Major Junior hockey is such fun:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RACMXpql7_g[/yt]
(These two teams had a bit of a rivalry going on the year this happened. The game before this clip, in London, had a full line brawl. But this is more entertaining, given how quickly everything happens.)
And the most famous incident in junior hockey:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq4BLVRorKY[/yt]
At the 1987 World Junior championship in Czechoslovakia, Canada and the USSR became involved in a massive bench-clearing brawl. It lasted twenty minutes, and didn't end until arena officials decided to turn off the lights (which was only partially successful, as you can see a few minutes in). Both Canada and the Soviet Union were disqualified and banned from the end-of-tournament dinner. And both sides maintained it was the other that started hostilities.
Not every Yankees and Red Sox fan are mortal enemies, ready to go at it at the slightest provocation or slight, real or imagined.
Many of them have families, I'm sure some of their mothers even love them.
Clearly it's a bit, set up and carried out by 3 people who don't take themselves too seriously and were willing to have a little bit of fun.
Not every Yankees and Red Sox fan are mortal enemies, ready to go at it at the slightest provocation or slight, real or imagined.
Many of them have families, I'm sure some of their mothers even love them.
Clearly it's a bit, set up and carried out by 3 people who don't take themselves too seriously and were willing to have a little bit of fun.
On top of that, I don't think any of the most intense rivalries in North American sports come close to many European soccer rivalries. The very fact that I, as a Maple Leafs fan, can sit next to a Habs fan, puts us a step below something like Manchester United and Man City, or Inter Milan and A.C. Milan.
Not every Yankees and Red Sox fan are mortal enemies, ready to go at it at the slightest provocation or slight, real or imagined.
Many of them have families, I'm sure some of their mothers even love them.
Clearly it's a bit, set up and carried out by 3 people who don't take themselves too seriously and were willing to have a little bit of fun.
On top of that, I don't think any of the most intense rivalries in North American sports come close to many European soccer rivalries. The very fact that I, as a Maple Leafs fan, can sit next to a Habs fan, puts us a step below something like Manchester United and Man City, or Inter Milan and A.C. Milan.
I sat behind a couple Jets fans at the playoff game in New England last month. We had some good natured ribbing throughout the game, and when the outcome was no longer in doubt, my wife and I smacked 'em five, wished them a safe trip home, and good luck in Pittsburgh.
It was very similar the opposite way after 45-3 in December.
Contrary to MLB's fanboy dreams, not everything between NY and Boston has to involve bloodshed and hooliganism and depravity. And I say that having lived on both sides of the coin.
), but I wouldn't wish any ill-will on either of their fans, nor do I have any desire to have an altercation with either of them.
