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The New Orleans Saints released running back Darren Sproles and wide receiver Lance Moore, Eugene Monroe seems likely to hit the open market and more from Friday in the NFL.

The New Orleans Saints released running back Darren Sproles on Friday. That's huge news, given what Sproles has been able to do in his three seasons with the team. It's also some of the most unexpected news of the offseason; the running back market in free agency is suddenly all that more appealing.

In those three seasons with the Saints, Sproles provided a new dimension that made New Orleans' offense simply ridiculous. Drew Brees is already one of the best quarterbacks in the league, so giving him a fast, shifty guy out of the backfield with reliable hands was almost unfair.

He had at least 70 receptions in each of his three seasons in New Orleans. He was never a huge factor running the football, but as a returner and a receiver, he changed games and flat-out won many of them outright. In three seasons, he put up over 1,000 rushing yards, almost 2,000 receiving yards and 21 touchdowns on offense. He can add almost 700 punt return yards, a punt return touchdown and over 1,700 kick return yards to that those totals, as well.

The Saints were reportedly interested in trading Sproles, but either they found no takers or Sproles requested to be released. Whatever the case, the Saints saved $3.5 million in cap space by cutting him before the 2014 season, which would have been the final season of a four-year, $14 million contract signed in 2011. It sounds as though the move was made entirely for cap reasons.

Canal Street Chronicles thinks he might have stuck around if not for the cap hit and discuss why he might have been released early:

Sproles still has enough production that he probably wouldn't be on the chopping block were it not for the salary cap hit. But the Saints seem to be cleaning house to pay star TE Jimmy Graham, and focusing on developing younger talent.

Is the decision to release these fan favorites earlier than necessary a decision made out of some sense of loyalty... that they might have a head start in the upcoming free agency period? Only the Saints can answer that, though it wouldn't be unreasonable for upset fans to try and find that silver lining.

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Saints also release Moore

The Saints released more than Sproles on Friday, as wide receiver Lance Moore tweeted his goodbyes early in the morning. That was just a day after suggesting that he had heard nothing regarding a potential release or trade. Moore was due $3.8 million next season, with a roster bonus of $500,000 on March 25. He didn't get as much playing time as past seasons in 2013, and also dealt with injuries off and on, missing three games. He played fewer than 50 percent of the offensive snaps this past season.

Door closing for Monroe's return?

It sounds as though Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Eugene Monroe will actually hit the open market. The sides are reportedly far apart on a new contract, and Monroe will want to test the market to see what kind of interest he can drum up. Unfortunately for the Ravens, the open market seems to favor Monroe a good deal. Monroe isn't one of the top tackles in the NFL, but he's a starting-caliber tackle with a lot of football ahead of him. He'd likely make a lot more than Baltimore can pay or would be willing to pay.

Green Bay extends offer to Neal

The Green Bay Packers have multiple big-name free agents to work through, including B.J. Raji and Sam Shields. But Mike Neal is also worthy of note, and has been somewhat overlooked to this point. The linebacker is coming off a very solid season and is set to hit the open market when the new league year begins. The Packers have reportedly given Neal a "meaningful offer," but apparently, it's not enough to convince Neal to sign before hitting the open market.

Over at Acme Packing Company, they wouldn't be shocked to see him remain in Green Bay regardless:

With only two days remaining before free agency beings, Neal's decision to sit on the offer isn't surprising. He and his agent will want to know the going rate for his services, and the Packers aren't likely to pull the offer before Neal can review his options. However, given his familiarity with Capers' defense and his successful first year at linebacker, it wouldn't be a surprise to see Neal back in Green Bay in 2014.

Suh signs agent

Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has finally signed with a new agent: CAA Sports' Jimmy Sexton. Suh fired his agents back in January, and talks with the Lions on a potential contract extension have been slow to non-existent since then. Detroit isn't in danger of losing Suh at this point, but he has a huge cap hit for 2014 and the team would like to get him extended on a multi-year deal while simultaneously limited the cap hit for next season. The large cap number comes from a huge rookie contract from before the latest collective bargaining agreement was signed into place.

