A neighbor had a 56-year-old grandmother arrested for refusing to return a football hat was kicked into her garden. According to the Telegraph newspaper, the woman was identified as Angela Hickling of Heanor, Derbyshire, England. She was taken by the police where she was questioned, fingerprinted and required to provide a DNA sample.

Even the nurses couldn't believe it. A Mississippi couple named their newborn son ESPN after the sports network. ESPN Montana Real was born this week at Biloxi Regional Medical Center. ESPN's (pronounced Espen) mother, Leann Real promised her husband if they ever had a son, he would get to pick the name. Rusty Real is an avid sports fan.

An American woman from Denver, Colorado has been hailed a hero after catching a baby which had fallen from the third floor balcony of an apartment. Police said that Mary Bussey and her son Brandon, were on their way to attend a junior football game in Denver, Colorado when the cries of a baby caught their attention.

South African President Thabo Mbeki on Sunday led a parade in salute for the nearly 500 drug addicts, alcoholics, orphans and vagrants participating in the 48-nation Homeless World Cup football tournament. The week long event is aimed at helping society's most marginalized make a new start in life.

Allen Snyder's 14-inch tall red-and-white garden gnome went missing in the spring and has now been apparently traveling the country. Since its disappearance, Snyder has received three letters to have been written by "Gnomey. " The latest letter, showed the gnome attending Pittsburgh's football home opener surrounded by Steelers fans.