You can't make this stuff up.... (part 1)

Lots of times you may hear me say, "you can't make this stuff up."  Well I've come across a story where once again you just can't make up what took place. 

The Pittsburgh Steelers (football team for the non-sports fans) have lost a starter for tomorrow's game because the guy suffered a frostbite injury due to too much treatment on his left foot.  Apparently Kendall Simmons fell asleep with a cooling device on his foot as he attempted to treat a heel injury.  Not sure if he will be out for more than a week.  Stay tuned.

This incident made me think of some other entertaining injuries suffered by professional athletes, like John Smoltz of the Atlanta Braves burning his own chest while ironing a shirt he was wearing.  I'm telling you - I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried.  I could give you more examples, but you would think a professional baseball player could afford to send their shirts to a dry cleaner?

In a less humorous version of "you can't make this stuff up", I read in the New York Times this morning about two art students who decided to create fake bombs in art class and then eave them on the NYC subway for a college class project.  I'm all for artistic expression, but potentially diverting city resources from a real tragedy to investigate the validity of these students' "art work" is asinine.