11 photos. 11 balls. Can you figure out where each one is hiding?
Thứ Sáu, 13 tháng 2, 2015
The Akron RubberDucks, a Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, will host a themed night mocking the recently suspended NBC News anchor.
The Akron RubberDucks, the Cleveland Indians' Double-A affiliate team, have announced they will hold a "Brian Williams' Pants-on-Fire Night" night on April 27th, which happens to be National Tell a Story Day.
Other activities will include "a between-inning chance for fans to audition to be the next television news anchor on the video board, with the fan-voted winner's video sent to NBC" and "On-field contests, including 'To Tell the Truth' and 'Two Truths & a Brian Williams,'" also known as "Two Truths and a Lie."
The RubberDucks are also seeking a fan named Brian Williams to throw out the first pitch, read "tall tales," and offer up a pair of pants to be lit aflame in a "'pants on fire' ceremony."
Earlier this week, NBC News announced Brian Williams—of NBC Nightly News, not an Akron-based baseball fan—will be suspended for six months without pay after it was revealed he "misremembered" an incident that took place in Iraq in 2003.
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Thứ Năm, 12 tháng 2, 2015
Woods said that “the last two weeks have been very disappointing to me” and that he needs “a lot of work on my game.”
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In a statement on his website, Woods wrote that "the last two weeks have been very disappointing to me" and that he needs "a lot of work on my game."
As a result, he is taking time off.
Thứ Tư, 11 tháng 2, 2015
This development is a turning point in the Aaron Hernandez trial.
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Shayanna Jenkins, Aaron Hernandez's fiancée, has been granted immunity to testify against him.
Prosecutors will rely heavily on Jenkins' testimony to make their case against Hernandez. Without her cooperation, they would have attempted to sway a jury without producing a motive or the .45 Glock used to murder Odin Lloyd. This development presents a turning point in the case against Hernandez.
Jenkins, who was previously indicted on a perjury charge, has long been rumored to have disposed of the murder weapon. Court documents show a text message from Hernandez to Jenkins that prosecutors say was a coded message to dispose of a gun:
Go in back of the screen in movie room when u get home an there is the box avielle likes to play with in the tub jus in case u were looking for it!!!! Member how u ruined that big tv lmao WAS JUST THINKIN bout that lol wink wink love u TTYL ..... K
Last week, Jenkins' sister Shaneah, who was dating Odin Lloyd at the time of his murder, testified that she watched her sister carry a bulky black bag out of Hernandez's mansion the day she learned of Lloyd's murder.
The immunity deal was proposed weeks before the trial began, but it is unknown why Jenkins decided to take the deal now, three weeks into her fiancé's trial. Had she declined immunity, she would have taken the stand, but likely would have plead the fifth, with an understanding that prosecutors might not have a case against Hernandez, and eventually her, without her testimony.
On Friday, the jury was taken on a field trip to Hernandez's home in North Attleborough, where surveillance video showed him coming and going—returning with a gun in hand—the night of Odin Lloyd's murder.
Jenkins still resides in the home with their daughter, who was born on Hernandez's birthday in 2012.
Thứ Ba, 10 tháng 2, 2015
The Esquire Network show presents a disturbing reality about the nature of youth football.
Sedrick "Juju" Thomas
On the most recent episode of Friday Night Tykes, Esquire Network's reality series about the highly competitive Texas Youth Football Association, then-10-year-old Sedrick "Juju" Thomas took a hard hit while returning an onside kick and was immediately pulled out of the game. It was the first time on the second season of the network's breakout success that viewers saw a child experience a concussion, opening up a larger conversation about the dangers of youth contact sports.
The Esquire Network has built a roster of bachelor-centric programming about sports, bars, and "fascinating and captivating" women, but Friday Night Tykes is its biggest hit and has caught the attention of parents, a not insignificant number of whom are fiercely critical of the program. As discourse about the dangers of playing football at any age reaches the mainstream consciousness — a recent study, for example, showed a correlation between tackle football and impaired brain development— critics of Friday Night Tykes worry the program further glorifies the game. But producer Matt Maranz told BuzzFeed News via phone that the documentary-style show aims to be objective, and present viewers with the realities of the good, and the bad.
