Well, ain't that a kick in the calf

Crazy story about NFL veteran Jason Taylor, formerly of the Miami Dolphins and now of the Washington Redskins, who recently had to have surgery on his calf on which he received a kick during Sunday's game against the Arizona Cardinals. Read the article here.

We really have to be careful about these seemingly insignificant injuries and pay attention to our bodies. Sounds like this could have been significant without the medical intervention at the time he received it.

Lucky to be alive

Couldn't find me trying this. Too much risk. Click here to see how tree helped him survive.

Say it ain't so

Shortly after being released by the Detroit Lions, former NFL player Tatum Bell allegedly stole the luggage of a player they signed to replace him. Read about it here.

I pretty much have no words... except, I hope this isn't true. And I know what my dad would say... Forget the numbers part and read It's the "numbers" OR ... the "THUGS" part is what I'm talking about. I'm not saying he is a THUG, I'm just saying that dad would say it.

It's the "numbers" OR ...

From AOL Sports - Two Jaguars Greats Arrested

It's the "numbers". Get it? Jimmy 8 2. Fred 2 8. Got it? It's something funny about those numbers!

OR, they're both THUGS. Pick your choice, it's one or the other. Clearly not role models for little (or big) kids.

BB

How does Olympic swimming time keeping work?

That's the question I asked. I thought the folks who stand at the end of the pool had a little button in their hands like the Jeopardy buzzer and they looked for the swimmer to touch the edge of the pool and clicked and that stopped the time for that swimmer. Well, I was wrong. My brother insisted that there was some kind of touch pad in the pool and the swimmers triggered it themselves. He was right - and forwarded me this About.com article called "Olympic Swimming Rules - Equipment, Officials, and Awarding Medals" to prove it. I am now assuming this is accurate. What the article talks about certainly has the potential to be more accurate than my idea. The touch pad timing thing is on page 3. But the article is interesting overall if you are newly interested in swimming perhaps because of all the attention Michael Phelps is bringing to the sport.