Not kidding: Good ol' La Salle U. did this with the 1996 yearbook. They've whitewashed it on the online archive, but the actual cover printed at the time spelled the school's name as "La Sallle."
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Media Burn Archive, a repository of old Chicago-y videos, just rolled out a second installment of Jack Brickhouse's Once A Star, an interview program from the '80s featuring a bunch of ex-athletes. The first installment is here.
Farting cop helps bust pot farm? Farting cop helps bust pot farm. [Animal NY]
Never said they'd leave. But the leverage they're using—we're the Steelers, OK?—is a different model of the same hammer.
Heinz Field is 12 years old. It's still in great shape, even if its playing surface never was. The Steelers have a waiting list for season tickets that stretches as far as the eye can see. But the stadium's capacity is just 65,500, one of the smallest in the NFL. So the Steelers would like to add another 3,000 seats. And, like most other corporate welfare recipients NFL teams, they want the public to pick up most of the tab.
The SI story also quotes retired NCAA investigator Rich Johanningmeier extensively. Johanningmeier has been sued for defamation several times. He's also the same guy who caused Miami DL Dyron Dye to go to the cops with an accusation of "intimidation."
