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Germans offer free lodging to cash-strapped World Cup fans

600 apply for "the bed in a shed."

Host: "I don't mind having drunken English people in my apartment."

Brazilian women preferred.

April 26, 2006 07:39 AM | Link | Comments (2)

2 Talladega race fans electrocuted

The Birmingham couple was trying to erect a flagpole when it hit powerlines.

Witness: "I heard a loud pop."

April 26, 2006 07:31 AM | Link | Comments (3)

Spurrier to 'Cocks fans: You gotta pay to play

Secret to winning, Spurrier says, is donor$.

"Our message to the fans is that we have to improve our facilities, and yes, that means money," he said in The Greenville News last week. "I'm not talking about 98 percent of our fans who contribute loyally every year and do all they can, I'm talking about the 2 percent of the wealthy who can step up and really make a difference for us."

April 26, 2006 07:28 AM | Link | Comments (0)

German World Cup brothel takes down Iranian, Saudi flags after threat

Brothel worker: violence threatened.

"The management here decided to do it so that we didn't get any more trouble."

April 24, 2006 05:28 PM | Link | Comments (1)

Fan heaves tube of Icy Hot, note at Bonds

Note read: "To Barry Bonds. The Cream. From Victor Conte."

Fan arrested, charged with misdemeanor.

April 24, 2006 08:40 AM | Link | Comments (0)

Nuns take credit for hockey team's win

Nine nuns at the Convent of the Precious Blood engaged in thoughtful prayer aimed at lifting the Oilers past the Redwings.

The nuns "also placed a puck and small wooden stick next to a statue of Jesus in their bid for divine intervention."

Oilers win 4-2. Coincidence???

April 24, 2006 08:36 AM | Link | Comments (0)

250 Dutch Soccer fans arrested after mayhem

Arrested for "violence, vandalism and disregarding regulations and police orders."

April 24, 2006 08:30 AM | Link | Comments (0)

Fans Give Bonds the Business

Perjury probe sparks renewed outrage for baseball's cuddliest star.

April 17, 2006 08:43 AM | Link | Comments (2)

Police: Logan Young's Death Declared "Accidental"

It seems that earlier, when police said Logan Young had been savagely beaten and brutally murdered in his own home, in a slaying that left blood all over the house and the victim so disfigured that he had to be identified by dental records, they were wrong. According to Sgt. Larry Godwin, Young actually died from falling and hitting his head on a metal chair.

Anyone else confused??

April 13, 2006 03:15 PM | Link | Comments (3)

Police now say Young death may have been an accident

Police: now investigating a death, not necessarily a homicide.

Memphis TV: "It's possible Young fell down the stairs or something else."

Earlier: Memphis police Sgt said, "The nature of the attack was brutal. The whole house was a crime scene."

Pruett: "Something's rotten in Memphis."

Google News links here.

April 13, 2006 08:35 AM | Link | Comments (0)

NYT: NASCAR fans trading RVs for Condo$

Meet the Dollars (seriously, that's their name) who have "forsaken the track infield -- the home of tricked-out R.V.'s, makeshift barbecue pits and parking spaces passed down from generation to generation" for "the plush confines of apartments that, in some cases, cost $1 million or more."

April 13, 2006 07:52 AM | Link | Comments (1)

Booster Young found dead

Alabama booster Logan Young was found dead today in his home in Tennessee. No word yet on the cause of death, but the MCA reports that homocide detectives were called to the scene.

Young had suffered health problems for some time, but first signals from Memphis suggest police are investigating possible foul play.

Update -- Memphis TV: Young murdered.

T-News: Young "attacked."

Young was the Alabama booster implicated in the paying of recruit Albert Means' high school coaches. He was later convicted in federal court of multiple charges in connection with the scheme. More TK...

Gridscape thread here.
Tidefans.com thread here.
BamaMag thread here.

April 11, 2006 11:50 AM | Link | Comments (5)

Masters fan has heart attack at "Amen Corner"

Mickelson reacts with horror; wins Masters.

April 10, 2006 07:38 AM | Link | Comments (2)

Now Cricket Fans Riot

Tear gas, long sticks required to quell fan unrest after delay.

April 10, 2006 07:32 AM | Link | Comments (0)

Whoa: Fans attack team for lame showing

Inter Milan attacked at Rome airport after winning.

April 10, 2006 07:28 AM | Link | Comments (0)

And congrats Fanopticon: 1 million visitors and going strong(ish)

About 8 months ago, the RJYH Fanopticon started on the simple premise that someone out there should keep tabs on the way sports makes people lose their minds. It also began on the even simpler premise that a regularly updated blog with a tie-in to a book on a similar subject would help sell that book.

No idea how we made out on the later, but the blogging thing -- even our quick hit version of it -- started to draw us in. And these days surely no one can argue the Fanopticon's status as THE go-to source on the Web for exceedingly small, occasionally entertaining tidbits about the goof-ball things fans do in the name of sports. We stress "occasionally." And you the clicking public have, as of this week, rewarded us with our 1 millionth visit, and over 2 million page views since we started counting last August, or so says Urchin, our counter software:

Report for RJYH Fanoption Date Range: 8/01/2005 - 4/03/2006
Summary
Total Visitors 1,008,793
Total Pageviews 2,080,730
Total Hits 7,527,522
Total Bytes Transferred 92.57GB

Average Visitors Per Day 4,405.2
Average Pageviews Per Day 9,086.15
Average Hits Per Day 32,871.27
Average Bytes Transferred Per Day 413.9MB

It's enough to make us feel guilty about not posting.

So we'll keep at it. Thanks for the clicks and the tips. Keep em coming. A newsy-ish announcement or two will be coming down the pike soon, so check in. And please support our pet cause of adult literacy by snapping up some goodies in the RJYH store.

Thanks yall.

April 4, 2006 10:04 AM | Link | Comments (11)

Congrats Gators...NCAA Champs

I think Michael Chabon made the right call...

April 4, 2006 10:00 AM | Link | Comments (1)

Fan throws syringe at Bonds on opening day

Bonds doesn't get the joke: "If that's what they want to do, embarrass themselves, then that's on them," he said. "That has nothing to do with me at all."

April 4, 2006 09:55 AM | Link | Comments (1)

Author Chabon Cancels UF Talk For March Madness

Apparently Michael Chabon is getting some grief for cancellation of his talk at the University of Florida tonight. But as someone who did an author event in St. Louis the night of a huge Cardinals game at home, I can tell you, Chabon is doing the right thing. When the public has a chance to choose between watching their team play a championship game and watching an author drone on about one of his or her books, I'm afraid literature will always be the loser. Organizers should be pardoned as well: no sane person expected the Gators to be playing for the NCAA championship tonight.

I suggest Chabon reschedule for the evening of this year's SEC Championship game in Atlanta. I predict Gators fans will be free that night.

Orson? Orson...??

April 3, 2006 09:58 AM | Link | Comments (4)

Meet Vandy Lance: "No. 1 Heckler in the S.E.C."

Vandy Lance is so obnoxious he makes rival teams' scouting reports.

Cold-cocked by the mom of a Bama player...

April 3, 2006 08:24 AM | Link | Comments (0)