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If the AHL’s Silver Knights don’t have COVID issues, why was their game canceled before the third period?
The Henderson Silver Knights’ “we don’t have COVID” tweet raised a lot of questions already answered by the tweet....
Ivan Barbashev Is Suspended For Game 6 And The Blues Will Miss Him
When the Blues try to raise the Stanley Cup Sunday night, they’ll do so without forward Ivan Barbashev, who was given a one-game suspension by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety for a high hit on Boston’s Marcus Johansson. Given the tenor of this series and what the Blues are trying to do (and ha...
Oskar Sundqvist Will Face Hearing For Hit That Hospitalized Matt Grzelcyk
Bruins defenseman Matt Grzelcyk was taken to the hospital after being boarded by Oskar Sundqvist in the first period of Wednesday’s 3-2 Blues overtime win. Sundqvist got just two minutes, but a bunch more might be coming: Sundqvist has a hearing with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety. ...
Dodgers Fan Killed By Foul Ball To The Head Suffered During August Game
A 79-year-old grandmother was struck in the head by a foul ball at an August 25 game at Dodger Stadium, and died days later from “acute intracranial hemorrhage,” reports ESPN’s Outside the Lines. The victim, Linda Goldbloom, was sitting above the protective netting extending from behind home plate d...
Get To Know The Vermin In And Around Your Stadium Food
A rumbling gut is probably enough to inform you that stadium concessions stands can really mess you up, but now you can check your gastrointestinal intuition against an ESPN survey of health violations at pro football, basketball, baseball, and hockey venues....
Crystal Palace's Training Ground Kitchen Given Zero-Star Food Hygiene Rating After Mouse Infestation
The United Kingdom’s Food Standard Agency revealed that a training facility kitchen belonging to Premier League club Crystal Palace received a food hygiene rating of 0 out of a possible five. The agency’s website notes that the score means that “urgent improvement is required” in areas like food han...
Why Tom Wilson's Suspension Was Reduced From 20 Games To 14
Capitals forward Tom Wilson is eligible to return to action immediately, after an arbitrator reduced his suspension for a preseason hit on Oskar Sundqvist from 20 games to 14 games. Wilson has already served 16 games of this suspension, so perhaps he’ll be allowed to put those extra two games serve...
Two Games For Chokeslamming Says Nothing About Mike Matheson's Intent, But A Lot About The NHL's
Panthers defenseman Mike Matheson has been handed a two-game suspension by the NHL for this slam on Vancouver’s Elias Pettersson, who is now out indefinitely with a concussion. It was an unnecessary hit, and yes, a dirty one, but there’s no way DoPS would have punished this if it hadn’t injured a yo...
Fan Struck In Forehead By Flying Bat At Red Sox Game, Stretchered Off
It wasn’t all cool-headed ushers snagging foul liners at Fenway Wednesday night. Blue Jays second baseman Devon Travis lost his grip on his bat on a swing on a Steven Wright knuckler in the eighth inning, and the bat cleared the safety netting and sailed into the stands, where it struck the forehead...
Cleveland, Minnesota To Extend Safety Netting At Ballparks
Cleveland and Minnesota became the latest teams to say that they’ll extend the protective netting at their ballparks before next season, joining a slew of other clubs that made similar announcements after a young girl suffered bleeding on the brain from being struck by a ball at Yankee Stadium in Se...
Toddler Injured By Foul Ball At Yankee Stadium Had Broken Face, Bleeding On The Brain<em></em>
Yankees executives have not reached out to the family of the toddler who was struck in the face by a scorching foul line drive last month, her father said....
Cardinals Fan Sitting Behind Dugout Hit By Stray Bullet During Game
According to St. Louis police, a fan taking in a Cardinals game was hit by a bullet fired from outside the stadium during last night’s game against the Brewers. The fan was seated in Section 141 of the Cardinals’ stadium, which is located behind the home dugout. She complained about a sharp pain in ...
Carson Wentz Takes His Offensive Line Hunting, Apparently Neglects To Show Them Proper Gun Safety
Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz is a hunter. He has showed off massive bird kills before, and recently took most of his offensive linemen out for a hunting trip....
Is Your Chicken Processed By Free Range Humans?
Yesterday, the Senate voted to repeal regulations that required federal contractors to accurately disclose all of their workplace safety violations. Because who would want that? ...
Cam Newton Takes Hit To The Head, Somehow Ends Up Being The One Penalized
Defenses have been abusing Cam Newton all season, and NFL officiating teams have continued to keep the flags in their pockets. So when the flag came out after Trent Murphy’s blow to the Carolina QB’s skull after a third-down rush tonight against Washington, it was a short-lived sigh of relief for Pa...
What To Pack For A Nuclear Attack You Won't Survive Anyway
I spend most of my time thinking about one of two frightening things: how I could have had more fun in college, and what will happen when there’s a nuclear attack against the United States. (And I do believe it will happen in my lifetime.) Nuclear war and nuclear terrorism are just about the scaries...
Swiss Player On Team's Easily Ripped Shirts: "I Hope Puma Does Not Produce Condoms"
Puma, the producer of a skintight product worn during physical activity to protect the wearer from the hazardous aspects of said activity without inhibiting performance or pleasure, was embarrassed this weekend when the shirts they made for the Swiss national team repeatedly tore in the heat of the ...
Don't Burn Down The House With Your AC
Those of us not blessed with central air conditioning will be dusting off their AC units and installing them in their windows now that we’re entering true summer. If you’ve managed this feat without mangling a toe or a passerby on the street below, congrats, but there’s something else to consider be...
What Medical Info Should You Have On You At All Times?
Maybe you returned from your honeymoon to a pile of wedding gifts and decided to use as many new kitchen appliances as possible in one meal. Maybe that’s how you ended up in the urgent care with a small but non-negligible chunk missing from your thumb. It is wider than it is deep, so stitches are pr...
Duncan Keith Given Match Penalty, Ejected For Hitting Charlie Coyle In The Face With His Stick
Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith was given a match penalty—and therefore automatically ejected—after hitting Wild forward Charlie Coyle in the face with his stick....