[ ]  A Richland man wrestled with a deer for several minutes at a Quakertown shopping center this afternoon. It was not a pay-per-view event though: the buck broke through a window of a hair salon and the man was heroically protecting other patrons…and hair gels. (Intelligencer)

From the story:

…Randy Goepfert, 36, had just finished paying for his haircut at Holiday Hair in Quakertown Plaza off Route 309 when he heard a loud thump.

 

He turned around and saw that a buck with four to six inch antlers had rammed against the salon’s glass window. A second later the deer burst through the glass door within feet of two young children, sending employees and the handful of customers shrieking.

 

“I was like, ‘Oh my God!,’ ” said 9-year-old William Frei of Haycock, who was playing a hand-held video¹ game in a waiting area when the deer rammed through the door within a yard of him. “Me and my mom jumped on our chairs.”

 

As the deer slid and stamped about, knocking shampoo and mouse² bottles from a display rack, Goepfert, a sturdily-built 5-foot-10, tackled the animal and gripped it in a headlock.

 

He wrestled with the animal for about two minutes, but the deer eventually kicked him hard in the back and broke free. …“I didn’t get (a deer) during hunting season,” said Goepfert. “And then here’s one today.” ³

 

 

 

[ ]   Flyers Fan No. 1 David Boreanaz final 2008 Flyers fan blog uses almost 500 words, many of them meaning the same as the others,  to say: “Wait ‘til next year.” (NHL.com)

 

 

[ ]   F.o P. E. Chris passed on this Si.com list yesterday: Philadelphia’s title drought turns 100 : 100 Seasons ... 100 Heartbreaks

 

From the post:

 

The Flyers' elimination made it 100 consecutive seasons without a title for Philadelphia's four major teams. That's far and away the record for a four-sport town -- a gold standard for civic sports futility.

 

Philadelphia (yes, my hometown) has been a major trophy-free zone since 1983. The drought has battered the area's collective psyche, rendering an entire generation of sports fans wounded, disillusioned and emotionally bankrupt. Whether you chalk up the streak to bad players, bad management or just plain bad luck, the hard numbers remain the same: 100 seasons, zero championships.

 

 

[ ]   In case you missed it, here’s a great baseball read from the Inky’s Jim Salisbury on the batting practice bat Chase Utley had used for a year …before it broke in San Francisco (Pretty much because Salisbury was doing the story- Ed.). (Inky)

 

 

[ ]   After finishing second the past four years in a row, West Chester University’s women’s lacrosse team won the NCAA Division II national title.