The King of Pop Is Dead
Reportedly, pop icon Michael Jackson has passed away after suffering from cardiac arrest at his Los Angeles home earlier today. The singer was rushed to the hospital in a coma but paramedics were unable to revive him, after which he was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m. The King of Pop was 50 years old.
With a career starting as early as age eleven with the Jackson 5, Michael Jackson is widely considered one of the most influential artists of the past century, and remains one of the world's best-selling musician of all time. The singer was in Los Angeles rehearsing for his upcoming sold-out performances next month which have obviously been canceled.
Jackson is survived by his three children: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince "Blanket" Michael Jackson II.
Watching Too Much Sports Can Kill You, FYI
You have your casual sports fans, and then you have the crazies ... those people that take things way too seriously and get overly wrapped up in what is, after all, just a game.
Yes, I'm talking to you, Patriots' fans!
While watching a dramatic game, you might turn to the person next to you and say something along the lines of, "Holy shit ... I think I'm going to have a heart attack!"
Hey, you may be right!
Rabid sports fans have more to worry about than the final score. New research shows that a heart-pounding sports match may be bad for the heart.
Thats what German researchers found when they tracked heart attacks during the 2006 World Cup soccer championships. World Cup teams attract some of the worlds most passionate and loyal sports fans, with wins and losses triggering nationalistic celebrations and riots.
The study, published in the latest issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, examined heart attack trends among Germans during the 2006 tournament compared to other times of the year. They found that on days the German team played, cardiac emergencies more than tripled for men and nearly doubled for women.
Well, that's never good.
Of course, if you already have heart problems you are at a greater risk of suffering an attack, but even if you're healthy, you are in no way in the clear.
The risk was highest for fans who already had heart disease. Their chance of having a heart attack or other cardiac events during the tournament was four times higher, while risk doubled for those who didnt have a prior history of heart problems.
And if you think you're safe because you're not one of those crazy European soccer fans, think again.
A few years ago, during a tense playoff game, a Pittsburgh Steelers' fan had a heart attack while watching the game at a neighborhood bar.
Being a true fan, he took it all in stride.
"The Steelers won the game and I'm still alive, so I guess I'm doing pretty good," he said.
Well said, my friend.
Well said.
crispy has had 173 heart attacks over the past thirty years from watching Philadelphia teams repeatedly lose. This has only made him stronger.