Quick Hits 8/18: Starcade Mk II on the Horizon

Less than two weeks to the new computer.  Some updates today.

• Oklahoma has suspended Joe Mixon for the season, which is almost an admission of guilt on their part that he is a homophobe, a punk, a thug, and a pussy -- and that he knocked out that woman and ran.  Understand:  The entire college football season now lies (above the table -- we know ESPN still owns, but talking about the only thing in the room which matters, the national title...) in the control of thirteen people, and no program can afford to piss any one of them off.
• The new head of the NBA players union is female, and is not afraid to say it, according to Deadspin:  Michele Roberts said to the union:  "She did not flinch. "My past," she told the room, "is littered with the bones of men who were foolish enough to think I was someone they could sleep on.""
• Another Deadspin gem:  There was much talk that the Cowboys were going to draft Johnny Manziel.  Turns out they were going to, but Jerry Jones' son actually took the card out of his father's hand and physically prevented him from taking Manziel, according to the Dallas Morning News.