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Kind of like West Side Story, minus the wonderful songs, beautiful choreography, and intriguing storyline.
Two people were stabbed during the tailgating festivities before the USC-UCLA game this past Saturday after a brawl broke out involving between 50 and 75 people, possibly related to the longstanding rivalry between the two schools.
Three men were arrested in connection with the stabbings, and are being held on suspicion of attempted murder. Bail has been set at $ 1 million for each of the three suspects.
From the L.A. Times…
The brawl started about 4:30 p.m. in parking lot 1 at the Rose Bowl. Kickoff was scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Police called to the scene found 50 to 75 people fighting, said Cmdr. Daryl Qualls of the Pasadena Police Department.
Three men were arrested and are being held on suspicion of attempted murder, he said.
The two victims were taken to Huntington Memorial Hospital and were listed in fair condition.
Being that this was a college tailgate party, there’s very little surprise that alcohol was involved. Drunk or not, school pride is never worth stabbing someone for—you’d think college kids would know that, but that’s assuming college aged kids have some common sense.
Let’s just hope that the two victims pull through this without any permanent physical and/or emotional damage.
UPDATE: The L.A. Times has come out with more details on what sparked the melee that sent two people to the hospital with stab wounds.
Once again, from the L.A. Times…
Friends said a man identified as Vimal Patel, 24, was in the intensive-care unit at Huntington Memorial Hospital. Joshua Dirling, 27, was stabbed in the cheek and a knife tip was embedded in his cheekbone, but he is expected to recover, relatives said.
Patel, a student at Cal State Fullerton, was tossing a football with a friend when the ball accidentally hit a black Mercedes-Benz belonging to someone in the other group, according to his friend Martin Keeley.
That prompted three men to come over and start a confrontation that ended in Patel being stabbed, his friends said.
Thoughts and prayers go out to these two guys—here’s hoping to a speedy recovery.
I’m not sure how fancy, or schmancy, LeBron’s dinner with best friend/manager Maverick Carter actually was, but the pair dined at Myles Chefetz’s Prime Italian in Miami, which to a guy who considers the local Sizzler a “classy” establishment, sounds like upscale dining to me.
You’d think that LeBron would be safe in South Beach, seeing that it’s thousands of miles away from Cleveland and all those bitter, hateful Cavaliers fans. You’d think Bron-Bron could enjoy a quiet, celebratory dinner with his best friend without interruption. You’d think that I was going somewhere entertaining and informative with this.
You’d be wrong on all counts.
Proving that all Cleveland fans stick together, a pack of 30 Browns fans, in town to see their team take on the Miami Dolphins, accosted James during his meal with chants of “Traitor, traitor” inside the restaurant this past Saturday night. The boistrous group was asked to leave, which they did.
Being from Cleveland, and sensing that this was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to heckle the hell out of LeBron, the gang decided to wait for the Heat forward outside until he was finished eating, so that they could continue their derisive chanting, thus forcing James to sneak into his car and scurry away.
In a way I feel kind of bad for LeBron—I mean, the guy was just trying to enjoy a nice meal with a close friend, uninterrupted, and without being embarrassed by a bunch of heckling Clevelanders. The I quickly remember this is LeBron James we’re talking about here.
‘Nuff said.
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