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SCORECARD- HIS OWN WORST ENEMY
In a November game Jaguars
linebacker Josh Allen sacked,
intercepted and recovered a
fumble from Bills quarterback
Josh Allen. - BARON WASTELAND
In a single inning of a game
against the Biloxi (Miss.) Shuckers,
relief pitchers for the Double A
Birmingham Barons walked
13 batters, hit another and threw
two wild pitches. - LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE
Coors brewed a special edition
Coors Light made with ice shavings
scraped from Amalie Arena, the
Lightning’s home rink. - THE BEAUTIFUL GAME
In August, after Arsenal lost its
Premier League opener to newly
promoted Brentford, the president
of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, posted a
multitweet thread ripping the team. - THE BEAUTIFUL GAME,
PART II
When a scuff le broke out after
he issued a red card, the referee
of an adult league soccer game
in Oklahoma got a .38-caliber
handgun from his car and fired it
toward players and spectators.
25. THE BAD NEWS IS...
A Greenpeace protester attempting
to paraglide over the Allianz Arena
in Munich before the France-
Germany soccer match at the
Euros crashed into overhead
camera wires, rained debris onto
spectators, injured two people and
had to make an emergency landing
on the field.
26. THE GOOD NEWS IS...
“Because of the Greenpeace logo, it
was decided not to have the snipers
intervene,” the Bavarian interior
minister told Bild.
27. WATER HAZARD
European Tour golfer Jeff Winther
of Denmark was trapped in a
hotel bathroom with his wife for
45 minutes on the Sunday morning
of the final round of the Mallorca
Open. “Our little girl Nora, 6 years
old, had to go and find guys at
reception to break down the door,”
he said hours later, after winning
the tournament.
28. SUBTERRANEAN
HOMESICK BOULES
A man in Norton Shores, Mich.,
was replacing his back steps when
he discovered 158 bowling balls
buried beneath his house.
ONE MAN’S
JUNK IS
ANOTHERMAN’S
TREASURE
A pair of
Michael Jordan’s
old underpants,
showing
signs of
“definite use,”
sold in a Lelands
auction for
$3,340.80.