• If it went in, it would be the most famous shot in college basketball history: the first desperation toss to win a national title and the last step in the ascent of a tiny mid-major school to the top of the sport. If it did not go in, it would be among the most famous misses, elevating the game simply through the delicious possibility that it might have dropped. Either way, the heave became historic as soon as it left Hayward’s fingertips. [Sports Illustrated/Tim Layden]
• Poole is calm and collected as he explains his mission with 4chan, and the way it intersects with Mark Zuckerberg and the world’s most popular site at the moment, Facebook. “Mark’s vision of the world is that you should be comfortable sharing as your real self on the Internet,” says Poole. “He thinks that anonymity represents a lack of authenticity, almost a cowardice. Though I like Mark a lot as a person, I disagree with that.” [Vanity Fair/Vanessa Grigoriadis]
• The debate in the N.H.L. over how to curb concussions is only the latest example of tensions between liberal and traditional forces that have shaped hockey since its beginnings in 19th-century Canada. [New York Times/Jeff Z. Klein]
• In the first comprehensive accounting of multiracial Americans since statistics were first collected about them in 2000, reporting from the 2010 census, made public in recent days, shows that the nation’s mixed-race population is growing far more quickly than many demographers had estimated, particularly in the South and parts of the Midwest. [New York Times/Susan Saulny]
• Where does Mourinho rank among the world’s soccer coaches? “He’s at the top, there’s no doubt about that,” says the legendary Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson, Mourinho’s friend and rival. “You have certain criteria in terms of top management, and that is longevity of success—which is very difficult today—and what you win. You have to regard his achievements as really first-class.” [Sports Illustrated/Grant Wahl]
• My recent Metro stories:
– Charges in coffee shop rape
– Satirical ‘Soup’ skit dwarves sue
– 1,600 city homes may be auctioned