Battle of the big cat
A group of animal advocates is urging LSU not to replace its departed mascot with another live tiger but school officials appear unlikely to accept that idea. “The LSU mascot is a part of LSU,” said David Baker, a doctor at the LSU Veterinary School who cared for Mike V, the school’s mascot that died Friday from kidney failure at age 17. “We plan to get another one by football season.” That doesn’t sit well with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. “Big cats in captivity are denied everything that is natural and important to them,” PETA’s Lisa Wathne says in a letter to school officials. Mike V was moved last year into a $3 million home that offered 15,000 square feet of living space. Wathne said tiger habitats should be measured in acres, not feet.
At world’s, er, wit’s end
Now that Italy has eliminated the U.S. representative from the America’s Cup, Italians now can remind Americans about who has the richer sailing history and American Indians can remind Italians that Christopher Columbus was actually lost (India, anyone seen India?). Meanwhile, those at Deadspin.com were spinning the loss this way, “We refuse to watch until they let the boats shoot at each other, with no winner declared until one crew boards the other ship and takes everyone prisoner.” There was no word whether Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom might be interested.
Ducks’ bandwagon leaking Oil(ers)
By reaching the Stanley Cup Finals, the Anaheim Ducks turned the “future considerations” part of the Chris Pronger trade into a first-round draft pick for the Edmonton Oilers, costing the team a chunk of its recent fan base. “It’s been an interesting spring trying to convince people that after all the fallout (from the Pronger deal) we needed to be cheering for Anaheim up until now,” Oilers general manager Kevin Lowe said. “It’s official, we can start cheering for Ottawa.”
The lying leprechaun
“They brought me down because they thought I was lucky. Now they know. I paid off the leprechaun this morning and the sucker lied to me.”
Tommy Heinsohn, Boston Celtics legend, on attending Tuesday’s NBA draft lottery in which the team landed the No. 5 pick
