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As a young man whose teenage years were spent in the 1990s, one of my favorite TV sitcoms was Parker Lewis Can’t Lose. A memorable character in the series is Francis Lawrence “Larry” Kubiac (played by Abraham Benrubi). Kubiac is a giant for a teenager, but he is smarter and kinder than what he projects […]
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Major League Baseball made history on Monday evening with the announcement of the World Series Participation Trophy. The new trophy is named after the diminutive Eddie Gaedel, who appeared in one at-bat for the St. Louis Browns in 1951. On Monday afternoon, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to appeal Major League Baseball to […]
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This is the conclusion of a 3-part series. Here are the five memorable fan-athlete altercations part 3. 1. The Malice at The Palace The NBA has seen its share of bench-clearing brawls in its history. Some of them have involved the Detroit Pistons, particularly in the “Bad Boys” era. None of those fights compared to […]
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This is Part 2 of a three-column series. Here are the five memorable fan-athlete altercations part 2. 3. Lincoln Kennedy Punches a Broncos Fan The rivalry between the Denver Broncos and the Oakland Los Angeles Oakland soon-to-be Las Vegas Raiders is well documented. Both were charter members of the American Football League and since their […]
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Professional athletes have bad days. While they do superhuman things on the field – or the ice or in the ring or on the pitch – they’re human. They show emotion, including anger and sometimes, that anger boils into altercations with fans in the crowd. Let’s take a look at five memorable fan-athlete altercations part […]
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2019 was a fun year for pro wrestling fans. The year saw the launch of a new wrestling promotion and the relaunch of an established promotion. It also saw a behemoth promotion switch networks for one of its brands while struggling with story arc development and the ratings. But 2019 also brought the wrestling fan […]
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Hello, BellyUp readers! My name is Ryan McCarthy and this is my first column for Belly Up Sports. I was a beat writer for the last two seasons on ArenaFan. I’ve also been writing sports columns on and off since Al Gore created the Internet back in the 1990s. (If you don’t get the joke, […]
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