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Fighting Cocks Is Natural, Dominicans tell the NYT In a startlingly Post-like headline, the NYT reports that "Dominicans Say Cockfighting Is in Their Blood." The Sports section goes to the DR and everybody's all, "Mire, papi, but cockfighting is a noble sport in this country!" [NYT]

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The Pedro Martinez Cockfight Video


Here is the entire video of Mets star pitcher Pedro Martinez presiding over a cockfight in the Dominican Republic. Yesterday we anticipated the scandalous fallout, but response seems to have been muted by the fact that the video disappeared from YouTube before most people got a chance to read the story. It's now resurfaced on a Spanish-language website. Newsday and the Daily News have follow-up stories today, but as far as we can tell, no New York paper has posted the video.

9:27 AM on Fri Feb 8 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
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Latest by n/a: At least I can say who killed Pedro's chicken. I can't say that about the one I got over here in a bucket. more »

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Mets Jock Fights Cocks

Potential tabloid sports shocker! The Post stumbled onto a YouTube video of Mets' pitching ace Pedro Martinez presiding over a cockfight in the Dominican Republic. In a sinister twist, the video has now been pulled, and the owner of the blog that posted it did not immediately respond to the Post's emails. WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED? The Daily News was lagging on the story as of early this morning, meaning the Post is bound to hype it up as much as possible while they still have the competitive advantage. Just look at how much mileage the Atlanta papers (and everybody else) got out of the Michael Vick dogfighting scandal. But ask yourself, before the hysteria strikes: Is this story really a big deal? More »

9:02 AM on Thu Feb 7 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
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Latest by heroinandpeeps: Cockfighting doesn't worry me--it's the practice of "snoodling" I find personally offensive. more »