It’s one thing to fight dirty. It’s another thing to fight “like a girl” (sorry, but when the hair-pulling starts you give us all a bad name). But it is an entirely different thing when you bite someone to get the upper hand.
Now I grew up with a little brother and 6 boy cousins, so I’ve been in my fair share of fights and wrestling matches and I’d like to tell you that it never involved biting anyone…but that would be a lie. I never went out of my way to bite someone, but if a finger goes near my mouth-an attempted fishhook lets say, then you’re asking to get bit. That being said, I also played team sports growing up and i can honestly say I never bit anyone at any point during a game (or after).
So when I recently heard that Jarkko Ruutu of the Ottawa Sentors had been suspended and fined for BITING Andrew Peters of the Buffalo Sabres, I was appalled. Okay, I laughed a little and then I was appalled. Ruutu bit Peters glove, ripping it and breaking skin. Alright, being able to bit through a hockey glove is sort of impressive but highly unnecessary. Hockey players are supposed to be tough, I’m looking for hay-makers not teeth marks. Ruutu denied biting Peters, but there are several replays that clearly show the incident. C’mon Jarkko, man up.
This got me thinking, this is not the first time biting has occured in the sports world. Yes, you know whats coming.
Holyfield-Tyson II…better known as: The Bite Fight.
June 28th 1997: Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield have a rematch in Las Vegas. The fight was nasty from the start, Tyson complaining about Holyfield headbutting him and opening a cut above his eye. But in the 3rd Round, history was made. Holyfield got Tyson in a clinch and that is when Tyson bit off a piece of Evanders ear. Believe it or not, the fight resumed. In another clinch, Tyson bit Holyfield other ear and the ref finally ended the match. Tyson was suspended, fined 3 million dollars and lost his boxing license. Worth it? Probably not.
Tyson of course became famous for the biting incident. A candy factory even tried to make some money off it and marketed ‘Earvander-Tyson Bites’ chocolates in the shape of Holyfield’s bitten-off ear. Yum. But due to legal threats from Holyfields attorneys the factory only to withdraw them from sale. Darn.
So those are high profile. But this last one took place in a cutthroat Delaware soccer league during a match between “Fulhundred” and “Pizza by Elizabeth.” After receiving a red card from the ref, the Fulhundred soccer player Rannard A. Jones grabbed the official and BIT HIS FACE. He suffered lacerations to the face, but was otherwise okay. Jones was charged with assault, abuse of a sports official, terroristic threatening and harassment.
I think we need to start enforcing mouthgaurds a little bit more.
So my Boston College boy, Matty Ice gets knocked out in the first round by Grandpa Warner. Vikings go down at the hands of McNabb. Joe Flacco shows that the word rookie means nothing to him and takes down those stinkin’ Dolphins. Thankfully the Football Gods decide that Peyton Manning, (having already won an award he didn’t deserve) would not continue on in the playoffs, so the Chargers send them home. So at this point, Flacco is really the only interesting story left. I don’t care about destiny and McNabb. 
The San Francisco 49ers will be wearing their throwback uniforms in the season finale this Sunday, and members of the team have been inspired to sport the classic mustache as a tribute to some of the more distinguished 49ers of the past. Among them Kevin Fagan, Mel Phillips, Roger Craig, Ray Wersching, Keith Fahnhorst, Jerry Rice (in the form of a goatee), Jimmy Johnson, the late John Ayers and Randy Cross.
A lot of athletes play with intensity but there is one man that rises above them all, and that man is Kevin Garnett. If you have ever watched him play you know what I’m talking about. Before each game he sits on the bench with his head down, completely unfazed by everything around him. After he is introduced and the crowd dies down he goes over and pounds his head into the padded post of the basketball hoop. If that doesn’t frighten you just wait.
that the other players can hear and the ref can’t. Once KG makes a play is when the real show starts. There is chest pounding…not your average thump on the chest though. Oh no, this is the would-break-my-sternum kind of pounding. Then there is the head-back scream, which is usually coupled with the jersey pull, you know what i’m talking about- when he shows off the word CELTICS across his jersey. That one is my personal favorite, mostly because he is showing how he represents the best team in the NBA and he’s damn proud of it. 
new road jerseys make me want to vomit. They are trying to do a throw-back type thing, but it looks like crud. And I am not alone in this, boston.com did a survey: 
Plus, we all know the real reason this is happening…to make more moolah. My 9 year-old cousins first words when he saw the new hats: “I want one of those!” And that is exactly the reaction Red Sox management was going for. Everybody’s gonna want the new gear which means more money. Why they need more money is beyond me…they have raised the price of tickets almost every year since 2004. They are making it so your Average-Joe can’t even go to the game with his family anymore without emptying the savings. 
would talk about something else I love. My cat. Yep, I love him and I don’t care what you think. Now, I used to consider myself a “dog person” but only because I was allergic to cats. Then I was forced to live with a cat, it was rough for a few months…sneezing, itching, asthma attacks…but then I became immune to him or something. So now, one of my best pals is my cat Peach. 
