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Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies - Pittsburgh Sports Videos, Humor and Crack Analysis. And Ridiculously Small Horses: Mini Pony of the Day 5-5-09
The Sporting Blog: Brazilians Won't Let Being On Fire Ruin a Celebration
FanIQ Blog: Corinthians Player William Set On Fire During Paulista Trophy Celebration
Mini Pony of the Day 5-5-09
Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies - Pittsburgh Sports Videos, Humor and Crack Analysis. And Ridiculously Small Horses —
A little curve ball this morning. These guys are members of the Mini Ponies, a New England track and trails running group. A few Ponies hit up the Pittsburgh Marathon, so I've effectively tied them into 100% of PSAMP's market niche.
Pens lost. [The Pensblog]
Phil Jackson clowns Craig "Bozo" Sager. [Lake Show Life]
A soccer player was set on fire during a trophy celebration. [Sports Rubbish]
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Brazilians Won't Let Being On Fire Ruin a Celebration
The Sporting Blog —
... element in this: no one stops celebrating, not even William, who just seconds after being TOTALLY ON FIRE decides to samba on into the party with his teammates. If this were New York he would have been swamped with medics and attorneys begging William to file a lawsuit; if this were LA, the heat from the flames would have melted some of the fine plastic surgery on the faces of the front row. And if this were Philly, someone would have thrown gas on him and booed.
(H/T: Sports Rubbish)
Corinthians Player William Set On Fire During Paulista Trophy Celebration
FanIQ Blog —
... and then in an extremely logical move, streamers were fired off towards everyone who was holding the trophy. I'm sure you can guess exactly what happened.
That's team captain William who was nearly burned alive there. Fortunately, he was fine.
By the way, something tells me that Corinthians - or at least William - may look to lose the Paulista Championship next year.
Corinthians player set on fire during Paulista Trophy celebration [Sports Rubbish]
What Happened to Just Spraying Champagne?
The Slanch Report —
... the air, then fireworks and sparklers were shot off. Unfortunately, it turns out that fireworks sometimes include flames and the massive amounts of paper that the team shot in the air that then draped on the raised dais and such became a massive fire hazard.
Of course, inevitably, William catches on FIRE! Luckily, the other people on the platform managed to quickly put the flames out, but this definitely takes the cake for celebrating.
[Sports Rubbish]
Posted in Awesome, Soccer Tagged: Brazil, Corinthians, Man ...
Corinthians Celebration Goes Wrong
TheScore.com Blog —
Hat tip to Sports Rubbish-- via Fark-- for this video of Corinthians player William nearly being burned alive during a trophy presentation, after his team won the Paulistão. Funny thing... it turns out that fire and paper don't mix so well. (Oh, and he was OK-- which makes this OK to show, right?) ...
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ESPN Feed: bill simmons —
... on the struggles of an industry, and sad attempts as well, and there are also those like Simmons who, in a smart and philosophical sense point out that maybe we were asking too much to get so close all along. But in the end, even the athletes will know this: The joy of this industry, this realm, is that so many of the best stories they may have mapped out themselves. But the storytellers provide the legend. Elsewhere Set on fire during a celebration . There are better ways to party. Girls now allowed ...
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SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... • SPORTS RUBBISH brings us footage of a soccer team called Corinthians in Brazil celebrating a major tournament victory by setting their team captain (known only as “William”) on fire during the trophy presentation. They didn’t mean to, but I’m sure that’s of little consolation to the guy who was on fire: ...
When Celebrations Go Wrong
TheOriginalWinger.com —
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