Lightning Round 051214

Mostly the intersection sports and popular culture today.

• Michael Sam becomes the most celebrated 7th round pick in NFL history. Go play football now.
• Meanwhile, there are some opinions you are simply not allowed to have. Just so you know.
• I don't know what's happened to Philip Nelson, but if these reports are true, the Gophers have to be glad that he's no longer part of their team.
• John Boehner won't try to have Lois Lerner arrested. While she's certainly deserving of a perp walk, I understand why he's not going to do it. The better course of action at this point is to keep working on her underlings and building the case that what's been happening at the IRS is not simply a bunch of back office folks in Cincinnati misbehaving.
• Mark Dayton and his pals have outlawed gender discrimination again, apparently. Riddle me this: if you really can get by with paying women less than men for the same work, why would anyone ever hire a man?
• Does anyone think Boko Haram gives a damn about hashtags?