love 'em to death

"Moments after the Red Sox' 10-3 ALCS win early Thursday, some 80,000 delirious Boston faithful poured out from bars and clubs. Fans went out of control, burning a car, hurling bottles and clashing with riot cops, resulting in 16 injuries and eight arrests. The chaos reached its fiery climax on Boylston Street, a block from Fenway, when a few hundred drunken hooligans attacked a parked Nissan Xterra that bore New York plates. One cop's nose was broken by a flying bottle and officials are considering banning alcohol sales during the World Series games." (New York Post)

Oh yeah, and a 21-year-old student was "killed after being hit in the eye by a projectile containing pepper spray fired as officers tried to control mobs outside the ballpark."

RIP Victoria Snelgrove - what a terrible waste of life...

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Peeps in Vancouver still talk about the Riot of '94 - what is it about professional sports and the lager louts that love 'em?

The infamous "Stanley Cup riot" broke out in downtown Vancouver on June 14, 1994, after the Vancouver Canucks lost the seventh game of the Stanley Cup final to the New York Rangers. Tens of thousands of hockey fans took to the streets, and violence erupted. More than 500 police officers armed with batons, shields and tear gas battled looters and rioters in downtown Vancouver for much of the night. The riot cost an estimated $1.1 million. (CBC site)