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Photo of the Weekend, by far. This is a dog, dressed up as a hot dog, eating a hot dog. Great baseball fan, this dog. (via)
This is too meta for us.
This is a REAL LIVE PENGUIN on an office chair belonging to Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon.
“I checked with Elias. Cliff is the first penguin ever to sit in the chair of a @MLB manager. #MaddonsMenagerie,” Rays director of communications Dave Haller tweeted.
Office penguin. The best kind of penguin. (h/t Deadspin)
DOG DAYS: The Tampa Bay Rays hosted “Bark in the Park” on Sunday and many fans brought their dogs to the stadium. Pitcher David Price brought his dog, Astro — whose likeness was turned into a bobblehead and given away to fans under 14. Sounds like a RUFF LIFE. (Photo: J. Meric/Getty Images; Chris O’Meara/The Associated Press)
The organizing committee for the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games has narrowed its search for the tournament’s mascot to six finalists … and this is what they came up with.
Not sure why two of them have masks (vigilante mascots?) or why that moose is so darn happy. And don’t even talk to us about the raccoon.
The winner will be chosen by Canadians through an online vote. Because that ended well last time.
How does that saying go again? It’s not opening day unless you see a dog dressed in a Mets uniform wearing year-specific glasses and smoking a pipe? Or something. Photo: Mike Stobe/Getty Images
UPDATE: Less funny when you read the backstory.
(Source: nationalpost.com)
Shut down the Internet. Shut it down. We’re done here. Pack it up. We don’t need to see it anything else: Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Phil Coke checks out Rocky, a 4-week-old Bengal tiger from the Dade City Wild Things Zoo.
Bottom photo: This real tiger does not like fake Tiger Justin Verlander. (Photo: Carlos Osorio/The Associated Press)
How to pick a team to follow during March Madness
If you are looking for in-depth analysis to help you fill out an NCAA Basketball Tournament bracket, this is not the place for you. But if you are looking for random reasons to get behind a school in the 64-team field, you can find them right here! One per team. Let’s be honest, these will be about as useful to you as most of the expert analysis you’ll find. It’s a crapshoot, yes?
For example, if you like dogs, you should get behind Butler because LOOK AT THIS FACE. (Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Don’t mind us tennis players, we’re just hanging out with some dolphins. Just your average Tuesday. The usual.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga swims with the dolphins at the Miami Seaquarium during Day 2 of the Sony Open. (Photo: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
(Source: nationalpost.com)
It’s been quite a ride: A 53-year-old former champion has won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to become the oldest winner of Alaska’s gruelling test of endurance.
Mitch Seavey and 10 dogs crossed the Nome finish line to cheering crowds at 10:39 p.m. Alaska time Tuesday.
“This is for all of the gentlemen of a certain age,” he said after crossing the finish line in temperatures just above zero. His race time in the 1,600-kilometre race was nine days, 7 hours and 39 minutes. (Bill Roth/The Anchorage Daily News)
Photo, middle right: A musher and dog team cross the ice between the Rohn and Nikolai checkpoints. (Bill Roth/The Anchorage Daily News)
Bottom photo: Iditarod Air Force pilot Scott Ivany prepares to take off with a load of dropped dogs in his Cessna 185. (Bill Roth/The Anchorage Daily News)
Catch me if you can: A pitch invasion by a sharp-toothed marten has created havoc at a football match in Switzerland.
The weasel-like creature dashed onto the field a few minutes into the topflight match between Thun and FC Zurich on Sunday and evaded efforts by players and match officials to catch it.
Zurich defender Loris Benito dived and grabbed the marten — receiving a bitten finger for his troubles. Click through for video. (Photo: Marcel Bieri/Keystone/The Associated Press)
