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World Cup Soccer Stadiums To Have Special Section For Obese Fans
Big soccer fans? Bigger seats. When soccer's World Cup heads to Brazil in 2014, the arenas used in hosting the games that determine soccer's world champion will be equipped with specially designed seats designated for obese people and/or people with disabilities...
Mike Trout Has Contract Renewed By Angels For Slightly More Than MLB Minimum
Los Angeles Angels all-star outfielder Mike Trout had his contract renewed by the team for $510,000 per year on Saturday. That means the 2012 AL MVP runner-up will make just $20,000 above the major league minimum, which disappointed Trout and his agent, Craig Landis...
Stadium to Install Slides to Get Fans From Parking Lot to Gate
Between the excessive parking fees, relentless street vendors and long ticket lines (unless you're a Mets fan), getting from the lot to the stadium gate on game day sucks.
Jimmie Johnson Wins Daytona 500; Danica Patrick Finishes 8th
Jimmie Johnson won the Daytona 500 on Sunday, holding off Dale Earnhardt Jr., Mark Martin, Brad Keselowski and Ryan Newman to win the first points race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Pole-sitter Danica Patrick finished eighth. Earlier in the race on lap 90, Patrick became the first woman to lead a lap at the Daytona 500...
UFC 157 Report: Ronda Rousey Wins First Women’s UFC Fight
Ronda Rousey made Liz Carmouche submitvia an arm bar late in the first round and won the UFC women’s bantamweight title at UFC 157 in Anaheim, Calif. on Saturday night. The match was the first-ever UFC women’s fight.
Rousey rallied for the win after surviving a near-submission when Carmouche had her in a rear naked choke hold earlier in the round...
Girl Fight! HS Cheerleading Coach Urges Team to Fight Each Other
A California high school cheerleading coach encouraged the members of her squad to physically fight each other to resolve their differences, so, they did, more or less proving 'Fight Club' was a much better movie than 'Bring It On!'
Jerry Buss, L.A. Lakers Owner, Dead At 80
Jerry Buss, the longtime owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, died Monday of cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 80.
A child of the Great Depression, Buss defined the bootstrap mentality of his generation. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Wyoming, achieving his doctorate in physical chemistry at USC in 1957...
Josh Hamilton Says Texas Rangers Fans Are Spoiled
Hopefully, Josh Hamilton is planning on flying into Texas next time he plays there, because his bridges into Dallas-Fort Worth may now be burned. The former Texas Rangers outfielder, who signed a five-year $125 million deal with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim this off-season, told a Dallas-Fort Worth TV station that the DFW metropolitan area is "not a true baseball town...
NBA All Star Game 2013 Recap: Chris Paul Leads West Over East, 143-138
Chris Paul of the L.A. Clippers scored 20 points and dished out 15 assists, as the Western Conference beat the East, 143-138, in the NBA All-Star Game in Houston on Sunday night. The Thunder's Kevin Durant added 30 points, and Kobe Bryant of the Lakers blocked Miami's LeBron James twice in the final minutes to help seal the win...
Danica Patrick Wins Daytona 500 Pole, Becomes First Woman To Win A Cup Series Pole
Danica Patrick won the pole of the Daytona 500 on Sunday, becoming the first woman in NASCAR history to win the pole position of a Cup Series event. Patrick turned in a qualifying speed of 196.434, besting fellow drivers Jeff Gordon, Trevor Bayne, Ryan Newman and teammate Tony Stewart...
NFL Prospect Alec Ogletree Charged With DUI In Arizona
Projected first-round NFL draft pick Alec Ogletree of Georgia was charged with DUI in Arizona last weekend, his agent said. One of the best inside-linebacker prospects in the 2013 NFL Draft pool, Ogletree was expected to be taken in the first round of April's draft...
Scotland’s First Krispy Kreme Store Causes Mile-Long Traffic Jam
Europe exports music, art and culture trends to America. The U.S. exports…doughnuts. Traffic police in Scotland were called in to relieve a massive snarl during the opening of the country's first Krispy Kreme store, whose drive-thru window caused mile-long jams...