An unidentified man at Wednesday’s Brewers-Cardinals game in St. Louis was seconds away from jumping off the upper deck railing when a group of fans intervened at the last minute.

Sure, I could insert a joke here about the Cardinals actually being decent this year and there being no reason to jump, but I won’t. That’s not classy. I know how to read a room.

Anyway, video went viral Wednesday night of the man dangling off the ledge in what appeared to be the 200s section for reasons unknown. The clip, taken from a fan below, is only 20 seconds long, but it might be the most tense 20 seconds at Busch Stadium this season.

A general interior view of Busch Stadium during the sixth inning of the game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Miami Marlins in St. Louis, Mo., on July 18, 2023. (Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images)

Fans start to notice what’s happening about five seconds into it, and then another man comes up behind the fan, grabs him and tackles him into the seats.

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Take a look:

Why do fans keep trying this out?

Look, I have no idea what was going on here. None. I do know, however, that these stadium incidents are happening more often, for whatever reason.

Remember the Pirates fan last season who fell 20 feet onto the field at PNC Park? That story involved some alcohol as the fan was under 21, and another man was later charged with furnishing alcohol to a minor.

A fan lies on the warning track in right field at PNC Park after falling out of the stands during the seventh inning of a baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs in Pittsburgh on April 30, 2025. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

I have no idea if that’s the case here. I have no idea if alcohol was even involved here. That’s usually a safe bet at sporting events, but who knows?

Regardless, these incidents do seem to be happening more often, which is just wild. I’ve been to a billion sporting events in my life. Not once have I ever thought about jumping off the railing, or onto the field.

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It just seems like an insane choice to make. Again, I have no clue what’s going through people’s heads, so I’ll reserve judgment.

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Fans cheer during player introductions before the St. Louis Cardinals and Tampa Bay Rays game on Opening Day at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 26, 2026. (Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)

Good on the surrounding fans for stepping in. We can’t leave them out. A lot of times, people are so quick to just whip their phones out, start recording and let the chips fall where they may. Not these folks.

They sprang into action and prevented what I assume would’ve been a really bad situation at the ballpark.

All in all, a wild day at the stadium. For those keeping track at home, the Cards lost, 6-2.

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President Donald Trump accused House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., of inciting the most recent assassination attempt against him, further escalating his feud with the top Democrat.

Trump argued in a Truth Social post on Thursday that Jeffries should be arrested after promoting “warfare” against Republicans just days before the assassination scare at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in April.

“This lunatic, Hakeem “Low IQ” Jeffries, should be charged with INCITING VIOLENCE!” Trump wrote on social media.

He included images of Jeffries standing with a sign displaying the words “maximum warfare” and the faces of Trump and his aide James Blair alongside an image “three days later” of alleged assassin Cole Allen storming the Secret Service checkpoint at the Washington Hilton.

Surveillance video released by the Justice Department appears to show suspect Cole Allen rushing a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton with a weapon in hand during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting. (Department of Justice)

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“Should Hakeem Jeffries be charged with inciting violence?” Trump’s post asked his 12.6 million followers to ponder.

A spokesperson for Jeffries referred Fox News Digital to a social media post where the top Democrat labeled Trump’s comments as “another deranged rant” and dinged the president on affordability. 

“Gas prices are sky high, grocery bills are surging and families can’t catch a break,” he wrote on X. “Democrats are about to take back the House and you’re losing your mind.”

President Donald Trump argued Thursday that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., should be charged with “inciting violence” after pledging to unleash “maximum warfare” on Republicans. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images; Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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The online skirmish came after Jeffries already defended his “maximum warfare” language amid GOP backlash in late April.

“I don’t give a damn about your criticism,” he told Republicans.

Jeffries also justified his decision to use the phrase when discussing the nationwide redistricting battle by arguing that an anonymous White House staffer first deployed the phrase to threaten Democrats with GOP-friendly gerrymanders during an interview with The New York Times last year.

“That phrase ‘maximum warfare everywhere, all the time’ came from the White House in the summer of 2025, when they started this redistricting battle, and now they’re big mad,” Jeffries said at a news conference. “Why? Because Democrats have decided to finish it. Get lost.” 

Jeffries has consistently said that he opposes all forms of political violence, while refusing to walk back his fiery language.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., responded to Trump’s attack with a taunt that Democrats would take back the House of Representatives during November’s midterm elections. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

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He told “Fox News Sunday” last month that lawmakers “set the most appropriate example” in their rhetoric, when asked about the rise in political violence.

“Whatever your ideological perspective is, we all love America, and we all want to make sure that this country is the best that it can possibly be,” Jeffries said.

