In light of all that has happened in the last few days, how should Bud Selig’s trip down to Havana in 1999 strike the American public? And does he have the right to blast Ozzie’s comments the way he did? Details after the jump.

Recently-suspended Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen just held a press conference explaining his controversial, sympathetic-sounding comments about Cuban leader Fidel Castro, which were magnified in light of Miami’s large Cuban population. See Guillen’s most common refrain from that press conference after the jump.

Sometimes, the shots aren’t falling. Unfortunately for President Barack Obama, he was having one of those days, and it was caught on camera. He eventually regrouped, but you can imagine how his opponents are salivating at all those misses.

Frances Martel on why Ozzie Guillen isn’t just joking about a harmless bearded old guy, but is evoking the executions and disappearances of thousands of people’s parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, and friends.

Sike! as the kids would say — Ozzie Guillen does not love, or respect, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Which is good, because for a second there, it sounded like Ozzie Guillen was saying something crazy, as Ozzie Guillen always does, but now we can all rest assured knowing that Ozzie Guillen did not mean it.

Since 1829, “The Boat Race,” an annual rowing race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities, has taken place in the River Thames in London on the last Saturday of March or the first Saturday of April. This year’s race, however, was interrupted by a man named Trenton Oldfield, a director of a group called This is Not a Gateway that protests social elitism and, apparently, boat races.

Acording to Sky News, Trenton was lucky: the blades of both teams’ oars “narrowly missed” him as they passed by (indeed, you can see at the end of the video above just how close ol’ Trent came to having his head lopped off in the Thames). He was pulled out of the water and taken away by police, and Scotland Yard is questioning him right now at the West London police station.

You can read the message he left on his blog right before he jumped into the water here, and then you can watch the YouTube response to his protest (in which he’s called a “sad twat,” which is a fun and uniquely British putdown) here.

It’s hard not to feel for Eric Dompierre, his family and his teammates after hearing this story. Apparently Eric, who has down syndrome, loves basketball and has played some inspiring minutes for his Michigan high school team. But because Eric started school late (due to his disability), he turned 19 before graduating and is no longer eligible to play. Video after the jump.

Florida teenager Trayvon Martin was shot to death by a neighborhood watch volunteer named George Zimmerman in late February. Martin was unarmed, and his only “transgression” at this point seems to to be that he was young, black, and wearing a hoodie when he was killed. More, after the jump.

Members of the Southern Mississippi band could be heard directing a racist chant at Kansas State’s Angel Rodriguez as Rodriguez took a free throw during their first round NCAA Tournament game today in Pittsburgh. The video, after the jump.

This quarterback might play out west these days, but he grew up in the South, played his college ball there too, and hasn’t been shy about expressing conservative values in the past. Plus, he’s outspoken about his religion. So it only makes sense that he’d endorse the family values Republican candidate. He’s…