Minor League Baseball Player Bites Teammates Ear In Fight

On May 19, the Albuquerque Isotopes played a minor league baseball game against the Salt Lake City Bees, an affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. During this Pacific Coast League game, a fight occurred between two players on the same team. Players involved included Dodgers' farmhand Miguel Olivo and top prospect Alex Guerrero. The altercation was pretty much just Olivo, 36, bite off part of the ear of his teammate, Guerrero, during the eighth inning in the team's dugout. Guerrero's agent, Scott Boras, later tweeted that he would need to have emergency surgery to repair his ear. On Wednesday, Olivo was suspended indefinitely by the Dodgers. 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2070427-miguel-olivo-reportedly-bit-part-of-alex-guerreros-ear-off-during-altercation?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cnn-sports-bin&hpt=hp_bn15

Former Army Ranger Signs With NFL Team

The Philadelphia Eagles made news by signing a former US Army Ranger. Alejandro Villanueva, 25, was active in Afghanistan for three tours as a captain. He signed a rookie contract after impressing scouts during the Super Regional Combine in Detroit. He will likely play tight end but he could also play defensive end, offensive tackle or wide receiver and is listed as 6'9, 277 pounds. He played college football for West Point in 2009. He tried out for the Cincinnati Bengals but was sent to the middle east prior to the 2010 NFL season.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2052078-us-army-ranger-alejandro-villanueva-signs-contract-with-eagles?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial&hpt=hp_c3

Cuban Jose Abreu Breaks Rookie Records

Many baseball fans probably hadn't heard of Jose Dariel Abreu when he signed a 6 year, $68 million contract in late October. However, all that Abreu did was break the MLB rookie records for home runs (10) and runs batted in (31) for one month. Like a lot of other power hitters, Abreu strikes out very often about a strikeout every 4 at bats. He also leads the entire American League with his 10 home runs. Abreu is still 4 homers away from the all time one month record when Albert Pujols hit 14 in 2006.
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/sports/2014/04/28/chicago-white-sox-jose-abreu-breaks-rookie-records-for-runs-batted-in/
http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/_/id/33095/jose-abreu

MLB Players Go on Strike To End Steroids in Baseball

With the recent suspensions of Nelson Cruz, Ryan Braun, Jhonny Peralta and Alex Rodriguez, the Major League Baseball Players Association has announced that they are going on strike to end the steroid era. The last MLB strike occurred in 1994 when players held out for more money and there was no world series. Even though Opening Day was on March 31, players are willing to give up the beginning and maybe even the entire 2014 MLB season to hopefully result in an even playing field.

Metrodome Demolished

Minneapolis' Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome has been partially demolished. The building will be gone before football resumes in September. The dome hosted both the Minnesota Vikings and Twins for numerous years. The stadium opened in 1982. The Minnesota Twins played there until 2009 and the Vikings claimed it as their home since it opened. The Twins already built their new stadium and the city will host the midsummer classic, the Major League Baseball all star game at Target Field on July 15, 2014. However the Vikings don't have a new stadium to play in for the 2014-15 season. They will play at the University of Minnesota field where the Vikings hosted the Chicago Bears when the Metrodome roof caved in after snowfall in December 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2014/02/24/metrodome-partially-destroyed-with-controlled-explosives-video/?tid=hpModule_a4df998e-86a7-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/sports/2014/02/24/dnt-metrodome-demolished.kare.html

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Wins Daytona 500

After a 6 hour and 22 minute rain delay, the 2014 Daytona 500 resumed around 8:30 PM eastern time Sunday night. The historic race was won by the sport's most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr. He won his second Daytona 500 and he also won the race in 2004. Junior was in the midst of a long drought without wins (last 55 races) with his last one coming in June of 2012 at Michigan ending a then 143 race winless streak. He is also the son of the great Dale Earnhardt Sr. who won seven championships beginning in 1980 and winning his final in 1994. It was also the Daytona 500 that claimed Dale Sr.'s life in 2001.
http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/10509602/dale-earnhardt-jr-wins-daytona-500

Costas Won't Host Olympics for First Time in over 20 Years

Sportscaster, Bob Costas, won't be hosting the 2014 Olympics on NBC in Sochi due to an eye infection. He has hosted every year since 1988 including baseball and football pre- and post-games as well. Costas tried to battle through it with special glasses but his eyes were pink and looked bad. His golden voice will be missed. Costas will likely travel back to the U.S. instead of staying in Sochi with the bad enviroment. Matt Lauer and his show called Today Show will be the replacement. His streak has been compared to Cal Ripken Jr.'s streak of 2632 straight MLB games.

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/feb/11/bob-costas-red-eye-olympics-sochi-matt-lauer/
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1955944-bob-costas-eye-infection-forces-host-to-be-temporarily-replaced-by-matt-lauer?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cnn-sports-bin&hpt=hp_bn15