Your Wide Receiver Explosion Of The Week

((HT: FNF on TSN))

This qualifies as one of the nastiest hits you'll see for a while...

Last night in the Green Riders- Stampeders game, Marshay Green met Simon Charbonneau-Campeau helmet to helmet


Calgary actually had a 24-0 lead, before having to hold on 31-24

C-C was able to jog off the field under his own power, but he'll have a close eye kept on him this week to monitor the idea of a sure concussion.

Yet Another Bird Disintegrates From A Pitch

((HT: TinCaps Productions))

The HQ would really know the odds on something like this...

We remember the physics of Force = Mass (x) Acceleration and all those SAT problems about trains leaving stations and finding out what time they pass from each other if they leave opposing train stations and all that stuff...

The HQ always missed those math problems...

In single-A, Fort Wayne was taking on West Michigan when Jon Maciel of the Whitecaps did this...

Here's the pitch and the aftermath


And, no, the HQ doesn't think the bird was okay...

Arraignment Expected In Boston Bomb Hoax

((HT: MyFoxBoston))

Kayvon Edson, also known as Kevin Edson, is charged with possession of a hoax device, disturbing the peace, and disorderly conduct after Boston police say he was carrying a rice cooker filled with confetti to the Boston Marathon finish line.

He will be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court Wednesday.

Authorities say Edson told them he had a rice cooker in his backpack and they told him to leave it on the street. The area was cleared and the two backpacks that Edson had in his possession when he entered the Boylston Street area were detonated Tuesday evening over a two-hour period. The area had been cleared for the bomb squad to do their examinations and metro trains skipped the Copley Street station during the evacuation.

Here's the morning reports...
Boston News, Weather, Sports | FOX 25 | MyFoxBoston

No word yet on how the Boston Police will increase their security measures- that have already been increased due to last year's explosions. Police have already asked those who will be running in the Marathon or who will be watching the Marathon not to bring backpacks into the area this year.

More Of The Metrodome Goes Boom

((HT: KARE-TV))

We all know that the Minnesota Vikings are heading over to the University for the next few seasons while they build the new barn downtown.

But to construct, you have to destruct...

And the beauty of dynamite is that it can do the work for you...

Here's the newest stage of the destruction...

Busy Day For Rangers-Astros Includes A Drop And A Fire Truck

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It was a day that needed celebrating when the Rangers took on the Astros...

The Rangers made a point to honor the town of West, about 90 minutes south, as the town was obliterated when a grain plant exploded this spring. Lance Berkman even went as far as donating a fire truck that was purchased from the Arlington Fire Department. His name and number were placed on the side of the truck, but Berkman wanted no such recognition.

He just wanted to make sure the truck works for a town that really needs the help...
Here's the link to the ceremony...

And the story from WFAA-TV
And, during the game, one of the lighter moments when someone dropped a sure home run souvenir, and someone else wasn't too pleased...

DEVELOPING: Explosions Near Boston Marathon Finish (UPDATED With 100 Injured, 2 Dead, Suspect In Hospital)

Two explosions have rocked the Boston neighborhood near the finish line of today's Boston Marathon.

The incident mars the 117th running of the event from Hopkinton to Boston. Spectators were being carried to the medical tent and an eyewitness at the finish line is saying there are as many as 12 people with "grave injuries" that have included missing limbs.

Three hours after the winners crossed the line, there was a loud explosion on the north side of Boylston Street, just before runners would reach the photo bridge that marks the finish line. Another explosion could be heard a few seconds later- some are saying as few as 20 seconds.

The marathon has been suspended pending a resolution of the incident...
More when we know more...

1545 UPDATE: The marathon has been cancelled and police are looking for secondary devices. The explosion happened 25 yards from the finish in front of the public library. SWAT teams are being told to report to the finish line area.

1555 UPDATE: Local police are admitting that a recent explosion was a controlled detonation of a suspected device... and all off-duty police officers have been called in to work.

23 people are now being listed as injured with 2 more as fatalities...

1605 UPDATE: Sources are telling people in Boston that DC police are on alert now as well...

1612 UPDATE: WCVB-TV's Liam Martin, via his Twitter, is saying that Mass General has 19 patients, six critical, including multiple amputations

1630 UPDATE: Boston Mayor @mayortomenino (Tom Menino) is expected to hold a briefing any minute. A senior U.S. intelligence official says two more explosive devices have been found near the scene of the initial blasts. The official said the new devices were being dismantled.

CNN is reporting the injury numbers to be 28...

1640 UPDATE: Federal law enforcement officials are telling ABC News- "It is clear this was a bombing..."

Sources say this involved small, multiple portable devices that could be carried into a location.. -i.e. Not a car bomb...but homemade bomb.

1650 UPDATE: From FOSG Beau Estes... and this just makes you ill...

@TimWilliamsCBS: #BREAKINGNEWS: AP reporter says Newtown families were in the VIP section right by the explosion. No injury reports.

1700 UPDATE: The injury numbers are now 64, according to the Boston Globe, and scanner traffic is now relaying that a Penske rental truck is now being sought after it tried to gain access to a restricted area.

Steve Silva of Boston.com was there... and this is not pretty stuff...
 

Update 5:00 p.m---Boston Police confirm that a 3rd explosion took place at the JFK Library in the Downtown District. They have not officially stated the explosion is related to the others--at this time.  

1720 UPDATE: The Boston Globe has updated their injury toll to 100 and the New York Post is now saying 12 dead, 50 injured, and a possible suspect being guarded at a local hospital as he's being treated for shrapnel wounds. He is a Saudi national...

Update 5:45 p.m.--NBC News reports police and others do NOT believe the fire at the JFK Library is connected to this. They believe the fire was electrical in nature and accidental.

WCVB-TV has the breakdown of where the injured are currently...
Upwards of 80 people total taken to city hospitals

MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL
22 total, 6 critical, 5 serious

BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER
20 total, including 2 children. Most have lower leg injuries

TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER
9

BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER
9

BRIGHAM & WOMEN'S
18-20 patients, including 2 in critical

Update 6:10 p.m---President Obama vows to bring all law enforcement resources to bear and find who did this. Boston officials vehemently deny they have anyone in custody for this incident.

Jack Beckman Survives Funny Car Explosion

((HT: NHRA))

Beckman is trying for his first funny car title...

The NHRA drivers are at Pomona for the finals and this happened...

Call it a "disintegration..."


Beckman is okay thankfully...and he did manage to joke about it- even as he knocked out the fifth fastest time in qualifying...

"Can anyone donate left eyebrow," he asked. "I need one now. I've never had that happen to me and I'm not signing up for that again.

"I went for the chutes, but the lever was gone with the rest of the body. I'm thinking, 'OK, the body is gone, just don't wreck car.' But there was oil on my visor, so I couldn't see where the wall was. Other than that, it was just a routine run."

THAT was routine...??? Other than all the other stuff...
AND he qualified fifth...???

Nice work...