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That changed last Tuesday when a Canadian court charged McSorley with assault with a weapon. The accusation followed a week-long investigation by Vancouver police, and formally moved the attack from the jurisdiction of professional sports into the realm of criminal justice. The necessity of this action is questionable; McSorley's suspension has already cost him $72,000, and it is unlikely he will ever play hockey professionally again. He has expressed his regrets and has apologized profusely. Furthermore, Brashear will most likely follow up with a civil suit of his own. So is a jail term really necessary...
This is not to say that such a consortium should be completely beyond of the realm of possibility. Instead, we should follow the plan Harvard administrators have sketched out--follow the progress of the colloquium from a distance, and re-evaluate our position at a later date...
...cash in my remaining $50 in chips. It's within the realm of conception that I could have won that much, or played even with the house, but Terry, the friendly cashier, must see through me. She looks a little sorry for me. She seems to know I'm down. Cashing out is perhaps the best thing I've done all night, aside from my conversation with Larry...
...actions within the realm of sports ought to stay subject only to the laws of sports. Marty McSorley did not go up to Brashear in a bar and smack him over the head with an empty Bud Light bottle--he did it in the context of a violent game. More importantly, he did it in a game where both of these individuals were known as brawlers. Canada wanting to prosecute its national pastime for doing what made the sport famous in the first place is even dumber than the Canadian health care system...
With the chance of home ice increasing among the Crimson's realm of playoff possibilities, Harvard put the curse of Ingalls Rink to rest and used its momentum from its victory over Princeton to nab a decisive and much-needed...