12 Pieces of Pop-Culture Trivia We’ll Be Screaming From Horseback at the Start of the Next American Revolution
Another Happy Gilmore actor has been cut down in his prime.
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The Bizarre Provenance of Nate Bargatze’s Watch
Bargatze owns a Cartier that was owned by the guy who portrayed Darth Vader’s body, David Prowse. Prowse once wrote that he received it as a gift from the crown prince of Saudi Arabia.
The NFL’s Biggest International Slate of All Time
The NFL will have regular season games in five non-American cities for the first time next season: São Paulo, Dublin, London, Berlin and Madrid.
The Kentucky Derby Winner Was Fined for Hitting His Horse Too Much
The jockey that won this year’s Derby got repeatedly dinged for whipping his horse, Sovereignty, “more than the permitted amount.” Since he’s a recent repeat offender, it cost him $62,000. He won $310,000 in that race, for comparison.
The Pope Is Already Chicago Sports Royalty
A Colorado man waited at the Vatican to meet Pope Leo, then handed him a baseball and asked him to sign it. The Pope asked him “Sox or Cubs?” before he did.
Pete Rose Is Now Eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame
A few players have been removed from the Baseball Hall of Fame’s “permanently ineligible” list: Pete Rose, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and several other late pros are now eligible because “obviously, a person no longer with us cannot represent a threat to the integrity of the game.”
The Latest Games Inducted Into the World Video Game Hall of Fame
The class of 2025 inductees are GoldenEye, Quake, Defender and the Tamagotchi.
The ‘Happy Gilmore’ Curse Continues
First Bob Barker, then Carl Weathers and now Morris, the one-eyed alligator from Happy Gilmore has passed away. He was probably over 80 years old.
‘SNL’s Head Carpenter Is Retiring After 50 Years
Stephen DeMaria has been working for SNL since before the show aired in 1975, and is hanging up his hammer at the end of its 50th season. He says his favorite work was the stuff he made for the early stars: “My favorite sets were the ones with John Belushi, with the restaurant, and Eddie Murphy, with that little apartment he used to come down, open the door.”
Real-Life Prison Guards Were Punished for Watching the ‘Seinfeld’ Finale
Three workers at New York’s Clinton County Jail were reprimanded, with one later being suspended and another fired, after disabling a security monitor so they could watch Seinfeld’s final episode in 1998.
The Highest-Paid Athletes in the World
Cristiano Ronaldo took the top spot for the third year in a row, at $275 million, followed by Steph Curry ($156 million), Tyson Fury ($146 million) and Dak Prescott ($137 million).
What’s Honey Boo Boo Up To?
The former reality star says she’s in nursing school, aiming to become the first in her family to graduate college, and is pretty much just studying 24/7.
People Are Getting Married in ‘Minecraft’
Now that the game is 16 years old, there are adult couples who met on a Minecraft server as children. There’s a growing trend of these couples either proposing or holding full-on virtual weddings in the game.