According Maranz, it was "never a question" as to whether Esquire Network would or wouldn't show Juju's injury on the series. He understands that watching a young boy be taken off the field with a dazed look in his eyes is "heartbreaking," adding that, as a parent, he knows that nobody wants to see a child get hurt. But he maintains the necessity of representing youth football as it exists, which included a Season 1 incident that led the coach and assistant coach for the San Antonio Colts to be suspended in the wake of footage of airing that featured them instilling negative dangerous habits in their players, who were nine years old at the time (Coach Marecus Goodloe encouraged swearing from his young players, and assistant coach Tony Coley instructed them to make violent head-to-head contact with opposing players). Maranz told BuzzFeed News the coaches were suspended as a direct result of their misguided techniques being featured on the series.
Esquire Network
Friday Night Tykes presents a disturbing reality about the nature of youth football, which includes the lack of properly trained coaches and the physical dangers of the sport. Juju's concussive hit aired at the end of the most recent episode of Friday Night Tykes, leaving viewers with a bit of a cliffhanger about the well-being of the then-10-year-old boy. But Juju's mother, Brittney Harris, told BuzzFeed News he is excited to be playing again.
Juju, now 11, began playing flag football at the age of six, but when Harris and her ex-husband realized his passion for the sport, they decided to find him a team that had a competitive edge. They chose the San Antonio Outlaws, knowing that Juju would have to work hard for his spot on the roster. During his first practice, when he was seven, he jumped right into tackling. "He just went for it," Harris said. "I watched him just take out a kid like it was nothing." Harris knew her son could tear a ligament or sprain an ankle playing the game, but in her mind, those possibilities were overridden by the benefits Juju could experience from being in a structured environment, like building character and keeping him out of trouble in his teenage years. Still, she felt and continues to feel conflicted about letting her ambitious son pursue his lifelong dream, and offering guidance and protection as his mother.
"Participation in youth team sports is highly beneficial in developing social skills, confidence, feelings of mastery, instilling a sense of hard work, teamwork, and other benefits. In no way do we want to get rid of this positive side," Doctor Robert Stern, who leads research at Boston University on the neurological effects of football and other highly physical sports, told BuzzFeed News via phone. "We just aim to make it safer for players. Does it make sense to expose children to repetitive hits to the head during cognitive development? The logical answer is no, but we are still in preliminary stages of research and understanding of football's true effects on the mind."
Thứ Hai, 9 tháng 2, 2015
The case against Carolina Panther Greg Hardy, who was charged with throwing his former girlfriend onto a couch covered with guns, has been dismissed.
Prosecutors have dropped the case against Carolina Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy, Jonathan Jones of the Charlotte Observer reports.
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In July, a North Carolina judge found Greg Hardy guilty of assaulting and threatening his former girlfriend. The victim, Nicole Holder, said that Hardy threatened to kill her and threw her onto a couch covered in guns.
Under North Carolina law, Hardy had the right to appeal immediately and be tried in front of a jury. That trial was set to begin today.
The district attorney said the charges were dropped because Holder "made herself completely unavailable," Jones reported. The DA said they made multiple attempts to produce the allege victim in court, but had no luck finding her at her last-known employer and home address.
Under the NFL's new personal conduct policy, Hardy remains on the commissioner's exempt list—a kind of limbo between suspension and not. He receives his salary in full, but is not allowed to play for the team. Though Hardy's criminal charges have been dismissed, the NFL can still punish him under their new policy.
"His status remains unchanged until we fully review the matter," the NFL said in a prepared statement.
Last year, Commissioner Goodell promised to take a tougher stance on domestic violence incidents around the league, and the new minimum suspension is six games for a first offense. However, Hardy was both convicted by a judge and dismissed in front of a jury, so the NFL could grant itself some flexibility.
Hardy is likely to become a free agent this offseason, so executives of potential teams are likely to be closely watching the NFL's course of action.
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