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Man Arrested After Breaking Into Restaurant, Eating 16 Slices of Pie and Falling Asleep
A man broke into a Baltimore fast-food restaurant last month and ate 16 slices of pie before falling asleep and being captured, police say. Baltimore police responded to a break-in at a Popeye's chicken restaurant on Feb. 19, whereupon they found a 62-year-old man asleep on the floor of the establishment...
Amazing Half-Court Buzzer Beater Helps Team Win New York High School Title Game
New Rochelle (N.Y.) High School was trailing Mt. Vernon by 10 points with 3 minutes left in the New York Section 1 Class AA championship game on Sunday afternoon. The Huguenots rallied to within two points with 2.9 seconds remaining, and they had the ball under their own basket for a last-ditch attempt...
This Weekend In Sports: Heat vs. Grizzlies and World Baseball Classic Begins
A marquee NBA matchup and the start of an international baseball tournament highlight the upcoming sports calendar. Here's what to watch this weekend:
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...
James Franco Starts Daytona 500 With ‘Drivers and Danica, Start Your Engines’
Actor James Franco may have rehearsed his line, but it still came out wrong. Franco, star of the upcoming release 'Spring Breakers' was at the Daytona 500 today to serve as grand marshal. With driver Danica Patrick in the pole position of the race, the Daytona 500-opening phrase, “Gentlemen, start your engines,” doesn’t fit the field, so Franco decided to adjust the wording, except he screwed it u
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...
Kyle Larson Crash At End Of NASCAR Nationwide Race Injures Fans (UPDATE)
A multi-car crash at the end of NASCAR's Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway injured at least 28 spectators on Saturday, NASCAR said. After the lead cars became entangled coming down the front stretch on the final lap of the Drive4COPD 300, Kyle Larson's No...
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!'
This Weekend in Sports: Daytona 500 and UFC 157
NASCAR and mixed martial arts command the spotlight in the upcoming sports calendar. Here's what to watch this weekend:
Mariners’ Prospect Nick Franklin Eating 6,500 Calories a Day to Fatten Up
Ever since Alex Rodriguez left for Texas in 2001, the Seattle Mariners have been a little thin at shortstop. Nick Franklin is trying to change that.
Jerry Buss, Lakers Owner, Dead At 80
Jerry Buss, real estate magnate and longtime owner of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers, died Monday of an undisclosed form of cancer, his spokesman Bob Steiner said. Buss, 80, was a patient at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. His health had declined rapidly in recent weeks.
Mini Does A Backflip Off Ramp
TopGear has done it again. Just when you think that the car-centric, UK show can't get any crazier, it makes like a gearhead version of "Jackass" and gets video of a guy making a Mini Copper do a backflip off a ramp. This really happened. Watch the video below:
That's French Rally Raid world champion Guerlain Chicherit taking on the challenge of making a John Cooper Works Mini Countryman