What’s the buzz from the world of sports? Here are some items that will have people talking:
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Seems that only in baseball will you see injuries of the non-typical variety.
The latest is Texas Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus, who had to miss Thursday’s spring training game against the Cleveland Indians because his arm hurt.
Not unusual? Well, his arm hurt because of a new tattoo.
The Dallas Morning News’ Gerry Fraley wrote: “Andrus has new body art on the upper left arm featuring a likeness of his late father. The elaborate needle work caused sensitivity in the biceps area.”
Andrus posted a picture of his new ink on his Twitter account @ElvisandrusSS1.
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Ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman hung out with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un during his improbable journey to Pyongyang, watching the Harlem Globetrotters with the leader and later drinking and dining on sushi with him.
“You have a friend for life,” Rodman told Kim before a crowd of thousands Thursday at a gymnasium where they sat side by side, chatting as they watched players from North Korea and the United States face off in mixed teams, Alex Detrick, a spokesman for the New York-based VICE media company, told The Associated Press.
Rodman arrived in Pyongyang on Monday with three members of the professional Harlem Globetrotters basketball team, VICE correspondent Ryan Duffy and a production crew to shoot an episode on North Korea for a new weekly HBO series.
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Headline on Fark.com: “Player for the Twins is expecting twins. Bet his wife is happy he doesn’t play for the Giants.”
Seems somewhat appropriate that Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer and his wife are expecting, well, twins. Mauer has essentially been a Twin all his life as he was born in St. Paul, Minn., cheered for the Twins as a kid and was drafted No. 1 by the team in 2001.
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