Keyspan Park Now No Name Park
A sad day for energy companies and minor league ball clubs alike: the Brooklyn Cyclones ballpark lost its name today. The Cyclones and National Grid, the company who has sponsored the fledgling ballpark for the past decade, ended their naming-rights agreement. The 7,500-seat Coney Island home of the Mets minor league affiliate will go without a name for the time being, until a new partner can be found. As the national economy has tanked, so too has the stadium-naming economy. According to Robert Boland, an NYU sports professor, part of the problem now is that the naming rights are worth around $100,000, and the Cyclones are "probably selling it for $750,000.” Hopefully the Cyclones will be able to find some silver lining out of this.
Maximum Sentence Of Six Months For Driver Who Killed Man
via the Advance
The 19-year-old driver who hit and killed a 47-year-old man at a Staten Island bus stop pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide and will serve a maximum of six months in jail. Joseph Catrama admitted he ran a red light and was speeding when he turned from Seaview Avenue onto Capodanno Boulevard last February, lost control of his 2008 Hyundai Sonata, and pinned Nathan Pakow between the car's bumper and metal post displaying bus route information. According to the Advance, Catrama will be stripped of his drivers license and will face a minimum of five years probation. "This plea guarantees that the defendant is held accountable for his actions and avoids the uncertainty of a jury trial," said a spokesman for the Staten Island District Attorney's Office.
Is Perky Jerky the Coffee/Meat Craving Cure?
Four years ago, Tribeca inventor Matt Keiser created the world's first caffeinated beef jerky after spilling a can of Red Bull on the meaty snack. The flavor combination sent him spinning like some carnivorous Albert Hofmann, and starting tomorrow he'll be selling his caffeinated meat snack, called Perky Jerky, in Sports Authority. Because Americans simply don't consume enough caffeine and processed meat! Today Keiser told the Daily News the combination is "like vodka and orange juice, or peanut butter and chocolate." But the reaction from one random taste tester was revolting: "Ewww. It is disgusting. I like beef jerky. I like caffeine. But it is not a good combination." According to Perky Jerky's Twitter, the product's original name was "Jerk n Go," which doesn't sound like a good combination, either. What, was "Meat n Tweak" taken?
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ACORN "Pimp" Swears He Wasn't Bugging Phones
James O’Keefe, the twenty-something conservative gadfly, has issued a statement explaining why he, with three others, were arrested for posing as telephone workers in Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu's office on Monday. O'Keefe, who got famous after he punk'd some workers at community organizing group ACORN last September, says that contrary to "the false claims being repeated by much of the mainstream media," they were not trying to bug Landrieu's phones. Oh no, they were just trying to verify why her "constituents were having trouble getting through to her office." While O'Keefe admits he could have "used a different approach," he expects the media to apologize "for their journalistic malpractice" at once! In the meantime, he's charged with "entering a federal property on false pretenses with the purpose of committing a felony," which is how latte-swilling Obama elites treat Real Americans who are only trying to help.