sure how popular it’ll get, but I’d definitely check it out if it was on ESPN The Ocho.
ESPN didn’t totally think this one through
I’m sure someone at ESPN meant well with the idea to televise a fantasy football auction draft on air. But in reality, it did not go so well. The sight of black players being sold to mostly white male bidders angered just about everyone including Odell Beckham and Kevin Durant. ESPN later issued an apology.
10 amazing homes owned by pro golfers
Tiger Woods’s is the biggest, but I like Lee Westwood‘s the most.
Lovely Lady of the Day
Tuesday’s LLOD, Heidi Cortez must’ve been popular because I received four emails praising her. What you did not know is that many of those photos were taken by fellow model Krystle Lina, who’s also a photographer. Krystle earns MVP honors for the week and is today’s LLOD (click for full-size gallery).
Derek Carr is either being really funny or really cheesy with his new music video
I’m going funny. There’s no way he’s serious. Or at least I hope that’s the case.
NBA face merges are bizarre and fun
Not sure what motivated someone to start an Instagram account that features two NBA players faces getting merged into one, but it’s my new favorite Instagram page.
Hot Clicks Giveaway
Mark your calendar. On Nov. 17, the movie WONDER hits theaters. The movie, based on the New York Times bestseller and starring Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson and Jacob Trembley, tells the inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman. Born with facial differences that, up until now, have prevented him from going to a mainstream school, Auggie becomes the most unlikely of heroes when he enters the local fifth grade. To promote the film, I have five prize packs of the book and t-shirt to give away. I’ll send to the 50th, 100th, 150th, 200th and 250th person who emails me (andy_gray@simail.com) the name of Blake Griffin’s latest love interest. The answer was in yesterday’s Clicks. Please make the subject line “WONDER.”
LeBron James has thoughts on pasta
Good news for Cheetos-loving New Yorkers
Interesting place to lose an engagement ring
Odds & Ends
The Rock approves of this soccer player’s use of the People’s Elbow … Everyone is making fun of Conor McGregor’s weird dance thing and it’s hysterical … Richard Jefferson was pretty funny in trashing Deron Williams’s play in the NBA Finals … The top 25 playmakers in college football … I love when athletes take public transportation … Here’s a ranking of all 47 Marvel movies … A 88-year-old retired orthodontist just became the oldest person to climb to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro … The world is running out of sand … Wired has a good feature on the Instagram CEO who is trying to clean up the internet … The most dangerous and safest states in America … If you love going to the movies, MoviePass should save you a ton of money.
Best pickup game ever
We got next!
LeBron, KD, Melo, JR and Enes Kanter hoop it up 👀
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— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) August 15, 2017
The smoothest triple play you’ll see all week
The frustrating Blake Bortles
Embarrassing hockey mom alert
Email Andy (andy_gray@simail.com) with any questions or visit him on Twitter. Previous editions of Hot Clicks can be found here.