Dallas officially cap compliant

The Dallas Cowboys have been dealing with significant salary cap issues all offseason. On Friday, the team released center Phil Costa, saving $1.5 million against the cap, and restructured the contract of Mackenzy Bernadeau, who had a cap hit of just over $4 million before the restructuring. The release of Costa was expected, though the Cowboys took a bit longer to act than anticipated, likely due to the announcement of the 2014 salary cap, which comes in at $133 million. Dallas will still need to do more to actually have room to sign enough players to field a full team in 2014, including the signing of draft picks and bringing in free agents.

Baldwin tendered

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin was tendered at the second-round level. Baldwin has become a large part of Seattle's offense and the team would definitely like to keep him around. The second-round tender means the Seahawks have the right of first-refusal for any team that makes an offer on Baldwin. The Seahawks would have to match the offer to retain Baldwin, however. Any team that wants to get him would have to give Seattle a second-round pick in addition to paying Baldwin what was offered. The tender will be worth $2.187 million if signed.

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Just a day after a Massachusetts court said that current state law didn't specifically address "upskirt" snapshots (and so left taking them legal in itself, however annoying or invasive), an alert Massachusetts legislature has crafted and passed a bill to fix the glitch, and gotten it signed by the governor as well. As reported by the BBC, "The bill states that anyone who 'photographs, videotapes or electronically surveils' a person's sexual or intimate parts without consent should face a misdemeanor charge. The crime becomes a felony - punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine - if the accused secretly takes indecent photographs of anyone under the age of 18." The New York Daily News points out this bill became a law without so much as a public hearing.

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If naming a child Violet or Lily suggests delicate, timeless beauty, and naming a child River or Sky conjures the majesty of the natural world, what does naming a child Ruger or Beretta suggest?

That's no longer a hypothetical question. Gun-related names have become a style category of their own, and as I've briefly noted in the past, they're on the rise. Today I'd like to take a closer look at this trend.

I cross-checked lists of firearms terms and manufacturers with names given to five or more babies in the most recent statistical year (2012) and/or 10 years earlier (2002). I ended up with a list of 15 gun-related names, including brand names like Ruger and Colt as well as general terms like Gauge and Shooter. The decade-long popularity trend was crystal clear:

Every name on the firearms list rose significantly over the 10-year period.

The average rise was over 500%. Five names which didn't appear at all in 2002 -- Beretta, Browning, Savage, Trigger and Wesson -- showed up on the 2012 list. Here's a visual summary of the trend (* indicates girls' names):

You may not see these all as "gun names"; the borders of the category are fuzzy. For instance, Gunner could be a respelling of the Nordic name Gunnar as well as an English noun. Even trickier is a name like Cooper, which is both a rifle maker and a familiar tradesman surname. (I left Cooper off of my list, but it too has soared in popularity.)

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When development studio QCF started their beta build of Desktop Dungeons, they knew that their female characters needed some rethinking. The team's awareness about female representation in games had grown since they began the project, and they were eager to incorporate that into their work. However, the reality of avoiding common pitfalls proved more challenging than they'd expected. As they put it, "Thinking about stuff was one matter, doing it was another." In a recent blog post, QCF provided some fascinating insights into their attempts to create a more egalitarian look for their game. Through what sounds like a lot of soul-searching and cultural unpacking, these devs decided on an atypical approach: Blur the binary.

Pernod Ricard, the international purveyor of spirits based in France, has recently unveiled a prototype of their Gutenberg Project which was developed in-house by their Breakthrough Innovation Group. Playing off the name of Project Gutenberg, a continuing effort to digitize and archive literary works, Pernod Ricard’s project seeks to digitize mixology with the use of “books” containing spirits and an iPad app to mix drinks.

Conceived and developed by the Breakthrough Innovation Group (BIG), a Group-integrated start-up devoted to ground-breaking innovation, Project Gutenberg is revolutionising the “bar at home” concept. It will make way for a designer library, made up of “container books” each holding a sealed bottle of spirits, all connected to a service platform: from basic home delivery, automatically triggered according to the container level, to a whole range of tutorials about mixology (cocktail recipes, personalised offers, etc.)

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3:20 p.m.: Today I am chaperoning our school's Valentine's Day dance. A line of about 100 kids is already waiting to get into the cafeteria, which is where we hold all of our dances. In the movies there's always, like, a decorations committee or whatever worrying that everything's not going to be finished in time, and the dance will be ruined.

