By Mark Esposito, Weekend Blogger
We’ve been subjected to some depressing football stories this year. Most came from the professional ranks, but the colleges and high schools have their own share of mayhem to unleash. I detailed some of the predatory behavior in a post a couple of weeks ago (here). Now, perhaps the most disturbing story so-far as five California (PA) University football players allegedly beat and kicked a man senseless for defending his girlfriend from presumed harassment all the while chanting “Football Strong” as they made their getaway. “Football Brave,” too, I see. Doctors confirm the man sustained a traumatic brain injury and that “the lower part of his brain has shifted 80 degrees.”
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