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Eighty Boston College students, including members of its men's basketball team, got sick after eating at a local Chipotle, according to CNN. This makes for a couple of rough months for the popular Mexican restaurant. Since October, E. coli has been linked to a number of Chipotles throughout the country, making people sick in at least nine states. However, Chipotle said that the incident in Boston wasn't necessarily due to the same reasons. Read More »
Winning a national championship in a team sport is tough. It takes a combination of skill, team chemistry, and even a little bit of good fortune. Having two family members win a national championship? Almost never happens. Having two family members win national championships within 30 miles of each other allowing the parents to attend both games? You're more likely to encounter someone who doesn't like cake (and who doesn't love cake?). And yet, this is exactly what happened when the Klunder sisters, Katie and Sarah, took to the soccer field this past week in Florida. Their parents were pleased. Read More »
Bennet Omalu has proposed a radical idea for sports--football, specifically. In an op-ed published for the New York Times, the forensic pathologist lobbied for an age limit to be put on kids playing the sport--much like the restrictions on cigarettes, alcohol, and consenting for sex. The idea is that it would limit football's concussion crisis. Read More »
On Tuesday, Michael Vick visited the Pennsylvania state capitol. The Steelers quarterback made the trek from Pittsburgh to Harrisburg to lobby for a bill to help prevent dogs and cats from being left in cars, The Associated Press reports. Read More »
Floyd Mayweather has a new pet tiger. Which surprisingly isn't all that surprising. He just does stuff like that--check out his cars. And while Mayweather appears to be pretty jazzed about his new companion, not everybody shares the same sentiment. A big cat rescue group, called Big Cat Rescue, a nonprofit sanctuary in Florida, were quick to voice their displeasure. Read More »
The Kansas City Royals are your 2015 World Series Champions -- an achievement that will undoubtedly go down in the history books alongside the likes of space travel and the discovery of fire. What better way to capture such an historic event than with actual footage from the Fall Classic. 'The 2015 World Series', a Major League Baseball® film is out now on Blu-ray and DVD. It features all of the thrilling moments and even sheds light on the behind-the-scenes stuff too. Maybe the footage will answer whether or not Salvador Perez really did give everyone trampolines after their series win against the Blue Jays? Read More »
Kerem Demirbay, player for Fortuna Dusseldorf in Germany's second division of football, recently made sexist comments toward a referee after he was issued a second yellow card--which resulted in him ejected from the game. He told the referee, who is the only woman referee in the league, that "women have no place in men's football." As punishment, he was forced to referee a girls' youth match. Read More »
The Calgary Hitmen, a team in the Western Hockey League, hold an annual "Teddy Toss" every December. It goes as follows: fans bring a Teddy Bear as a complimentary plus one--Fans throw their complimentary plus one onto the ice after the home team scores its first goal. Typically, the Hitmen can expect up to 20,000 plus ones. However, this was no ordinary year. It was the best year. The Hitmen recorded a Teddy record of 28,815 bears, that according to the team's website. And yes, it was just as great as it sounds. Read More »
You can't think of NASCAR without Jeff Gordon, and you can't think of Jeff Gordon without NASCAR. The two are synonymous. However, they're not everlasting. Prior to the 2015 season, Gordon announced his plans for retirment upon the conclusion of the year--a year that saw plenty of success (go figure). At the Sprint Cup Awards Ceremony at the Wynn Las Vegas, Gordon was honored for his exceptional career with the Bill France Award of Excellence. Introduced by actor Tom Cruise, who described the driver as "transcendent," Gordon let his emotions show. Read More »
Lionel Messi, Barcelona and Argentina star forward, has been quite active on social media lately. Specifically, with NBA stars. Just the other day, Messi posted a picture congratulating Kobe Bryant on an incredible career. Now, he's exchanging Instagram pictures and phone numbers with the best shooter in the NBA, Steph Curry (there's no tangible evidence to confirm the phone number bit, but it's understood--presumed, rather). The Golden State Warriors point guard took to social media to congratulate Messi on an impressive Instagram following. Read More »
Budget cuts in Rio de Janeiro, the site of the 2016 Summer Olympics, have been something of an ongoing issue. Money is tight, and some "fat" needs to be trimmed. You know, the things that aren't necessary--like air conditioning for the athletes. That is, until the committee decided it was necessary. Air conditioning is now back in. Read More »
Qatar has not made enough of an improvement--or any significant improvement, for that matter--when it comes to migrant workers and the conditions they face on a day-to-day basis in being tasked with building the infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup. Read More »
Astronaut Tim Peake is scheduled to move into his new residence--space--on December 15. He's also scheduled to run the London Marathon on April 24. Here's the issue: Peake will still be in space then. However, thanks to an iPad, he will be able to lace it up with the rest of the runners in London come spring. Read More »
