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...Reading, Mass., Thomas Junta watched his 10-year-old son shoot the puck. The kid wasn't faring well. Though contact was forbidden, an elbow nearly smashed his nose. With play getting rougher, Junta, 42, a truck driver, called down to the only adult on the ice, Michael Costin, demanding that he intervene. Costin, whose three boys were playing too, reportedly replied, "That's what hockey's all about," and he and Junta traded insults. When Costin left the ice, the men scuffled, resulting in Junta's ejection by a rink manager...
...ended there, the incident might only be notable for its absurdity: adult men fighting over a kids' version of a thuggish sport. But when Costin, 40, emerged from the locker room, Junta was there. The men started brawling. At six foot one and 275 pounds, Junta overwhelmed Costin, 100 pounds lighter, and allegedly beat him into a coma. Two days later, Costin - a part-time carpenter and single father of four - was dead...
...RoAnn Costin '74, a varsity swimmer and memberof the first Radcliffe rowing team, calls the 1973merger between the Harvard and Radcliffe athleticdepartments a major victory for female athletes...
...Budget was where the power was. All of asudden it made men sort of sit up and take noticethat women are [fielding teams] with such smallamounts of money," Costin says...
...Just the idea of leveling the playing field,that was a huge positive change, Costin says...