Are you Kidding Me! Kansas City fan sues Royals over hot dog injury!

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Baseball fans who sit six rows behind the third-base dugout at the Kansas City Royals' stadium know they might have to duck a few foul balls.

But a Kansas man says it was a flying hot dog, not a baseball, that almost put his eye out last year.

John Coomer has filed a lawsuit against the Royals seeking more than $25,000 for injuries he sustained Sept. 8 when he was smacked in the eye with a hot dog chucked by the team's mascot, Sluggerrr.

Coomer said the wayward wiener caused a detached retina and the development of cataracts in his left eye.

The Royals declined to comment Tuesday. The team is looking for someone new to wear the mascot's large lion costume, spokesman Toby Cook says there's "no connection" with the hot dog affair.

Women's Hockey: USA & Canada go for Gold!

Team Canada and Team USA have spent the last week blowing away the competition. Canada outscored their opponents 46-2 and went 4-0 on bracket A (Canada 18, Slovakia 0; Canada 10, Switzerland 1; Canada 13, Sweden 1; Canada 5, Finland 0) Finland was the only tea to give Canada some sort of game. Without a Herculean effort from Finnish goalie Noora Raty, the freshman from the University of Minnesota who made 45, sometimes-acrobatic saves, Finland's pain would have been much worse.



Meghan Agosta scored 9 goals and had 5 assists for a total of 14 points in 4 games!

Team USA also feasted on the other countries in Group B (USA 12, China 1; USA 13, Russia 0, USA 6, Finland 0; USA 9, Sweden 1) for a 40-2 margin.




Monique Lamoureux (10 points) and Natalie Darwitz ( 11 points) lead the USA team

The question is will the lack of competition make the teams laid back at the start of the contest? Probably not as they have met 10 times prior to the Olympics and the rivalry will make this intense. Add to it that this is in Canada's house the game will add to this pressure cooker!

"I think you're probably going to see the best women's hockey game that's ever been played," Canada's Jayna Hefford said.

The game is Thursday the 25th at 6 PM on MSNBC!

Hot Curlers

Olmpic Hockey: USA 5 Canda 3

......The USA 5 Canada 3

This was an exciting olympic hockey game.

THIRD PERIOD

All over. Yanks win it, 5-3. USA (3-0 in pool play) moves on to quarterfinals. Canada (2-1) must play another game to get to quarters.

With 44.7 seconds to go, Kessler makes it 5-3 lead for US, beating Perry to loose puck for one-armed tap in.

16:51 -- Canada cuts US lead to 4-3. Crosby cuts to right post and pots Nash relay from out of right corner.

16:00 -- Miller with nice glove save on Iginla bid from high slot.

14:56 -- Erik Johnson (USA) sent off for tripping Marleau. Another Canadian power play. Feels like Montreal Forum, circa 1992. Lots of calls for the locals.

US kills penalty without much trouble. Canadians too often look for perfect shot. They look tight.

Penalty, 10:49, Kane hooks Nash, setting up Canadian power play.

7:09 -- USA to 4-2 lead on power-play goal. Suter cranks off scoring shot from above left circle, a one-timer off pass from Stastny. Langenbrunner credited with tip. Looked like it went off Weber. Possible scoring change.

6:05 -- Perry charged with slashing. Another US power play.

USA unable to forge 4-2 lead with power play.

1:44 --Crosby sent off for high-sticking penalty.

SECOND PERIOD

End 40:00. Yanks still in front, 3-2. Much better period for the southerners, outshooting Canada, 13-12.

16:44 -- US back on top, 3-2. Drury trails in for top-of-crease pot inside right post after Ryan and Backes hack away in front. Early last week, US coach Ron Wilson predicted Drury could prove to be Mike Eruzione-like hero in this tourney.

Perry leaves for Canada dressing room with 3:57 after crashing heavily to ice when rammed by teammate Staal. Looks as if he might be concussed.

With 5:26 to go in period, Pavelski slapper, deflected by Niedermayer, skims top of Brodeur's helmet. Brodeur shakes off, stays in game.

12:00 -- Good pressure on Brodeur by US. Devils teammate Parise turned back on attempt at top of crease. Still 2-2.

3:32 -- Canada ties it, 2-2. Heatley bangs equalier into open right side, from doorstep, after Toews wins one-on-one battle with Suter at left post to get puck across crease.

First 20:00 in the books. US with 2-1 lead. Canada with lopsided shot edge, 19-6. Miller superb in Uncle Sam's net.

9:15 -- US back in lead, 2-1. Only 22 seconds after Canadian equalizer, Rafalski gets second of afternoon by picking off Canada pass and wristing home from slot.

8:53 -- Canada ties, 1-1. Seabrook connects with wrister from just inside blue line. Miller doesn't get good look through traffic.

Each side with effective PK's in opening 10 minutes.

6:07 -- First US penalty. Pavelski, high-sticking.

US No. 1 PP unit -- Ryan, Kessler, Kane with Suter and Rafalski at points.

3:41 Penalty, Canada -- Getzlaf, interference.

1:44 -- Nearly 2-0 for Yanks, but Brodeur makes sprawling glove save on Callahan's backhander at right post

0:41 -- US on board, 1-0, Rafalski connects with slapper from above right faceoff circle. Shot deflects off of Crosby and by Brodeur.

Miller in net for USA. Thomas the backup.
Brodeur in net for Canada. Luongo the backup.

At Canada Hockey Place.

Cavs Trade a Bust?

Antawn Jamison can't sink a shot as out-of-sync Cleveland Cavaliers drop second straight

The Cavs have lost two games since trading Center Zydrunas Ilgauskas for Wizards Antawn Jamison.

Whinny Colts Fan

..The following article has to be the most whinny sour loserist of all!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/342457-onside-kick-was-dirty-pool

USA men's curling team off snide

Chris Plys (Duluth, Minn.) and the U.S. men picked up their first victory of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games with a 4-3 win over France's Thomas Dufour rink. Plys was inserted into the skip position for this game in place of John Shuster (Duluth, Minn.), with Jason Smith (Cape Coral, Fla.) throwing last rocks. Smith threw a perfect draw to the top of the eight foot in the 10^th end that caused troubles for Dufour, who couldn't score the necessary point to win. The U.S. team is now 1-4 in the round robin with four games remaining. They'll return to action at 9 a.m. PST Saturday, Feb. 20, to face Sweden (3-1).