Israeli health officials confirmed the first case of Hantavirus in the country on Thursday (May 7, 2026). In fact, this virus spread by rats has been confirmed in a person who recently returned from a trip to Eastern Europe. However, officials have also said that this case is different from the more dangerous Andes strain that recently spread on the MV Hondius cruise ship.

Health officials clarified that the European strain of Hantavirus has been found in the infected patient in Israel, which spreads mainly through contact with feces, urine or saliva of rats. Whereas in this strain the possibility of spreading infection from person to person is considered very low.

Hantavirus infection confirmed in PCR test

According to Israeli media reports, the patient’s condition is currently stable and he has been kept under the observation of doctors. The matter of relief in this case was that the patient neither needed to be admitted to the ICU nor was he kept in strict isolation.

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It was told that the initial antibody test showed signs of infection, after which a PCR test was done, which confirmed the infection with Hantavirus. Information about this matter has been formally given to the Israeli Health Ministry and health officials are constantly monitoring the situation.

What did WHO say about the virus?

According to CNN report, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday (May 7, 2026) that five cases of Hantavirus infection have been confirmed among people associated with the cruise ship MV Hondius. Health agencies of many countries are busy preventing this infection and locating the infected people. So far, three people have died on this ship that left Argentina last month and the dead include a Dutch couple and a German citizen.

According to South Africa’s health department, the first suspected case was a 70-year-old Dutch national who suddenly suffered from fever, headache, stomach pain and diarrhea on board the ship. He died on the ship itself on April 11 last month.

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We’ve now had three nights for the NBA Playoffs with two games each night. It has been a similar story in almost all of the nights. Monday, we saw the Knicks blow out the 76ers, and the Timberwolves barely beat the Spurs. Tuesday, the Pistons won a closer game over the Cavs, while the Thunder killed the Lakers. Last night, the Knicks barely escaped over the 76ers, and the Spurs blew out the Timberwolves. Will we have a repeat of a close game and blowout on the Thursday slate?

Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gets to the rim vs. the Phoenix Suns in Game 3 of their first-round series in the 2026 NBA Playoffs. (Ross D. Franklin/AP)

If there is going to be a blowout, it will be the Los Angeles Lakers getting smoked again. In Game 1, the Lakers hung with the Thunder for the first half of the game. It looked like it was going to be rather competitive, considering Los Angeles went into the locker room down just eight at halftime. The problem was that all of the scoring for the Lakers came in the first half. They had just 37 of their 90 points in the second half. Collectively, the team shot 41% from the floor, 33% from deep and 77% from the charity stripe.

In this game, they need to alter their strategy a bit. I suppose the easy thing is to say Austin Reaves needs to be better. He played 36 minutes and scored just eight points on 3-for-16 shooting. Part of that is the Thunder’s defensive prowess, but a lot of that is also him being rusty from missing time. He also probably is not healed all the way. It would also help if they got some contributions from their bench. The team combined for just 15 bench points. Jared McCain of the Thunder had 12 points by himself.

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander dribbles against the Washington Wizards during the second half at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Okla., on Oct. 30, 2025. (Alonzo Adams/Imagn Images)

The Oklahoma City Thunder are on a march to the championship. To be honest, if they lose more than three games in this postseason, I’d be shocked. They would need a substantial injury to happen for them to lose. How good are they? They’ve won all five games in the playoffs, and they don’t even have their second-best player. Sure, the Lakers are missing their best player, but they’ve only played one game. The biggest question surrounding the Thunder isn’t if they will win, it is if anyone will even give them a scare.

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Game 1 wasn’t even the best work from the Thunder. Sure, their defense was strong in holding the Lakers to 90 points, but the offense wasn’t that crisp. They still scored 108 points. They also had a long rest between games, though, so I think we’ll see their offense improve in this one. They swept the Suns on April 27. The Lakers had to play on April 29 and May 1.

LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers gestures during the pregame ritual before the first quarter against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, on April 24, 2026. (Kenneth Richmond/Getty Images)

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored just 18 points in Game 1, which is the first time since Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals last season that he failed to reach 20 points. He scored 40 in the next game. The books expect him to be on a rampage again with a 29.5 total tonight. I think he goes over the total. I expect the Lakers to be more aggressive and better on offense. This would be a sprinkle play for me, though.

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My official play is to take the over 210.5 for the game. There really isn’t a ton of Los Angeles offense to speak of, but if they can get to 100 points, or even 95, I think the Thunder will take over from there. I’d expect Gilgeous-Alexander to have a better game, and that correlates with the total going over. Give me over 210.5.

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