Eight years ago after a U of Minnesota hockey game, a Gopher got sucker punched in the handshake line. Roughriders' mascot Gainer hasn't been this upset since they invented Troy Westwood.


SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS MASCOT GAINER THE GOPHER

A cheerleader pic from Sports Deke. Cheers!

A cheerleader pic from Sports Deke. Cheers.

A Binghamton University study noted budgies in groups are given to contagious yawning. Previously, this had mostly been seen among fans at Knicks games.

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According to a recent study, intelligent women are more likely to fake it in bed. In related news, most men say their their wives aren't very smart.

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A cheerleader video (57 sec) from Sports Deke. Cheers!

A New Zealand lobby group has reportedly wanted sheep shearing to be an Olympic demonstration sport. I'm thinking they'd be the team to bleat.

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A Houston man recently paid a 1953 parking ticket because he was feeling guilty about it. In a related story, several Astros are offering refunds to season ticket-holders.

A cheerleader pic from Sports Deke. Cheers.

A cheerleader pic from Sports Deke. Cheers.

SPORTS DEKE REPRISE
A Swedish woman, who lost her wedding ring 16 years earlier, found it wrapped around a carrot growing in her garden. Would that make it a one-carrot diamond?

A cheerleader pic from Sports Deke. Cheers.

A cheerleader pic from Sports Deke. Cheers.

Three reasons why 150 couples a year chose Sweden's Ice Hotel, carved each December, for their wedding:
3. Wedding cakes frost themselves;
2. Everyone gets cold feet;
1. Icicles built for two.

A cheerleader pic from Sports Deke. Cheers.

A cheerleader pic from Sports Deke. Cheers.

Eight years ago, LA Kings forward Dustin Penner missed a game because he hurt himself reaching for pancakes his wife made. If memory serves, he was listed as a healthy made-from-scratch.

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SPORTS DEKE REPRISE

A female deer crashed through a glass door at a New Jersey Goodwill store. She might have been looking to save a buck.

A cheerleader pic from Sports Deke. Cheers.

A cheerleader pic from Sports Deke. Cheers.

Anatidaephobia is the irrational fear that somewhere a duck is looking at you. Or in the NHL standings, looking up at you.