10 Super Bowl Prop Bets Including the Odds of Adam Levine Wearing a Hat During the Halftime Show (Link)
Brewers Fans Are Mad Their Stadium Won't Be Named After Beer Anymore (Story)
For the First Time Since 1901, Conversation Hearts Won't Be on Sale This Valentine's Day (Story)
The Majority of Us Can't Finish Everything on Our To-Do List Here are the Five Things in Our Way (Story)
The Worst Blockbuster Movie of Every Year Since 2000 (Link)
You Can Add Bacon to Any Item at McDonald's for Free Next Week (Story)
Random Facts for Today
Prince wrote the song "Nothing Compares 2 U" when his housekeeper's father died, she left to be with her family and he felt lost without her there to keep his life organized. So THAT'S who Sinead O'Connor is really singing about, I guess. (Story)
The word "gymnasium" comes from the Greek verb "gymnazo" which means "to train naked." (Link)
The guy who created the thesaurus, Peter Mark Roget, came up with it when he was 73 years old . . . after he retired from his career as a doctor, scientist, and inventor. He kept on editing new editions of it until he died 17 years later. (Link)
There WAS a real Dr. Pepper. A pharmacist named Charles Alderton created the soda, and his boss named it after Dr. Charles T. Pepper, who he'd worked with earlier in his career. He also may've had a relationship with Pepper's daughter. (Story)
The original title for "Risky Business" was "White Boys Off the Lake" but the studio eventually wanted something catchier. (Story)
Celebrity Birthdays Today
Ed Helms 45 (Stu in "The Hangover" movies)
Matthew Lillard 49 (Shaggy in the "Scooby-Doo" movies)
Yakov Smirnoff 68 ("What a Country")
Neil Diamond 78
Ray Stevens 80 ("The Streak")
John Belushi (1949-1982)
Sports on TV Today
PGA Tour Golf: Farmers Insurance Open 2:00 P.M. GOLF
Figure Skating: U.S. Figure Skating Championships 4:00 P.M. NBCSN
College Basketball: Gardner-Webb @ Winthrop 6:00 P.M. ESPNU
College Basketball: Michigan State @ Iowa 6:00 P.M. FS1
College Basketball: Tulsa @ Cincinnati 6:00 P.M. ESPN2
College Basketball: Notre Dame @ Tennessee 6:00 P.M. ESPN
NBA Basketball: Golden State Warriors @ Washington Wizards 7:00 P.M. TNT
College Basketball: Arizona @ USC 8:00 P.M. FS1
College Basketball: Belmont @ Murray State 8:00 P.M. ESPNU
College Basketball: Washington @ Oregon 8:00 P.M. ESPN2
Figure Skating: U.S. Figure Skating Championships 8:00 P.M. NBCSN
X Games Aspen 2019: Day 1: freestyle skiing, women's snowboarding 9:00 P.M. ESPN
NBA Basketball: Minnesota Timberwolves @ Los Angeles Lakers 9:30 P.M. TNT
College Basketball: Arizona State @ UCLA 10:00 P.M. FS1
College Basketball: St. Mary's (CA) @ BYU 10:00 P.M. ESPN2
Brewers Fans Are Mad Their Stadium Won't Be Named After Beer Anymore (Story)
For the First Time Since 1901, Conversation Hearts Won't Be on Sale This Valentine's Day (Story)
The Majority of Us Can't Finish Everything on Our To-Do List Here are the Five Things in Our Way (Story)
The Worst Blockbuster Movie of Every Year Since 2000 (Link)
You Can Add Bacon to Any Item at McDonald's for Free Next Week (Story)
Random Facts for Today
Prince wrote the song "Nothing Compares 2 U" when his housekeeper's father died, she left to be with her family and he felt lost without her there to keep his life organized. So THAT'S who Sinead O'Connor is really singing about, I guess. (Story)
The word "gymnasium" comes from the Greek verb "gymnazo" which means "to train naked." (Link)
The guy who created the thesaurus, Peter Mark Roget, came up with it when he was 73 years old . . . after he retired from his career as a doctor, scientist, and inventor. He kept on editing new editions of it until he died 17 years later. (Link)
There WAS a real Dr. Pepper. A pharmacist named Charles Alderton created the soda, and his boss named it after Dr. Charles T. Pepper, who he'd worked with earlier in his career. He also may've had a relationship with Pepper's daughter. (Story)
The original title for "Risky Business" was "White Boys Off the Lake" but the studio eventually wanted something catchier. (Story)
Celebrity Birthdays Today
Ed Helms 45 (Stu in "The Hangover" movies)
Matthew Lillard 49 (Shaggy in the "Scooby-Doo" movies)
Yakov Smirnoff 68 ("What a Country")
Neil Diamond 78
Ray Stevens 80 ("The Streak")
John Belushi (1949-1982)
Sports on TV Today
PGA Tour Golf: Farmers Insurance Open 2:00 P.M. GOLF
Figure Skating: U.S. Figure Skating Championships 4:00 P.M. NBCSN
College Basketball: Gardner-Webb @ Winthrop 6:00 P.M. ESPNU
College Basketball: Michigan State @ Iowa 6:00 P.M. FS1
College Basketball: Tulsa @ Cincinnati 6:00 P.M. ESPN2
College Basketball: Notre Dame @ Tennessee 6:00 P.M. ESPN
NBA Basketball: Golden State Warriors @ Washington Wizards 7:00 P.M. TNT
College Basketball: Arizona @ USC 8:00 P.M. FS1
College Basketball: Belmont @ Murray State 8:00 P.M. ESPNU
College Basketball: Washington @ Oregon 8:00 P.M. ESPN2
Figure Skating: U.S. Figure Skating Championships 8:00 P.M. NBCSN
X Games Aspen 2019: Day 1: freestyle skiing, women's snowboarding 9:00 P.M. ESPN
NBA Basketball: Minnesota Timberwolves @ Los Angeles Lakers 9:30 P.M. TNT
College Basketball: Arizona State @ UCLA 10:00 P.M. FS1
College Basketball: St. Mary's (CA) @ BYU 10:00 P.M. ESPN2
