Roundup: Michelle Obama on Snapchat, John Calipari on First Take, Bill James Takes on NBA Tanking

Kate Bock … “Authorities investigate death from rare brain-eating amoeba” … Algae is contributing to the melting of Arctic glaciers … Young girl practices lockdown procedure at home, mom breaks down … House democrats staged a sit-in for gun control … “This ultrasonic dryer will dry your clothes in half the time” … Tentacle heels … Bryan Cranston is gonna be in the new Power Rangers movie … Jury deliberating whether Led Zeppelin stole ‘Stairway’ intro … Why HBO canceled Vinyl … Michelle Obama has Snapchat now … John Calipari will be opposite Stephen A. the whole first hour of First Take today … An actress was told she was too old to play Spiderman’s girlfriend when she was 26 … Tennessee Congressional hopeful campaigning on “Make America White Again” slogan … The story of Trump’s 27-year-old press secretary. 

Extensive profile on the scandal faced by Alabama governor Robert Bentley [GQ]

Did Snapchat encourage its filter artists to trace other people’s work? [Ringer]

Panama papers reveal a tangled web of financing that involves McKinsey [Fusion]

Four relatively obscure power brokers in Hollywood [THR]

A long profile of Adam Morrison [Bleacher Report]

The man who photographed America’s most tacky architecture (and his photos) [Fast Company]

The Rock will be producing a film adaptation of the graphic novel Son of Shaolin [Variety]

HBO developing comedy series from the Curtis Sittenfield novel, Prep [Deadline]

Bill James lays out how he would stop tanking in the NBA [Slate]

Bios of the U.S. Men’s Gymnastics team [People]

Black rhino charges car

You have to see this ping-pong shot in slow-mo to understand what he did

Seinfeld’s apartment in Doom 2

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