Pats Hernandez Questioned In Homicide Investigation

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Investigators searched Aaron Hernandez's suburban Boston home in connection with the death of a man who police said was an associate of his. Hernandez was initially uncooperative, but was eventually questioned over a possible relationship with a man whose body was found a few miles from his home.

According to SI.com, during the search of the home, two friends of Hernandez who were in the house tried to leave, but were stopped by state police as they had a car that blocked the driveway.

David Linton of the Attleboro Sun Chronicle newspaper, reported that police identified a rented 2013 Chevrolet Suburban from Enterprise Rent-a-Car with Rhode Island license plates in connection with the possible homicide and Hernandez.

Also from Linton:

ABC News reported its sources say the dead man might be an associate of Hernandez.

State police are looking for another rental car — a silver 2013 Chrysler 300 with Rhode Island plates 451 375— in connection with the North Attleboro homicide. Police were told there could be up to four occupants in the vehicle.

Here's the early returns...
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Got $3.2M Laying Around...? Wanna Buy Chipper's House...???

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Said in our best realtor voice...

"The 23,504-square-foot home is on 2-point-5 acres in the Glenayre gated community. It has seven bedrooms, eight full bathrooms, three half bathrooms, three kitchens, two wet bars, one full bar, six-car garage and pool.

The listing agent is Carter Smith with Professional Realty Group, Incorporated."

Here's your tour...

The HQ actually knows one of the agents that gets to show the place, and we'll keep you posted...

Falcons Stadium Design Released: Looks Like Logan's Run Carousel

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Give the Atlanta Falcons credit, they managed to get the city of Atlanta to partner with them on a new football stadium and they are trying to think "Outside the Box".

Sort of.

Check out the rendering on your right. It's the design that's been approved by the team and the architect, 360 Architecture.

Looks sort of familar, at least to those of us old enough to remember this:

 

But maybe that's just us. (No, it's not gonna be that dark in the new place)


Either way, the $1 billion project is still early in the planning stages and part of the design includes such amenities as a giant video screen embedded into the retractable part of the roof, 70,000 seats including tons more club seating and uh...PSL's.

Yeah, surprisingly, your ticket prices are going up.

The Falcons promise that not all seats will have PSL's attached, but you can bet if they can get enough season ticket holders to fill the place up, they'll do exactly that.

Because OSG Global HQ is located in the Atlanta area, we do look forward to seeing this with our own eyes. And yes, despite our cynicism/narcissism regarding the whole thing, we'll go see a game or two there. (The Lovely Bride would never forgive me if we miss a Saints/Falcons game there)

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And The Public Damage Control Of Steak Shapiro Begins...

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Steak Shapiro spent some time with Brooke Baldwin to go through Stage One of the reinvention of his career after he, Nick Cellini, and Chris Dimino put gasoline on a dumpster fire...

Okay, dear viewer... what do you think...???
Is it a positive step forward or is it the first step of spin doctoring the remainder of a career...???

Team Gleason Accepts Sports Talk Hosts Apologies (UPDATE: Cellini Pledges Paycheck to Team Gleason)

Proving yet again that he and his foundation are better men, Team Gleason released a statement this afternoon stating they've forgiven the DJ's from Atlanta radio station 790 The Zone who made some poor, poor jokes at his expense.

Here's the statement from Steve Gleason himself:

Regarding the DJ skit in Atlanta yesterday. I would like to thank the public for their support. 'Defend Team Gleason' now has been officially redefined. Additionally, the DJ's have provided genuine apology. Received and accepted. We have all made mistakes in this life. How we learn from our mistakes is the measure of who we are.

I think everyone can learn from this event. It's clear to me that, on a national and global scale, ALS is not understood, which is part of why its under funded and largely ignored. In the past 36 hours lots of people have been talking. Lets talk about this....There are zero treatments for ALS. If you take any action as a result of this event, I prefer it to end ALS. See what we are doing to change that at TeamGleason.org.

For more on Team Gleason, the link to his website is RIGHT HERE

If you'd like to donate to Team Gleason, the link is RIGHT HERE

Thus far, Brother Jon has handled this story and we haven't chimed in. I'm chiming in. I know and have worked with 2 of the 3 "DJ's" or Sports Talk Hosts involved.

And to hear they tried to do something like this was NOT a surprise. But like Gleason, rather than dwell on my distaste for them, I'm looking at the positive that comes from this.

Steve Gleason is a BIG man to accept their apology and that he did, just makes my respect for him and his battle only grow.

The good thing about what happened to the 3 "Hosts" is this probably should have happened years ago (them getting themselves fired), so let's call it Karma.

Like Gleason, I think a lot of good comes from what happened. It moved ALS forward in the discussion. It needs to be discussed/addressed or what ever else you want to call it.

This is a golden opportunity for people in Atlanta, New Orleans and other places to discover more of what the disease is and can do. Other than the inspiring stories of those battling it, it's a horrible affliction that needs attention.

Let's hope everyone takes advantage of the learning experience despite where it originated from.

Two side notes: Cellini has deleted his Twitter account, and according to Katherine Terrell at nola.com:

Cellini, who told NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune that he had no illusions about securing future employment, made a pledge if that were to happen.

"When and if I do work in radio again, I'm going to donate my first month's salary to Team Gleason and the fight against ALS," he said in a phone call Tuesday morning. "I know that feelings are very raw, and I've very, very contrite.

"I realize what I did was a horrible, horrible thing."

Interesting to see if that happens...

DEVELOPING: San Jose Suing MLB Over A's Move

Or, to be more accurate, a lack of a move...

The San Jose city council is suing Major League Baseball and taking them to court over the perception that MLB is dragging their feet over the team's proposed move to San Jose- and this weekend's sewer issue at the Oakland Coliseum can't be sitting well with the A's or MLB at present, either...

San Jose is maintaining that MLB is "conspiring to limit competition" by not allowing the team to move...

From KGO-TV:

Peninsula attorney Joe Cotchett to file a lawsuit. "This is all about economics. And, you have a city like San Jose, the tenth largest city in the United States, cannot get a baseball club. I can name you other cities that are pulling for San Jose for the same reason. They want the right and the chance to bring a baseball team to their city, their county, whatever it might be," he said.

The city has always wanted a team, knows that having a team will pump in nine figures of income, and will build a new ballpark to suit the A's. But San Jose has always deferred to A's owner Lew Wolff- a frat brother of MLB Commissioner Bud Selig.

The only other issue is that San Jose is considered part of the geographic footprint of the San Francisco Giants...

Here's what the A's have been up to recently... when the sewage pipes worked...
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Iverson Denies Kids Abduction

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Jeff Hullinger tracked down Allen Iverson at a suburban Atlanta hotel to discuss with him the idea that his ex-wife, Tawana, feels that he has kidnapped them...

Interesting grab by the Hull Man...

Obviously, Iverson denies everything...

Tawana has sole custody of the kids and claims Allen Iverson took the children in late May and has been living in that hotel.

Sheraton Suites... must be nice for someone who drives a Maybach, but claims he can't buy a cheeseburger

Obviously, Tawana wants the kids returned post haste...