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Colin Cowherd latest controversial figure to leave ESPN

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It’s been an up and down year for the Worldwide Leader in Sports, as a number of trends, and industry movements, seem to have created a tough set of circumstances for the now close to 40 year old company. And the latest symptom of these interesting and evolving times at ESPN is the departure of Colin Cowherd, the controversial but popular radio host who helps anchor their national morning lineup.

Radio host Colin Cowherd formerly of ESPN

Joining the likes of Bill Simmons and Keith Olbermann amongst the recently departed ESPN ranks, Cowherd finally was let go last week after a series of controversial remarks about Dominican people, which he did not apologize for. He was set to leave to company a week later after contract negotiations failed to produce a new deal between Cowherd and the company anyway, but the entire situation comes as somewhat of a surprise to fans of his 12 year run at the company.

But what do all these departures mean for ESPN? The company has undoubtedly led the way in cable sports coverage for the past few decades, a market area which has become increasingly valuable as almost everything beyond live sports is consumed along viewers own schedules; on demand, or via streaming online. Cable cutting is proving to be an issue for ESPN as people rely less and less on traditional cable packages, and more competition means more landing places for on-air ESPN personalities, even if in these cases, they only made Cowherd an offer to stay, and not the other two journalists.

Very principled (and strong) cyclist moves car out of bike lane

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In a video that is quickly going viral, an absolutely massive dude single-handedly moves a car out of the bike lane, and then subsequently continues on down the road. Could the guy have just pedaled around the car? Absolutely. But did he definitely prove a point (and delight a decently large crowd in the process) by simply lifting the entire thing out of the path before he continued on his way.

Root Beer Beer has finally arrived, law suits from concerned parents sure to follow soon

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Making a root beer float with a solid 5.9% alcohol rating had never crossed our minds before. Until recently, that is.

And that thought crossed our minds precisely because a product that we also never would have thought up (but wish we had) now finally exists: root beer beer. That second beer isn’t a typo, dear reader, this beer actually tastes exactly like a really good root beer (not some diet A & W crap), and packs in about 6% percent alcohol. Indeed, using a combination of spices, and likely some sort of gypsy magic, a brewery in Illinois has created a lager that tastes exactly like root beer.

That’s the stuff.

‘Not Your Father’s Root Beer’, made by Illinois based Small Town Brewery, is officially taking the country by storm. It’s such a hit in fact, that the company totaled over $7 million in sales last year, putting them in the top 30 for craft breweries in terms of revenue. And anecdotally at least, we can honestly say that stores are having a hard time keeping this stuff on the shelves.

Definitely keep an eye out for this stuff next time you’re picking up a six pack, even if they are so sugary you can only drink like, 3, tops.

Mutant daisies; sounds like an obscure band, is actually a scary, real thing

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Photos have been sweeping the internet the past day or so which show what is reported to be ‘mutant daisies’ near Fukushima in Japan, the site of a nuclear reactor meltdown about four years ago.

Deformed daisies photographed near Fukushima (Via Twitter)

Pretty weird stuff if we do say so ourselves. Brings to mind the 3-eyed fish from many classic Simpsons episodes.

Six nuclear power reactors melted down at Fukushima in 2011, following a massive tsunami. And these daisy photos sadly help illustrate how devastating that meltdown was.

Cheaters on blast: Hackers threaten to out entire Ashley Madison usership

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Who needs the wild west when we all have the internet, right?

The latest addition to stories that could truly only occur in 2015, the website Ashley Madison has been hacked, with the culprits threatening to disclose the identities of every user on the site.

Why would that be so bad, you ask? Well, you’re a good person if you thought that. Ashley Madison is Tinder for married people; a website and app set up exclusively for people to coordinate affairs.

The fact that Ashley Madison provided a subtle, neat way for these people to…well, do what they wanted to do, the site has become incredibly popular in recent years, boasting close to 40 million active users this year.

However, the secure platform that made the site so popular in the first place, has come up short in relation to this most recent attack by hackers. We will have updates on this story as it develops.