Your "Pick 3" for Wednesday, July 12.
--- The Des Moines Register's Chad Leistikow's perspective on Iowa AD Gary Barta speaking for the first time following a rough spring.
--- A review of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's audition in the sports talk radio arena from POLITICO.
--- I had no idea that 2 Pac once had a relationship with Madonna. Wild. CNN with an excerpt on how that relationship ended.