Sports Fans

Gaius Caesar Caligula had an affinity to the gore presented at the Games.  One day when the Roman crowd cheered a team the Emperor disliked, he lept to his feet.  "I wish all you Romans had only one neck!"

(Pardeeville Wisconsin)--Panty Practice--A high school junior varsity coach is under fire after it was learned how he motivated players in practice.   Anyone who makes a bad rebound has to wear women's underwear.  The coach even reportedly threatened to make one player wear a matching bra if his skill's didn't pick up.  The coach told reporters he believes the complaints stem from two games that were called off...because his players used foul language.

(Springfield  Missouri)--Go Psychos!--A new local minor league football team had some troubles from the time they announced their name...the Psychos.  The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill complained long and loud as soon as they heard about the team.  A huge public outcry sent team management into a closed-door meeting to come up with a less politically-incorrect name.

(Edgewater Florida)--Please Don't Come to My Games, Okay, Dad?--One parent became so intensely involved with a Little League game it ended up sending him to jail.  After a disputed call at home plate, the dad rushed out of the stands to attack an assistant coach.  It turns out three of the coaches were off-duty police officers.  The man became further enraged by his subsequent arrest and promptly kicked a window out of the police car in which he was being held.

(San Francisco California)--Fat Ads--A local health club got a different reaction from a billboard campaign than they were hoping for.  The ad pictures a space alien with the words "When they come, they will eat the fat ones first."  Protesters turned out in force, saying the ad is demoralizing to overweight people.

(Glen Falls New York)--Hockey Marriage--Only a real   hockey fan would ask his fiancŽ for her hand in marriage in the middle of a bloody hockey game.  It was the second intermission, just minutes after a bench-clearing brawl sent numerous players to the penalty box.  Unbeknownst to the bride-to-be, her boyfriend arranged the shoot-the-puck-for-money contest with rink operators.  When she took off the blindfold on center ice, there he was with a sign.  She said yes...and the crowd went nuts.