Today's football news

EXCLUSIVE: Redskins cheerleaders say they were required to go to a Costa Rica nightclub with male sponsors, who earlier watched a topless photo shoot. "We weren’t asked, we were told." https://t.co/COG2WZiYrs

— NYT Sports (@NYTSports) May 2, 2018

Jim Harbaugh reveals the solo donor for Michigan’s Rome trip last year was Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, who is splitting this year’s $800k France trip bill with businessman Don Graham: https://t.co/3NSJN8TzNS

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) May 2, 2018

From Under Armour, "Compete for prizes in STEPH IQ - the real-time trivia game show triggered by Stephen Curry"

"Unlocked and live every playoff game, the moment Stephen hits his first three-pointer."

"here is the reality: Nearly every pitcher already uses some sort of substance to get a better grip on the ball"

Yahoo:

As for the other hundreds of pitchers who have used them and continue to more surreptitiously: They’ve skated free. For years, they have said the extra grip gives them better control and helps keep the game safer. And because players estimate 70 to 90 percent use a substance, the sense is that it doesn’t benefit any one team individually, so what’s the harm?

...

Hell, the idea of a ball with superior grip is so appealing to the league it tried to create one itself.

MLB has worked with Rawlings, its manufacturer, to produce a ball with a feel tacky enough for pitchers to forgo foreign substances. Maybe it will work.

"Hobby Lobby's Smuggled Artifacts Will Be Returned To Iraq"

NPR:

Nearly 4,000 ill-gotten artifacts will be returned to Iraq on Wednesday, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says. The ancient objects were bought by Hobby Lobby, a national chain of arts and crafts stores, then smuggled into the United States in violation of federal law.

Artemis concept art; Cloud City air shaft matte mate painting; The Forever Satans

Design I did for Artemis for Ready Player One. I wanted her to feel rebellious and hardcore since she was shy and awkward in the real world. Final Artemis design was nailed by mad genius @jamajurabaev at ILM and his work is always super inspiring and motivating #artemis #readyplayerone #stevenspielberg #movies #conceptart #characters #Oasis #vr #virtualreality #mondaymotivation #illustration

A post shared by Jared Krichevsky (@jaredkrichevsky) on Apr 30, 2018 at 10:46am PDT

Matte painting for THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK by Harrison Ellenshaw. #scifi #starwars pic.twitter.com/7IqBnxam2Z

— Humanoid History (@HumanoidHistory) May 1, 2018

X-Wing N'dru Suhlak@StarWarsXWing #StarWars #xwing #tabletop #maketabletopgreatagain #miniaturepainting #miniature #paintingminiatures pic.twitter.com/xfdRUd5RPG

— Warpriders Miniature Painting (@Warpriders_) March 18, 2018

Love how Spielberg shifts power and emboldens Marion here. At the start of this shot, Indy is a giant figure whose reappearance is so disruptive Marion is split in two (real Marion/shadow Marion). By the end, she's whole again and is as big in the frame as Indy. pic.twitter.com/56NOm7dAQ5

— Paul Bullock (@apaulbullock) April 26, 2018

Saw this at gas station in Devils Lake, ND, old nickname of the high school in town. @UniWatch pic.twitter.com/qFt9sSQ0Ff

— Brandon Baumgartner (@Baumy19) April 28, 2018

Mondo's new Big Trouble in Little China poster

Mondo will be premiering my new Big Trouble in Little China poster this weekend at Texas Frightmare Weekend! AP copies will be available at a later date. #poster #art #bigtroubleinlittlechina #johncarpenter #mondo #phantomcitycreative #lopan

A post shared by Justin Erickson (@justinericksonart) on May 1, 2018 at 9:06am PDT

Ten funny tweets

“i forgot my d10” no worries bro i got you pic.twitter.com/SrWls3uxLf

— sam yaoi @ TN 🏞 (@simonlauchlan) April 29, 2018

I don’t know what toxic masculinity tastes like, but now I know what the OPPOSITE of toxic masculinity tastes like pic.twitter.com/bOgapmyuZz

— rstevens 🐳💨 (@rstevens) April 29, 2018

keep getting banned from the mario wiki for editing myself in as luigi's gf pic.twitter.com/KA6mLjZKFJ

— Michal (@Miexriir) April 29, 2018

Sorry but I love this badly phrased memorial bench so much pic.twitter.com/oe6gj6BUEz

— Jen D'Angelo (@jenlikespizza) April 29, 2018

look i know a lot of ridiculous stuff happens in Riverdale but i can’t stop thinking about how the Vixens apparently have special cheerleading uniforms FOR FUNERALS pic.twitter.com/VlZtuFwyX2

— Britt Hayes (@MissBrittHayes) April 29, 2018

Ikea’s fake video game titles are pretty good. pic.twitter.com/KMrjZPvEvC

— Campbell Bird (@campbellbird148) April 30, 2018

[makes a little voodoo doll of myself and puts him in a little jacuzzi]

— Cat Damon (@CornOnTheGoblin) April 30, 2018

The one redeeming thing about my morning commute is that the commuter trains in Stockholm are named by the local pre schools. This week I’ve commuted on Best Friend, Glitter, Princess Train, and Wizard Train.

— Ingebjørg Thorbjørnsdatter (@ingebjorgthor) April 29, 2018

Google Maps travel options:

20 minutes by car

1 hour by bus

2 hours by bike

2.5 hours by horse

3 hours carried by orcs who think you have the ring

6 minutes carried by eagles for reasons that are their own

— James Breakwell (@XplodingUnicorn) April 30, 2018

The Talmud my students are studying addressed this topic of incels and experts demanding redistribution of sex, around 1500 years ago pic.twitter.com/qVGjoVGnLd

— Dov | OOOOooo (@drnelk) April 30, 2018

"I disagree with what you say, but I will fight you to the death"
- Twitter

— Blah de Vivre (@blahdevivre) May 1, 2018