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Offline bdm860

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And if you haven't seen the Ron Artest TNT interview...don't waste any more time. He saw a kid get killed by a table leg because a basketball game got too competitive. I mean come on. 

Ok this is a couple of days old now, and I was going to put this in the "Are they considering suspending Artest" thread http://forums.celticsblog.com/index.php?topic=27840.msg480617#msg480617, but since it's a few days old now don't think anybody would pay attention to it, and it might actually deserve it's own thread.

After Game 2 Artest was saying some crazy stuff, especially the first 20 seconds when Artest says he saw a guy get killed with a table leg.  I thought Artest was crazy and just making things up though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3_xmYLBnnA&feature=popular

Turns out it's true, Artest ain't crazy.  Ok maybe I wouldn't go that far, he's still crazy, but he ain't lying:
http://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/15/nyregion/player-dies-in-stabbing-at-basketball-game.html
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Player Dies in Stabbing at Basketball Game
AP
Published: Monday, April 15, 1991

A 19-year-old basketball player from Queens was fatally stabbed with a broken-off table leg today after a fight broke out during a basketball tournament, the police said.

The player, Lloyd Newton, was stabbed in the back with a leg from the scorer's table at the championship game of a Y.M.C.A.-sponsored tournament at the Niagara Falls Boys and Girls Club, the police in Niagara Falls said.

"An argument ensued about the score," Capt. Louis Curcione said, adding that one of the teams "thought they were getting gypped."

"A fight broke out between the players and about 40 fans in the stands," he said. "In the course of the fight, one person was stabbed in the back."

Mr. Newton was taken to the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Brian C. Young, 16, of Niagara Falls, has been charged with second-degree murder. He was being held at the Niagara Falls jail pending his arraignment in city court today.

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