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The New Madden Is Getting Overwhelmingly Positive Reviews

The web roundup for Monday, August 27, 2012. Be sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. See anything that should be on SportsGrid? Send it to tips@sportsgrid.com. Now, our starting five.

1. The new Madden sounds fantastic.

You can read reviews here, here, here, here, and here. The game itself comes out tomorrow.

2. One way to settle the dinner bill: Twitter.

The Nationals’ Drew Storen and Tyler Clippard have found a new way to figure out who has to pay.

3. Today in unfortunate rookie cards.

Jeremy, Jeremy, Jeremy. This is… tough to battle back from.

4. Awesome story of the day.

Rams center Scott Wells adopts three Ugandan children.

5. Not sports related, still important.

The art exhibit that might make you get married; Tom Hanks poses with drunk guy; Nic Cage face-swaps are funny, horrifying.

What’s on TV.

MLB: Rays at Rangers (ESPN, 8 p.m.)

Tennis: U.S. Open, first round (ESPN2, 7 p.m.)

Moving pictures: Unforgiven (CMT, 9 p.m.); Superbad (FX, 8 p.m.); Independence Day (Spike, 7 p.m.); The Matrix (Cinemax, 10 p.m.)

Food porn of the day.

The ahi tuna and bacon sandwich at the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows. (Photo by Darren Rovell)

And finally, tonight…

“So which is it: do you want to demonstrate the process of making a walking paper robot, or make the creepiest video ever?”
“Man, this is tough… I don’t know… wait… both!” [h/t Reddit]