Is Joe Paterno dead or not? The media’s handling of Joe Paterno’s “death” has been sloppy at best. I’m being nice. In actuality it’s completely f**ked up.
First you read everywhere that JoePa is dead. But now, if you Google “Joe Paterno dead” you get redirects to the subsequent family spokesperson’s refutal of the report.
C’mon guys. [...]
Boxing is the “fool’s gold” of sport. It defies all that we learn from the time we are children into adulthood.
Whether it’s the endless wails of a mother over her child’s scraped knee or the sharp wince accompanying the arthritic spasm of a retiree, we are too often reminded that human beings are made [...]
Al Davis has been one of the most influential figures in football history. What he has done for the league in the past 50+ years has been nothing short of legendary.
When he joined the Raiders in 1963, he took over a hapless franchise and turned them into perennial winners. He was named Coach of the [...]
It’s every parent’s nightmare. It’s every baseball player’s worst fear.
Both occurred last week, when a 13-year-old boy, Hayden Walton, squared to bunt. The ball hit him in the chest. According to bystanders, he took two steps toward first base and collapsed.
He died the next morning.
I know we always complain about the wussification of America’s youth. [...]
This is the freak accident among all freak accidents.
En route to training at Belmont, six thoroughbred horses were in a trailer, not unlike the ones you see on the highway all the time.
The story goes like this. Someone driving near the trailer threw a lit cigarette butt out the window. The butt somehow made its [...]
Just like the microcosm of life that sports has become, sometimes it delivers poignant tragedy.
Fennville Michigan high school multi-sport star Wes Leonard was at one moment experiencing the exhuberant feeling of ultimate triumph. His last second layup had capped off an undefeated season. He was already immensely popular, and making game-winning shots in varsity basketball [...]
A twenty-year-old British woman flew to Philadelphia to have a butt enhancement done in a hotel. Supposedly the cost of something like that is around $1,800.
Three other women had the procedure done at the same time. One of the women had it done in November, so she brought her friends along this time. I bet she feels [...]
If there’s a leaderboard for most ironic deaths of 2010, this one just jumped above them all.
The story starts with the wealthy owner of Segway, Jimi Heselden and an accident involving his Segway, him and a cliff. It ends in the man’s unfortunate death.
The LA Times is reporting that he was found dead at the bottom of a [...]
Although it is still under investigation, police say that Denver Broncos wide receiver Kenny McKinley has died from an apparent suicide in Colorado.
Josh McDaniels had the following to say about his fallen player:
“Kenny had a promising future on the football field, but more importantly, he was a great teammate whose smile and personality could light [...]
Swedish professional skiier Frederik “Frippe” Ericsson fell over 1,000 feet while climbing K2, the world’s second highest mountain.
His goal was to ski from summit to base camp, becoming the first to do so.
Pakistan’s K2 is notoriously deadly. The more well-known Everest has had over 4,000 people reach the summit. K2, on the other hand, has had [...]
When the news broke of Lorenzen Wright’s disappearance, I immediately thought the worst. Guys like Wright don’t just disappear. He was about to take his kids to Atlanta with him.
He talked to his 13-year-old daughter every day. His mother begged him through the media to call her back. His entire family has been worried beyond sick for a week and [...]
Female amateur kickboxer, Adrienne Simmons, has died at age 34 after being knocked out by her opponent, Lindsay Scheer.
The initial injury occurred at the 2010 IKF World Classic Championships that were held at the Orlando World Center Mariott Resort last weekend. The tournament was sponsored by the International Kickboxing Federation. IKF officials could not be [...]
