I read this up on the Sports Illustrated site today in a weekly feature called the “10 Spot”…
4. There's an intriguing follow-up to an item in Monday's 10 Spot about several lawsuits alleging that baseball teams have discriminated against men in offering Mother's Day giveaways only to women over 18. Inspired by the dubious legal action, the Double A Altoona Curve will hold "Salute to Frivolous Lawsuit Night" on July 2. Among the giveaways, the first 137 men 18 and over will receive a pink tote bag; the first 137 women 18 and over will be given lukewarm coffee so "they will not burn themselves"; and the first 137 kids will be given a beach ball with a warning not to ingest it. Not even Jackie Chiles could get a lawsuit out of that.
Here is the link to the web site mentioned above … http://altoonacurve.com/news/?id=5227
5. The Iceman Goeth: British swimmer Lewis Gordon Pugh set a world record last Friday for the longest ice-water swim by covering 1.2 km (0.75 miles) in a Norwegian fjord. The 36-year-old wore only a swim cap, racing trunks and goggles during his 23 minutes and 50 seconds in the fjord that is still three-quarters covered in ice and lies beneath Europe's largest glacier, Jostedalsbreen. Pugh said he lost feeling in his hands and feet after 15 minutes. He also set an unofficial world record for shrinkage.
4. There's an intriguing follow-up to an item in Monday's 10 Spot about several lawsuits alleging that baseball teams have discriminated against men in offering Mother's Day giveaways only to women over 18. Inspired by the dubious legal action, the Double A Altoona Curve will hold "Salute to Frivolous Lawsuit Night" on July 2. Among the giveaways, the first 137 men 18 and over will receive a pink tote bag; the first 137 women 18 and over will be given lukewarm coffee so "they will not burn themselves"; and the first 137 kids will be given a beach ball with a warning not to ingest it. Not even Jackie Chiles could get a lawsuit out of that.
Here is the link to the web site mentioned above … http://altoonacurve.com/news/?id=5227
5. The Iceman Goeth: British swimmer Lewis Gordon Pugh set a world record last Friday for the longest ice-water swim by covering 1.2 km (0.75 miles) in a Norwegian fjord. The 36-year-old wore only a swim cap, racing trunks and goggles during his 23 minutes and 50 seconds in the fjord that is still three-quarters covered in ice and lies beneath Europe's largest glacier, Jostedalsbreen. Pugh said he lost feeling in his hands and feet after 15 minutes. He also set an unofficial world record for shrinkage.
