Usain Bolt visits ESPN HQ

Usain Bolt goes to Bristol, Connecticut and races ESPN employees. Hint: the world record holder in the 100 meter and 200 meter dash won.

Arena football coming back

From the Associated Press:

Officials from what will be known as Arena Football 1 say they will have 16 teams, including three in markets where the former Arena Football League had clubs: Chicago, Phoenix and Orlando, Fla.

The league will also have teams from the AFL spinoff, arenafootball2, as well as at least one team from another indoor league.

Last year, the Arena Football League folded after a number of issues came together at once to doom the niche league.

Stephen Jackson doesn't regret the Malice in the Palace

Remember the huge fight between the Indiana Pacers and the fans of the Detroit Pistons? Well, Stephen Jackson, one of the main characters in that particular drama, says he has no regrets about going into the stands in that fight.

On Monday, he even went as far as to say he regrets nothing in his career, speaking specifically about going into the stands with then-Indiana teammate Ron Artest during an ugly brawl with the Detroit Pistons in 2004.

In case you need a refresher, here's the video of the fight:

Man convicted of stealing locomotive ordered to stay away from trains

From the Miami Herald:

"He knew the workings of the locks, the switches for different tracks,'' Polo told prosecutors. "He knew the train. To my knowledge he knew the train backward and forward. He knew everything . . . And he loved trains."

Ryan Gustin, a special agent for CSX's security force with a knowledge of trains, was also on hand. When Gustin would describe to the officer how trains operate, documents show, Dowdy would finish his sentences.

The man, Brandon Dowdy, reportedly stole the train to go see a house band (Big Dick and the Extenders, in perhaps the only time that phrase will appear in the Miami Herald) play.

His lawyer says he committed the crime because he was off his medicine for bipolar disorder.