Teh One Who Knocks
03-13-2012, 11:52 AM
By Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY
Another disturbing story about out-of-control parents and youth sports. An angry dad attacked a 6th grade basketball coach after his son's team lost a game, then bit off part of the coach's ear.
The stricken coach was rushed to a local hospital where he underwent a procedure to have the severed portion of his ear reattached.
The attack occurred Friday night at Holy Name School in Springfield, Mass., according to local TV station WWLP. After his son's team lost in the Catholic Youth Organization finals, Timothy Lee Forbes assaulted the winning coach, then bit off part of his ear, authorities said.
People at the game pulled Forbes off the coach but he fled the gym before police arrived. The assaulted coach has been released from the hospital, according to NBCConnecticut.com.
Forbes, a 34-year old Springfield resident, was arrested and charged with mayhem, assault and battery and other criminal charges. He's expected to be arraigned next week in Springfield. Neither of the youth teams involved were affiliated with Holy Name or the local Catholic Diocese.
"It's a shame that that has to happen because it's a terrible thing to teach children," Springfield resident George Vigneault told the TV station.
Another father was recently ejected from a girl's state tournament hockey game in Massachusetts for shining a laser pointer into the eyes of players on the opposing team.
Another disturbing story about out-of-control parents and youth sports. An angry dad attacked a 6th grade basketball coach after his son's team lost a game, then bit off part of the coach's ear.
The stricken coach was rushed to a local hospital where he underwent a procedure to have the severed portion of his ear reattached.
The attack occurred Friday night at Holy Name School in Springfield, Mass., according to local TV station WWLP. After his son's team lost in the Catholic Youth Organization finals, Timothy Lee Forbes assaulted the winning coach, then bit off part of his ear, authorities said.
People at the game pulled Forbes off the coach but he fled the gym before police arrived. The assaulted coach has been released from the hospital, according to NBCConnecticut.com.
Forbes, a 34-year old Springfield resident, was arrested and charged with mayhem, assault and battery and other criminal charges. He's expected to be arraigned next week in Springfield. Neither of the youth teams involved were affiliated with Holy Name or the local Catholic Diocese.
"It's a shame that that has to happen because it's a terrible thing to teach children," Springfield resident George Vigneault told the TV station.
Another father was recently ejected from a girl's state tournament hockey game in Massachusetts for shining a laser pointer into the eyes of players on the opposing team.