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Idiot Squirrel On The Field Successfully Invades Consecutive Twins GamesFor the second night in a row, a daring squirrel has invaded the field at the Twins’ stadium. Monday night the furry fellow invaded the home dugout and sent several players fleeing in terror. Tuesday night our intrepid rodent pal bolted down the first baseline, nutmegged a baserunner, briefly leapt ...

CMU Soccer Player Rescues Drowning Squirrel, Revives It With CPR Thanks In Part To <i>The Office</i>In a heartwarming tale of a college freshman doing something right, Central Michigan women’s soccer player Natalie Belsito saved a drowning critter on campus. She credited the successful rescue to an episode of The Office....

The Face Of HorrorA squirrel ran onto the field before today’s Manchester City-Wolves game. After the grounds crew chased it around for a while, they eventually managed to wrangle it....

Now Here's Some Quality Preseason NFL Action

Those who chose to spend their Thursday night “enjoying” the delight of a newly unretired Jay Cutler got more than they bargained for—the actual delight, however fleeting, of a squirrel prancing across the field. Behold:...

Squirrel Watch: Friend Or Foe?

Following last week’s failed raccoon coup, it seems that the squirrels may have gotten some nutty ideas, too. Today’s edition of Squirrel Watch brings a confusing mix of romantic, vicious, and inscrutable deeds....

Delightful Squirrel Delays Baseball Game For Four Minutes With Innocent Romp

Today’s Minnesota-Cleveland game was delayed for 4 minutes and 28 seconds by that most fearsome of ordinary rodents: the squirrel. Just one squirrel. A single squirrel, scampering around the field, somehow proving too much for a team of dozen grown men. As Cleveland radio broadcaster Tom Hamilton ri...

Suicidal Squirrel Takes Down Squirrel-Hating Chicago Politician

Howard Brookins can’t stand squirrels....

<i>The Portable Veblen </i>Mixes Uneasy Marital Comedy With Psychic Squirrels, As One Does

Thorstein Veblen was a Norwegian-American writer and economist famous for decrying conspicuous consumption, getting run out of teaching jobs at Stanford and the University of Chicago in the early 1900s, and cataloging the psychological trauma of capitalism. All of which makes him a rather strange na...