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We knew umpires could be a sensitive bunch, but who knew they were this sensitive? Home plate umpire Mario Seneca ejected two members of the Daytona Cubs (Single-A Cubs) staff on Wednesday night after the nursery rhyme “Three Blind Mice” …
Triathlete Leah Prudhomme needed several rabies shots after being attacked by a sea otter while swimming in a Minnesota lake last week. Prudhomme, who has done seven half Ironman triathlons and also coaches triathletes, suffered the injuries while …
An Australian rugby player was investigated last week after an opposing team accused the player of urinating in his shorts to scare off tacklers. You can’t make this stuff up. According to The Daily Telegraph, the Wollongong Vikings sent a …
What likely started out as a cool idea to prove what a devoted soccer fan he is turned out to be fatal for one Chinese man. 26-year-old Jiang Xiaoshan died last week after going 11 days without sleep so he could watch every game of the Euro 2012 …
It’s a wacky world out there for Brazilian soccer players, and you can never be sure what you might face on the pitch. During a game between Caxias and Novo Hamburgo Saturday, one player was bitten by a dog on the pitch. Caxias striker …
You may remember former Memphis guard Roburt Sallie for his three-point shooting prowess in the NCAA Tournament. As a sophomore, Sallie made 10 threes and scored a school-record 35 points in a tournament game against CSUN. Now you’ll remember …
We’ve heard of crazy parents in sports doing some wild things, but this may top the list. Dutch tennis player Elise Tamaela (pictured) says she was assaulted by Mihai Barbat, the father of another tennis player, Karen Barbat. Tamaela was …
The Redneck Olympics took place this weekend in Hebron, Maine, drawing a crowd of hundreds. The rules were simple: beer and facial hair mandatory, tank tops and tattoos optional, and proper grammar forbidden. According to the Sun Journal, some of the …
I’m really starting to wonder if there’s a translation for the word “sportsmanship” in South America. A couple weeks back, we brought you a story about the president of Bolivia kneeing an opponent in the man zone during a …
Those Bama fans can get pretty creative apparently. This was definitely a PG-13 poster put together for the College Gameday Show on ESPN and almost as good as the LSU Civil War poster. The question is … will Bama be able to replicate the Ole …
As far as craziness in athletics, this has to be right up there. I knew that some athletes were borderline insane and that some will do anything to be able to perform in the heat of battle. I even heard of fans who lost toes watching games. And …
Honestly people, do we really have to stoop this low? What’s worse, the fact that 8-year-old Anastasiya Korzh was kicked out of a tennis tournament for being hooked up to an earpiece while playing so her father could talk to her, or the fact …
And I thought it was weird when Kansas State freshman guard Bill Walker decided to use the sidelines of a college basketball floor as a urinal. I think this might trump what Walker did. Check out tennis player Jelena Jankovic getting pretty slick …
Much like Ken Griffey Jr. who suffered an injury to his nuts recently, Felix Pie is also hurting in the family jewels. The dude apparently missed a few games this spring because of one odd injury — he was out with has been described as a …
I realize I just set you up as if I had a punchline coming. Sorry to disappoint. There will be no punchline. Instead, I will share a few anecdotes from an article on Rick Majerus in this week’s issue of Sports Illustrated. In the article it was …
This story has made its rounds, but it’s too incredible for me to pass up. Deadspin points out that Kansas State player Bill Walker found himself in quite the predicament Thursday night in a game against Oregon. He was asked to check into the …
