Zach Knaus’ (aka @twodogszk) Blog

By Josh Peter, Yahoo! Sports

Almost a year before Donte’ Stallworth(notes) was charged for killing a pedestrian while allegedly driving drunk, the national office for Mothers Against Drunk Driving got a call from the NFL. That may help explain why top officials with MADD have withheld judgment on the case involving Stallworth, the Cleveland Browns wide receiver who since his March 14 accident has drawn neither rebuke nor sanction from the league or the team.

The problem is undeniable: Tracking arrests involving NFL players since 2000, a study by the San Diego Union-Tribune published last month found that 28 percent of the incidents – by far the highest percentage – were related to drunken driving. At least 73 players on NFL rosters during the 2008 season have been arrested on charges of driving under the influence, according to a search of published reports by Yahoo! Sports.

The gift of a camel and lots of pee!!

A tiger cub born last weekend at Germany's Stroehen Zoo has already experienced the loss of two mother figures in its short life. The cub was rejected by its mother shortly after its birth. Things began looking up when the cub was adopted by Monster, a wirehaired dachshund that belonged to the zoo's owners. But Monster himself died unexpectedly.

After Monster's death, his daughter Bessi (shown here with the cub) took over mothering duties -- indeed, a zoo representative said she "fell in love" with the infant and has proved a capable guardian.

Need need need

Your father is having a seizure. You call 911, and while waiting for someone to pick up the phone, you drop the f word. Is the response: where is the emergency; or you shouldn’t swear, followed by a lecture?

If you picked the latter, you win. The video below of a local news report on the Lincoln Park, Chicago Police Department demonstrates exactly that.

But it gets better. After ringing 911 three times, including one time where the officer hangs up on the girl calling her a buffoon, the girl heads to the local police station to both get help, and make a complaint. When she arrived, she was arrested for “disorderly conduct” and “abusing 911,” a charge that doesn’t exist.

The only remote sanity is that the officer’s boss tells local television that it’s not their finest moment, but never explains why she was never asked why she was calling. Fortunately her father survived, but imagine a more serious case.

Here’s the biggest 911 fail of all time: