DEVELOPING: Ray Rice Waived And Suspended After Video Release (UPDATED W/Fan Reax)

((HT: TMZ Sports))

Yeah, okay, it was as bad as we all thought...

After the Sunday Night football game, TMZ Sports released the Ray Rice video and it's pretty graphic...

Ray Rice -- ELEVATOR KNOCKOUT ... Fiancee Takes Crushing Punch [Video]
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The NFL league office claimed that they had not seen the elevator video where Rice had allegedly assaulted his then fiancee, but then it was released. The league wasted no time in suspending him indefinitely after the Ravens waived him.

Simply put by the Ravens on their Twitter:

The Ravens have terminated RB Ray Rice's contract this afternoon.

The Shield followed up with, on their Twitter through spokesman Greg Aiello:

Roger Goodell has announced that based on new video evidence that became available today he has
indefinitely suspended Ray Rice.

A lot of different media sources are calling "shenanigans" that the league didn't know this was what was on the tape. But Jay Glazer had maintained from the beginning that this was the case and, thus, the two-game punishment.

Now, the Ravens will have to retool their offense for an entire season and, possibly, hit the market looking for a tailback that can get quality yards...

CBS Baltimore's Mike Hellgren has fan reaction from the town

This Is Awesome! Jeanneret Calls Game From Ice Level- Not By Choice...

((HT: NHL/MSG))

What else could go wrong this season for the Buffalo Sabres...???

First off, they're really, really bad...

But second the building that they're skating in, (now) First Niagara Center, had elevator issues all day Tuesday...
No one up, no one down...

And that includes Sabres play-by-play legend Rick Jeanneret...
He couldn't call the game from the booth, so he joined Rob Ray downstairs...


But Puck Daddy gives us a play from the game where Rick might have been calling "May Day! May Day!"
((HT: EyeOnHockey))

Construction Worker Killed At 49ers New Stadium

((HT: KGO-TV))

Levi's Stadium is supposed to open next year in the Santa Clara are at the cost of a cool US$1.2-billion. It's also set to host Super Bowl 50. It's going to be paid for, in theory, through a loan taken out by the Santa Clara Stadium Authority. It will, in theory, be paid back through naming rights, seat licenses, rent, and other stadium revenue.

There is no current thought on what would happen if supply and demand don't match up... but the city of Santa Clara doesn't quite share the HQ's pessimism at present...

Construction came to a halt today when a construction worker was killed in a permanent elevator. Santa Clara police, fire, and Cal/OSAH (the state version of OSHA) are doing separate investigations.

This is the first serious accident at the 49ers stadium construction site.

Here's the early returns on the story...


No word on when the investigations will be concluded or when construction will continue...