This is mildly amusing:
The mother of Pittsburgh Steelers star linebacker James Harrison pleaded no contest to a minor misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct following a brawl at a game-watching party in a community hall in Ohio.
Akron police said Mildred Harrison, 62, was one of three people cited after the fight at a Veterans of Foreign Wars post on Dec. 14. She was initially charged with assault in the case and a previous hearing had been continued until Tuesday.
Mama don’t take no mess. This made me laugh:
Police said it’s not clear why the party turned violent at about 10 p.m. during Cleveland’s 13-6 upset of division foe Pittsburgh.
Victims told police they were pushed, punched and struck with beer bottles.
Yeah. It’s a real mystery why a brawl may have broken out with Steelers fans after a Browns/Steelers game in a bar in Akron, Ohio.
slag
You know, if you all are going to brawl over stuff, can’t it be over something important?
Like Apple v. Microsoft, for instance.
General Egali Tarian Stuck
Understatement of the day, maybe the new century.
MeDrewNotYou
Well, when you let a team like the Browns beat you, minor scuffles between old people is the least of your worries. I’d be more concerned about the dead escaping from Hell across the now frozen rivers of flame.
jl
The mater of Greenwald and the Kagan nomination came up, no doubt about it.
Steeplejack
“Sweet fancy Moses!” Haven’t seen that tag before.
I’m going to take this as an open thread, because (a) how much
seriousdiscussion can there be of a football-related brawl, and (b) there have been only four comments in an hour, which sort of proves (a) above.Anyway, just wanted to say that I love, love, love this motherfucking blog. I came home in a foul mood and started to catch up on Balloon Juice with the “Desperation” thread from this morning. Felt sort of reluctant, because I thought, “Great, it’s just going to be a lot of stupid sexual euphemisms.” Which it was, of course, but it quickly achieved transcendance.
Cleek warmed things up, and then, only 17 comments in, Kommrade Reproductive Vigor for the win:
And then, in that way that only Balloon Juice seems to achieve, the good times just keep coming. A great three-comment triple starting at 29 as Michael D. notes the targeted ad he receives, 4tehlulz’s unintended non sequitur fits perfectly and then Flukebucket brings it home with the reference to the Balloon Juice meta-narrative. Then Punchy at 41 gets us grounded again with a straight-ahead effort that doesn’t leave anything out:
So much win in such a short thread. Plus there’s John Mellen Cougarcamp, Philadelphia traffic regulations and an awesome Google Earth graphic.
I swear, Balloon Juice is like reading Finnegans Wake, if Finnegans Wake were a free-form performance piece done by Monty Python, E.E. Cummings and Marlin Perkins of Wild Kingdom to the accompaniment of random YouTube music videos. I love this place.
Steeplejack
Oops, tripped the moderation trapdoor with too much linky. Damn you, WP!
Noonan
Good to know a Super Bowl ring can be used as a weapon.
gbear
Well I’m just happy to see a PA-related sports thread so that I could post this Onion story:
Steeplejack
@Noonan:
Plus it leaves a nice, distinctive mark, so if you are unlucky enough to get clocked at least you’ve got an anecdote for your later years.
gbear
and of course here is the link for my Onion story.
demo woman
Who won?
Annie
I think this says it all…Pittsburghers weapon of choice….
Ken
@slag: Slag, as a Browns fan, all that I can tell you is there is nothing more important that a Browns-Steelers game. Unless it’s an Ohio State-Michigan game. So there.
Jager
A pal of mine played Junior A Hockey in Canada. They pounded Kamloops one night in fight filled brawl of a hockey game. After the game the coach peeked out of the locker room, slammed and locked the door and said, “Boys, get yer sticks out of the bags, we’re gonna havta fight our way out of this fuckin arena!” Armed with their sticks they fought their way to the bus through a screaming, bottle tossing crowd of our gentle nieghbors from the North.
fucen tarmal
one intrepid reporter having interviewed her prior to this incident, that james harrison has his mother’s personality. who in steeler nation can forget the 2005 christmas eve game in cleveland, when james harrison body slammed the browns fan who ran on the field. there is a youtube of it.
to clarify however, this all took place in akron, i take no responsibility for what happens on that side of the border.
de stijl
Just like a Browns fan to bring a beer bottle to a Super Bowl ring fight.
low-tech cyclist
Yeah. It’s a real mystery why a brawl may have broken out with Steelers fans after a Browns/Steelers game in a bar in Akron, Ohio.
“Funny, sir, how you always seem to find yourself
in an Alliance-friendly bar come U-day, looking
for a ‘quiet drink.’ ” – Zoe (from Firefly)
BruceFromOhio
There were some spectacularly unhappy Stillers fans that night, matched only by the spectacularly ebullient Browns fans.
Seriously, last season was like watching the barn burn down, slowly. Except for that Thursday night game when the Stillers lost in a manner so epic, it entirely made up for all the other misery. Watching Big Ben and the vaunted O-line go down in a blizzard of orange and brown was like barn-raising with the Amish.
Sorry, Mom, you prolly shoulda stayed home for this one.
Oh, and by all means, please, let’s do it again sometime.
Paul in KY
@MeDrewNotYou: Now that was just uncalled for! Hell just has a mild cold spell when we beat the Steelers.
eldorado
my college roommate used to love to tell the news story he read about a guy getting stomped to death in a pittsburg bar for talking smack about chuck noll.