January 12, 2011

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  Southwest Airlines pilot holds plane for murder victim’s family 

  As my husband walked down the Jetway with the pilot, he said, “I can’t thank you enough for this.”
  
  The pilot responded with, “They can’t go anywhere without me and I wasn’t going anywhere without you. Now relax. We’ll get you there. And again, I’m so sorry.”More »

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  Aaron Rodgers has highest career passer rating of any active QB 

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  Jets cornerback calls Brady an ‘asshole’ 

  It didn't take long for Round 3 of Jets-Patriots to escalate. And this time it wasn't Rex Ryan doing the talking.
  
  No, it was Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie, who called Patriots quarterback Tom Brady an "ass----," according to the New York Daily News..

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  U.S. Seizes Killer Chocolate Eggs At Canadian Border 

  The Kinder Surprise is a delicious chocolate egg that contains a small toy. They're available pretty much everywhere....except the United States, which has banned them because the tiny toys present a choking hazard to small children. And people who like to swallow chocolate eggs whole, we guess. The CBC reports that a Winnipeg woman didn't know this, and was almost fined $300 for attempting to bring a single $2 egg into the country.More »

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  Musburger’s ‘Tostitos’ line goes viral 

  Past generations have had their famous sports calls. "The Giants win the pennant!" "Do you believe in miracles? Yes!" "And we'll see you tomorrow night." Etc.
  
  A classic call tends to resonate long-term because it gives you a sense of time and place. Brent Musburger's call of "This is for all the Tostitos" as Auburn lined up for the field goal that won Monday night's BCS title game thriller might not be a classic as it relates to others, but it did give a great snap shot on a couple of levels of where we are in sports in 2011.More »

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  I Fought The DMV To Keep The World’s Greatest License Plate 

  his is Garth Yeaman, the 30-year-old who valiantly struggled to keep the world's greatest license plate from being destroyed by Virginia's humorless bureaucracy. He lost the battle, but he's not giving up the war. We interviewed him. Here's his story.
  
  Jalopnik first wrote about Yeaman's plates in 2008 when they popped up online. The plate shows two small red hand prints with the words "Kids First" underneath a blank space. The money for these plates goes for domestic violence and prevention, thus it was an ironic choice when Yeaman chose the letters "EAT THE" to go on his plates.More »

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  The Secret Life of Sideline Reporters 

  Behind every bench in college football is a white dotted line that only members of the team may cross. It sits about eight feet behind the bench. Stadium security watches it. Student managers watch it. This line is the reason Eamon McAnaney has developed the lean.
  
  It's the posture perfected by snooping neighbors and old ladies who want to get just a little closer to a conversation of which they are not a part. For McAnaney and the stable of ESPN sideline reporters working the station's coverage of this year's bowl season (ESPN is broadcasting 32 games), tiptoeing around these quirky obstacles is an integral part of their job. And it's a job that most fans don't even come close to understanding. More »

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  Let Obama’s Reagan Revolution Begin 

  BARACK OBAMA’S Christmas resurrection was so miraculous that even a birther or two may start believing the guy is a Christian. .

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  Snow present in 49 of the 50 U.S. states 

  After big snow and ice events in the Southeast, Plains, and Midwest this week, 49 out of the 50 states currently have snow on the ground – yes, even Hawaii, where snow falls in Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea all winter.
  
  The only state that has avoided this icy blast is Florida. Does that make you want to go on a nice, warm vacation to the Sunshine State? You're not alone.
  
  Put another way, that means snow is present in 69.4 percent of the lower 48, which is more than double than December. This is extremely unusual, though it's hard to put a date on when this last happened because records aren't kept on this kind of event.More »

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