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Reporter Injures Self, Studio Hosts Pretend To Be Concerned
Dodger Stadium is hosting a motocross event, and one local reporter decided to take a bike out for a spin. His crash isn't nearly as amusing as the awkwardness that follows. [via VinScullyIsMyHomeboy]...
Oregon Fans Still Have A Couple Things Going For Them
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day...
Vikings Fans: Enjoy Joe Webb, No Guaranteed Seating, And No Booze
How many Minnesotans are wondering if they can just cancel the season now? Monday's game at TCF Bank Stadium will be "first-come, first-serve" and there will be no alcohol sold. Also, terrible football. [Pioneer Press]...
Los Angeles May Not Have An NFL Team, But It Does Have Three Shiny Stadium Designs
Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) has released renderings from three architecture firms. AEG will select one to move forward with in the "next month." There are, of course, 100 things that might hinder this timeline, but for now, let's just ooh and ah....
Weekend Winner: Unexpected Stadium Destructo-Porn
FOX's video of the Metrodome bubble collapsing is some of the most visually arresting footage we've seen in a long time. How did they get it? A tip that the roof was going to cave in, of course....
Stumbly, Pot-Bellied Redskins Fan And Compatriot Receive Beating At Hands Of Other Redskins Fans
...and then the cops show up and everybody stands around for a few minutes before the person taping confirms that he recorded the whole thing....
Jesus Walks Like A Cowboy: Manny Pacquiao Does Dallas
ARLINGTON, Texas —When Jesus returns, he will surely return to the 50-yard line of Cowboys Stadium, descending bodily on the fog-machine-assisted sun rays streaming through the windows just above the mighty Ford logo, but below the American flag....
Three Timeless Pieces Of Americana: Yankee Stadium, Army, And Rooting Against Notre Dame
Yankee Stadium is readied for next weekend's Army-Notre Dame game. Word of advice: don't let Jeter play a zone D. [Twitter]...
Why The Spectrum Got Looted Today And Thoughts About Stadiums Of Yesteryear
The Spectrum in Philadelphia is going to be demolished later this month, so there was a $25 take-all-you-can-carry event down there today....
The Frantic Search For The Cowboys Lap Dance Girl
The titillating yet kind of gross video caused a bit of a stir yesterday, so it was natural that the young lady's identity would become a topic of discussion. Our first clue: the oft-lifted shirt....
Front Row Lap Dance At The Cowboys Game
Something about that new Cowboys Stadium causes fans to get down and dirty. Word of advice: if a $10 Miller Lite gets a girl to do this, she's not the kind of girl you want. [GordonKeith.com]...
A Yankee Stadium Memory: "Their Look Didn't Say, 'Shut Up.' It Said They Wanted To Kill Me."
The following is taken from Bronx Banter Presents: Lasting Yankee Stadium Memories, edited by Alex Belth and featuring recollections of the old ballpark—sorry, stadium—from the likes of Pete Hamill, Charles P. Pierce, and Joe Posnanski. Bob Costas has something in there, too, I guess. Here, the grea...
Qatar’s Proposed World Cup 2022 Stadiums Make Wembley Look Slightly Rubbish
Qatar have got previous when it comes to mind-blowing designs for stadiums, but nothing has come close to what they're proposing in their Zinedine Zidane-backed World Cup 2022 bid....
Happy Labor Day. Here's a Collection of Bleacher Collapse Videos.
Ain't no bleacher collapse like an East Carolina bleacher collapse because when bleachers at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium during an ECU/Tulsa game collapse, the worst thing that happens is a dislocated shoulder....
Jets' Command Center Offers Real-Time Analytics for Sales, Stats Freaks
Austin Carr over at Fast Company is a stats junkie. When he heard about the "Command Center" at The New Meadowlands Stadium—a real-time analytics tool that tracks ticket sales, concessions, and more—he had to see it for himself....
Panionios Fans Destroy Their Own Stadium To Stop Rivals AEK Athens Playing In It
Dundee United's Europa League clash with AEK Athens tomorrow night has been thrown into chaos after rival fans from Greek side Panionios G.S.S. smashed up their own stadium to prevent the game being held there....
MLB Will Meddle In Local Politics, Pay City Government To Get What They Want
Baseball wants to get a referendum on an Athletics' San Jose stadium off of the November ballot, because it might not pass. To do so, they're willing to pay the city to hold a special election in the spring. Shady business, Bud....
Read This: Don DeLillo's "At Yankee Stadium"
Granta has put up Don DeLillo's 1990 story "At Yankee Stadium," which depicts a Moonie wedding of 13,000 men and women (an actual event that remains perhaps the strangest phenomenon ever to materialize in the stadium, not counting Don Zimmer)....
The Stadium Capacity Arms Race Is On
Michigan Stadium, opening after renovations, will again be the nation's largest with a capacity of 109,901. They've still got a ways to go to catch Pyongyang's Rŭngrado May Day Stadium, which seats 150,000. [Free Press]...
"Pants Down Piss Guy" Leaves His Mark In Ballpark Bathrooms Everywhere
In at least six major league ballparks across the Midwest, a mysterious figure has been stepping up to urinals and dropping trou to the ankles to relieve himself. Of course, there's a video compilation....