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Anyone who has visited Paris' Parc des Princes stadium over the years has long anticipated the tragedy that former French national soccer goalie Bernard Lama last week lamented with a platitude wrapped in hindsight. "Everyone knew that when the first death from fan violence occurred in France, it would happen in Paris," commented Lama less than 24 hours after a supporter of his former team Paris Saint-Germain was shot and killed by plain clothes police officer trying to protect a young Jewish man from an anti-Semitic mob of nearly 150 marauding PSG fans. "All the elements were there...
...night of November 23, shortly after PSG suffered a resounding 4-2 defeat to Israel's Tel Aviv Hapoel in a pan-European competition, seething PSG fans were allowed - despite the presence of hundreds of police and riot cops - to assemble outside the stadium and stew in their notoriously dangerous juices. Along came Yanniv Hazout, 25, a Paris supporter who had come to the game sporting the colors of his favorite club, Hapoel. With shouts of "kill the Jews", and "the dirty Jew must die," the mob set after the fleeing Hazout. Spotting a lynching in the making, plain-clothes...
...leaving the Bulldogs’ bands to slink away empty handed, their tails between their legs. Maybe they’ll have better luck next year, on their own turf. As the dregs of the tailgaters begin lumbering toward the second half of an embarrassing athletic spectacle inside Harvard Stadium, everyone who rocked is well aware that the most important battle of the day has already been fought and won by the fair Crimson...
...inane chants Yale students hurled across Harvard Stadium at The Game, “school on Monday” might have hurt the most. While Yale, along with virtually every other college in America, allows an entire week off for Thanksgiving, Harvard students are required to be in class even on the day before this quintessential American holiday. Yale has it right for once—students deserve a legitimate Thanksgiving break and time with their families...
...because I saw Harvard Stadium full for the first time, and not because all my friends actually joined me in the ritualistic trek over the bridge to Allston. And not because being stuck in such close vicinity with so many kids from Yale made it abundantly clear why I came to Harvard...