That's not how it works in real life. You know who the decorating committee is at a middle school in real life? Four janitors. Do you know how they decorate? They move all of the tables out of the way. Malibooyah. The dance is ready, and the kids go goddamn nuts for it. That's a little thing called being efficient.

3:20:15: If you're questioning the effectiveness of moving tables as a means of decorating for a dance, go home today and put the kitchen table in the living room. Everyone in your whole house will freak the fuck out about it. Table placement is serious, son.

3:24: The DJ for today's dance is a younger black lady. Normally our school hires this 60-year-old Mexican man, but the lady that used to handle that is gone now so he got the ax. I'll miss his Old Man Jeans.

3:26: First song played: Sage the Gemini's very clubby "Gas Pedal." This is a strong start, to be sure. It's the first time we've ever had someone play a song that wasn't 30 years old at one of our dances. The kids seem appreciative.

3:38: The very first time I gave a girl something for Valentine's Day was when I was in the eighth grade. I gave her a six-pack of chocolate milk (I don't know why) and a hand-drawn picture of our names graffiti-ed on a brick wall. That's the realest shit of all. I'm saying, do you even know how long it takes to draw a brick wall? Like 40 minutes, man. True love.

3:38:15: Semi-related: The first time I ever for real kissed a girl was also in the eighth grade. I used to think I was a very cool kid in middle school, but then I saw pictures of me from back then. I was definitely not a very cool kid. My front teeth looked like goddamn index cards. God bless that girl - that kiss was probably the most altruistic moment of her whole life.

3:51: "Wobble." Wonderful. The DJ could play Boston for the rest of the dance and she'd still have a better average than the previous guy.

3:58: There's a "Selfie Station" at the back of the dance. It's basically just a big Valentine's Day poster that you can take pictures in front of. Two eighth-graders asked a seventh-grader to take their picture in front of it. The seventh-grader agreed, took the phone, aimed it at the eighth-graders, then very quickly clicked the little icon that reverses the direction of the camera, took a picture of herself pretending to take a picture of them, then handed them the phone and ran away before they could check it. I don't know who that kid was, but I know she's my favorite kid of all time.

4:04: The big guns: the DJ is playing "Me Puedo Matar" by Bachata Heightz. That's what's up. She is very serious about this. Our school is almost exclusively Latino, so this is pretty much the smartest move ever. 13-year-old girls LOVE Bachata Heightz.

4:11: Oh no. "Timber." The new DJ takes a hit. Old Mexican Man DJ would have never played this, though I have to assume that it would be because he wouldn't know it existed. There's something to be said for ignorance, I suppose.

See also: Pitbull's "Timber," featuring Ke$ha: Why This Video Sucks

4:16: Okay. Jason Derulo's "Talk Dirty." I'm gonna go ahead and go stand outside until this song is over. Thanks.

4:18: Miley's "We Can't Stop." This car is skidding out of control. Someone send help.


4:21: Boom. Prince Royce's "Stand By Me." What a save. Is that song big anywhere else, or is it strictly a Latino Middle School thing? As soon as it comes tinking out of the speakers the kids go all the way nuts. One kid at our school actually looks quite a bit like Prince Royce. He is quite popular, of course. What a thing that must be, to have a face that people do not want to punch when they see it. I am on the other end of that particular scale.

4:27: A group of boys from the basketball team are here, all standing around lying about things they did during the season (I coached the seventh grade team this year). When I was a middle-school basketball player, one game I scored, like, maybe six points and you'd have thought I was the goddamn NBA scoring champion. What fun that was. I was so terrible. The coach would call a time out, say a whole bunch of gibberish, then send us back out there. The point guard would be like, "Hey, what'd coach say to do again?" And I'd always be like, "I don't know. I wasn't listening. Just throw the ball to me so I can shoot some three-point buckets." That's how bad I was: I used to call them fucking "three point buckets."
4:31: Oh, man. I'd heard that the DJ was planning on giving away door prizes, but I'd assumed it was going to be a raffle or something like that. It's not, though. IT'S A MOTHEREFFING DANCE CONTEST. This is wonderful news. She is organizing everything right now. Hold tight.

