If you're a sports fan in America, ESPN is inescapable. And the World Wide Leader's reach is so broad that it's bound to tick you off in at least some small way; that's the nature of being everything to everybody. But we do not recommend you take out your frustrations with ESPN the way that an Atlanta man did: by mailing hostile, threatening letters.

Evan P. Chaggaris, 42, of Atlanta has entered a plea of guilty in Connecticut in connection with letters mailed between September 2011 and June 2012 to various ESPN personalities. The letters included threats to injure or kill, according to a Connecticut U.S. Attorney, and we really can't endorse that in any way. (Remember: free speech isn't entirely free.)

Here's the thing: this is the second time Chaggaris has been nailed in Connecticut for the exact same offense. In 2004, he mailed 31 letters and made six threatening phone calls to various ESPN personalities. He pleaded guilty to the charges, and was sentenced to five years of probation

Cameron Smith is the editor of Yahoo!'s Prep Rally high school sports blog and is an avid marathoner. He has run the Boston Marathon five times, including the 117th running on Monday. This is his story of that day.

On Monday, I was one of the lucky ones.

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As the world has now fully taken in, the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, the great American endurance road race, was halted by two explosions. The blasts ripped apart two stores on Boylston Street, the downtown Boston thoroughfare which stands as one of New England's busiest streets, with cars 364 days and people one day each year.

The blasts killed three people, and may still claim the lives of others. They injured numerous spectators and some runners, a total of more than 170 people, leaving a at least 10 who had cheerfully watched the race facing gruesome amputations. They left all in the Boston-area shaken, including those who had finished the race.

I was one of

The Chicago Tribune's sports page honors Boston and its victims with a simple but powerful connection. Well done, Windy City.

(Photo via @BaxterHolmes.)