The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Unkindnest cut: Ex-lover sells fishing holes
If you’re going to dump girlfriend, hide your GPS.
Talk about getting unhooked on love.
New Zealander Angela Potter — piqued when her angler boyfriend abruptly ditched her — exacted revenge by going online and offering up the GPS coordinates to his favorite fishing holes to the highest bidder. She wound up with 90,000 responses — and $3,000.
She also has a new boyfriend who likes fishing, too,
but she hasn’t disclosed the secret spots to him.
“I wouldn’t do that,” Potter told Stuff magazine. “I’m fairly honorable in that respect.” NFL headlines
■ At TheKicker.com: “Dedication: Belichick forces chil- dren of players to attend school during blizzard.”
■ At SportsPickle.com: “Report: Steelers worried Patriots will pick up Le’Veon Bell if they cut him.” Whoa is he
Dubuque assistant women’s basketball coach Justin Smith was hailed as a hero for rushing up from his seat and slamming on the brakes of the team bus after the driver passed out while going 70 mph on a Kentucky freeway.
Basketball purists can’t decide whether to call it a textbook fast brake — or getting a much-needed stop. Smoke signals
How cold was it in Detroit last month? Locals were asking Jim Caldwell if he’d mind sharing his hot seat. Smoke rings, anyone?
Ex-heavyweight champ Mike Tyson and some business partners broke ground
last month on a cannabis resort in California City, Calif.
Or, as the crow flies in Cali-
fornia, about 500 miles south of Weed. Pitting in Green Bay
Packers QB Aaron Rodgers and NASCAR driver Danica Patrick were reportedly spotted on a date at a Green Bay restaurant.
Either that or they were discussing the finer points of two-minute drives. For the birds
According to a new study, ravens are capable of planning for the future.
Fans who witnessed Baltimore getting knocked out of the NFL playoffs after giving up a last-minute, 49-yard TD pass might beg to differ. Talking the talk
■ RJ Currie of SportsDeke. com, after LaVar Ball told USA Today his son, Lonzo, is a better player than Steph Curry: “If there was a concussion tent in basketball, they’d never let LaVar out of it.”
■ Janice Hough of LeftCoastSportsBabe.com, on Georgia’s 54-48 OT win over Oklahoma: “So when did the Rose Bowl turn into the college football equivalent of the NBA All-Star Game?” More headlines
■ At Fark.com: “Alabama’s strength coach smashes last year’s national championship runner-up trophy / No
word on what he did with this year’s 3rd place in the SEC trophy.”
■ At TheKicker.com: “Giants considering anyone who’s ever met Belichick for head coach.” Quote marks
■ Brad Dickson of the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald, on the DePaul basketball walk-on named Pantelis Xidias: “Everybody’s rooting for him to make it except the DePaul play-by-play guy.”