Chuck Todd Loses Goatee Gamble

It's been said that "like the Bible's Samson," NBC White House correspondent Chuck Todd's power "is vested entirely within his goatee." But it looks like that goatee may be coming off over a bet. Todd bet his ABC counterpart, Jake Tapper, that if the Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League Championship Series, Tapper would grow a goatee, but if the Philadelphia Phillies won, as they did Wednesday night, Todd would shave his goatee. Although the trash-talking began on Tapper's Twitter last night, New York magazine thinks it's unlikely that Todd will whip out the Bic: The bet has a clause allowing the loser to opt-out of facial-hair action by donating $1,000 to the winner's favorite charity.