4:33: Okay, got it. She's going to play that song about teaching people how to dougie ("Teach Me How To Dougie," as it were). We teachers are to walk around and pick the six or seven best dougie-ers and send them to the front. Old white teachers are definitely the best at judging a good dougie, in case you didn't know.

4:35: Aaaaaaand we're off...

4:35:02: OH MY GOD IT'S A GODDAMN DOUGIE APOCALYPSE IN HERE. EVERYBODY IS DOUGIEING AS THOUGH THEY WILL NEVER EVER DOUGIE AGAIN. I WISH YOU COULD SEE THIS. IT LOOKS IN WORLD WAR Z WHEN ALL OF THE ZOMBIES ARE RUNNING EXCEPT INSTEAD OF RUNNING THEY ARE ALL DOUGIEING. 

4:35:15: I wish there was a parody song where someone sang, "I'm never gonna dougie again, guilty feet have got no rhythm." :( You're fucking up, Internet.

4:37: Deep breaths. We are down to the best eight dougie-ers at the dance, who are all at the front right by the DJ station. She says she's going to play the song again and they will compete against each other. This is the dougie contest for the ultra-elite. There has never been a more vicious competition.

4:41: :') This is true beauty. This is perfect motion. This is pure energy. I can't stop crying. I cannot stop crying. :')

4:42: IT'S A TIE. An eighth grade boy and a seventh grade girl have battled to a standstill. They are going to battle each other now! Get Michael Bay here immediately. 

4:44: Okay, it's him versus her. We are about to start. I don't know what the prize is yet, but I hope that it's at least a billion dollars because that's what this is worth right now. The girl is up first and is dancing to "Stanky Leg," probably the best song from the South Dallas Swag movement. I am going to throw up from nervousness. Here we go.

4:45: It's over. SHE HAS THE STANKIEST LEG OF ALL. I WISH I COULD DESCRIBE TO YOU ALL THAT SHE DID OR ALL OF THE WAYS THAT HER BODY MOVED BUT I AM INCAPABLE. AT ONE MOMENT SHE GOT CLOSE TO HIM AND PRETENDED TO SMELL HIS BREATH AND PRETENDED IT STUNK AND THE WHOLE CROWD WENT YO-YO. THAT POOR BOY. #RIPTHATBOY

4:46: He tried to overcome her force but there was just nothing to be done. He was a tiny boy screaming at a tidal wave. Once more for posterity: #RIPTHATBOY

4:48: I don't know what else there is to do after that. I have to go home and go to sleep. This was too overwhelming. Know that America's future is in good hands, my friends.

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida woman who was 9 months pregnant and her family became ill after eating meat tainted with LSD.

Tampa police say doctors induced labor and the woman had a healthy baby boy. The entire family was eventually released from the hospital in good condition.

Tampa police say the family of four ate the tainted meat Monday. The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office reported Friday that the meat had been contaminated with the hallucinogenic drug.

Police say the bottom round steak was purchased from a Wal-Mart in Tampa. The store has turned over all its meat to police for testing.

Local police, along with county health officials and state and federal agriculture officials, are investigating how the drug got into the meat.

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The Guardian reports that the Phillips Island Penguin Foundation in Australia is asking volunteers to knit sweaters for penguins being rehabilitated after oil spills. Back in 2011, Dean wrote here about a similar request. The catch: That earlier plea for penguin sweaters (in fact, every earlier plea for penguin sweaters) has produced far, far more penguin sweaters than penguins actually need. For instance, in 2000, the Tasmanian Conservation Trust requested 100 sweaters and received 15,000. Yes, penguins wearing sweaters are cute, but it may be a good idea to contact the Phillips Island Penguin Foundation directly before you get started knitting.

Today's post is written by Lou Bustamante, who travelled to Trinidad to witness the 2014 Angostura Global Cocktail Challenge. Lou is a contributor to publications including the SF Chronicle, SF Weekly and Wine & Spirits. On Sunday, March 2nd, on the eve of Carnival in Trinidad, The House of Angostura, producers of Angostura Rum and Angostura Aromatic Bitters, gathered 11 contestants from around the globe to compete in their Global Cocktail Contest. Each contestant had seven minutes to prepare two drinks, one rum based, and the other a freestyle cocktail. While the biggest challenge was certainly on stage in front...

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