LONDON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- A British singer's mispronunciation of the Croatian national anthem -- he sang "my penis is a mountain" -- may have helped Croatia top England in a soccer game.

London-born opera singer Tony Henry Wednesday at the Wembley stadium in London mispronounced the Croatian words and sang "my penis is a mountain," instead of the proper translation "we love your mountains," Britain's Telegraph said Friday.

As Henry sang the anthem, some Croatian players smiled when they heard the wrong pronunciation.

Croatian fan Web sites claimed the mistake relaxed their team, leading it to the 3-2 victory over England.

The fans said apart from the medal, Henry should become the Croatian team's official mascot for the Euro 2008 soccer championships, the Telegraph said.

Croatia's 3-2 win Wednesday eliminated England from the Euro 2008 tournament and cost English Coach Steve McClaren his job.

72-pound turkey feeds 28 revelers

MINNEAPOLIS , Nov. 23 (UPI) -- A Minneapolis man said his 72-pound Thanksgiving turkey was the result of a longstanding big-turkey-cooking rivalry with his sister.

Rich Portnoy purchased the bird -- which weighed 85 pounds alive -- for $30 and cooked it in a 36-inch-wide chef-caliber oven for 15 hours, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported Friday.

Portnoy and his wife, Charlene, shared the gargantuan fowl with 26 dinner guests.

Portney told the newspaper he decided to go all out and seek an especially heavy bird this year after a 47-pound turkey cooked last year by his sister, Andra, put his 37-pounder to shame. Andra Portney said she can't compete with the size of her brother's oven.

The Star-Tribune said Rich Portnoy, through the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association, reached Gold Turkey Farms in Motley, Minn., that had a huge breeding tom. that turned into the feast for 28.

"It's a relief," Rich Portnoy told the Star-Tribune. "I've finally retired."

Lose pounds or pay

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Call it the Ivy League lose or pay diet -- two Yale professors think they can get people to pay up if they fail to slim down.

Next month Yale economics Professor Dean Karlan and law Professor Ian Ayres will kick off StickK, which will require people to sign legally binding contracts requiring they pay hundreds of dollars if they don't make their goal, the New York Sun reported Friday.

Karlan told the newspaper he tested the theory on himself, losing 10 pounds in 10 weeks with the threat of having to pay a friend $1,000 each week he failed to shed a pound.

He and Ayres will apply their methodology to people desiring to reach any type of goal, whether dieting or learning a new skill or quitting smoking. Customers pay an upfront amount they agree to forfeit if they miss their goal.

They also hope to make money selling advertising and diet products on their Web site, the Sun said. Ten percent of their revenues will go to charities to be determined.

The Yale professors said they plan to market to companies interested in a healthier or more efficient workforce.

Hunter mistakes cow for coyote

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Nov. 23 (UPI) -- A Michigan hunter may face criminal charges for mistaking a pregnant cow for a coyote.

Richard Buckner, 42, shot his neighbor's 1,400-pound breeding cow while reportedly looking for coyotes in the woods near his home, The Traverse City Record-Eagle reported Friday.

"I don't know how he hit a several-thousand-pound cow mistaking it for a coyote," Rory Heckman, Benzie County undersheriff, told the newspaper.

The cow had wandered away from its owners' land and ended up in the woods, owner DeAnn Mosher said.

"My husband thought that he should go through some therapy looking at repeated pictures of cows and coyotes because they look nothing alike," Mosher said to the Record-Eagle.

Officials said they want to charge Buckner with attempted larceny, reckless discharge of a firearm, property damage, attempting to take a game animal during closed season and hunting without a proper game license, the newspaper report said.