The Youngest GM In Sports Is A 26-Year-Old Analytics Guru

John Chayka, 26, will be the Coyotes' next GM and is the latest sign of hockey's shift towards analytics

Look at me ... I am the GM now — Getty Images

The Arizona Coyotes’ newest general manager is a child of the ’80s—barely. The Glendale-based NHL team is reportedly set to announce on Thursday that it is promoting 26-year-old John Chayka to general manager, making him the youngest GM in the history of major North American professional sports. He is younger than 15 current Coyotes players and 13 years the junior of team captain Shane Doan.

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Study: Your Smartphone Makes You Act Like You Have ADHD

Researchers show what you already know: that constant pinging in your pocket monopolizes your attention

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All those notifications about Instagram followers, Facebook likes, Twitter @mentions, Snapchat messages and texts can be distracting. Hell, writing that sentence was distracting—an urgent reminder to check my damn phone already. All of which is to say, anyone with an iPhone understands how technology competes for our attention—but a new study has gone further, linking smartphones to symptoms similar to those of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Fan Selfie Demands Are Crushing Justin Bieber

In a rare moment of correctness, the Biebs points out his fans are mannerless heathens

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Justin Bieber will no longer be taking selfies with his adoring fans. The singer explained in an Instagram post that he feels “like a zoo animal” when hoards of Beliebers approach him with smartphones, and he can no longer deal with it.
He posted his missive Monday evening, explaining that it’s not just the amount of requests, but the complete abandonment of social norms when he’s around:

ISIS Claims Suicide Bombing In Baghdad

The attack in Baghdad was done in revenge for the recent killing of a top ISIS lieutenant

People gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Sadr City — REUTERS

ISIS said it was behind a car bomb that exploded in a Shiite district of Baghdad earlier Wednesday, killing at least 52 people and wounding dozens more, according to Reuters. In a statement released and circulated on social media, the group says a suicide bomber named Abu Sliman al-Ansari was sent into teeming Sadr City to target a gathering of Shiite militias.

A Game Of Thrones Kickstarter To Fix Dorne

People are fed up with Game Of Thrones' most hated storyline, and someone is finally doing something about it

In the sixth season of “Game Of Thrones,” HBO continues to make a mess of its Dorne plotline, and the fans are none too pleased. So a handful of film industry vets have taken the reasonable corrective step, setting up a Kickstarter that’s seeking to raise $20 million to fix Dorne.

KKK Gets Closer To Extinction, But Violence Persists

The Ku Klux Klan is on the verge of extinction—but the white supremacist movement is moving on without them

Last month, in rural Georgia, members of several Ku Klux Klan organizations from across the U.S. attended a gathering of white supremacist groups hoping to forge a new, unified path forward. While some of the groups that attended that meeting are thriving, the collection of Klan organizations across the country remains disorganized, disjointed, and on the decline, according to a new report from an activist group that monitors extremist organizations.