That’s Outrageous!

MARATHON RUNNERS in China were rewarded with a gift bag after the race. One of the goodies was a fruit-flavored bar ensconced in its pretty Englishlanguage wrapper. In fact, the Royal Orchard bars were fruitperfumed soap. According to the BBC, “Witnesses report many bars of soap, all with one bite missing, dumped on the roadside.”

Source: bbc.com

GREAT NEWS for a player on the Gateway Grizzlies, a professional baseball team in Sauget, Illinois:

With his team losing 3–0, he cracked a grand slam to take the lead! Bad news for the player: The ball sailed into the parking lot and smashed his car’s windshield.

Source: stltoday.com

THE NOMINEES for the craziest injuries ever: 1. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, who tore a ligament in his knee while catching a teenage fan who’d jumped into his arms.

2. Baseball player Brent Mayne, who missed several games with back spasms— triggered by trying to look both ways before crossing a street.

3. Hockey goalie Glenn Healy, who required ten stitches after he cut himself while putting together his bagpipes.

4. NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson, who broke a wrist during a celebrity golf tournament after falling off the top of a golf cart.

Source: bleacherreport.com

AN UMPIRE AT the ATP Challenger Tour in Nottingham, England, penalized tennis player Brydan Klein for calling a player on the court a “stupid, stupid person.” The player Klein was berating was … himself. And he was right! The penalties cost him the game, set, and match.

Source: msn.com

FROM FAN to fanatic: A New England Patriots fan tattooed Tom Brady on his lip so that the quarterback’s name would always be on the tip of his tongue. Meanwhile, a Green Bay, Wisconsin, man married a woman named Packer and took her last name.

Sources: bostonmagazine.com and abcnews.go.com