Did you read about the nicest guy in porn, Chicago’s youth-basketball controversies, and the zany exploits of Ted Nugent?

• Lenny Francioni
• Avoid the Nuge.

Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.

Hey, did you read:

• The interview with nice-boy porn star James Deen? —Tony Adler

• About the New Zealand woman who overdosed on Coke—Coca-Cola, that is? —Drew Hunt

• How scientists have shown once again that people—even experts—concentrating on a task will consistently not notice a gorilla in plain sight? —Julia Thiel

• That Ted Nugent sure loves America, but he still pooped his pants to avoid being drafted . . . —Gwynedd Stuart

• . . . and that he’ll be at the State of the Union to represent “millions of Americans who own guns“? —Mick Dumke

• This close look at one of the key figures in Chicago’s controversial youth-basketball clubs? —Mick Dumke

• That the campaign against IDOT and its reluctance to install protected bike lanes on state roads is already well underway? —Kevin Warwick

• This Grantland profile on Dan Harmon’s life after Community? —Leor Galil