A ball of fire, then bloodshed
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A ball of fire erupts from a train car, smothering commuters with smoke, and littering the platform with bodies and blood in a chilling security-camera
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There is a chance for fireworks during the NBA&#39;s doubleheader today, but the anticipation of overly physical play in sports often leads to the opposite result.
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It was not the best way to start off the night. With three first-half fumbles and several early scoring opportunities gone to waste, there were a lot more glamorous games going on in the area.
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Violence throughout the country defied increased efforts to stanch the spread of sectarian bloodshed.
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The NBA commissioner was on the mark with his discipline, if not a little too easy. Friday night saw one of the most appalling displays of sports-induced violence in recent history when a brawl erupted between
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In the 1975 film "Rollerball," the corporate world state of some futuristic society controls the bloodlust of its sterile populace through the brutal, sporting violence of a game. Being publicly educated and stuff, I never fully understood this.
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The murder of an Italian journalist in Iraq almost caused a major diplomatic incident at the Olympics. The football teams of the respective nations met in the bronze medal match on Friday, but it emerged after
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The torrent of bullets that killed Benazir Bhutto cut short an epic life, one bathed in blood and awash with controversy.
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ITâS indicative of the pleasing depravity of football that the more bad blood that hangs around a fixture the more enticing it becomes.
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An eyewitness account of the vicious battle to retake the  Iraqi city
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With a clash of mallets and the stomping of jumbo feet that shook the earth, the game was under way. Tense commands were shouted by pith helmeted players tied firmly to their two-ton mounts. The beasts collided and the ball disappeared in a forest of elephantine legs, raising some dust and much laughter. We had just witnessed a classic scrum in the whacky sport of elephant polo.
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ROSEMONT, Ill. -- When last they saw each other, WBC light heavyweight champion Tomasz Adamek and challenger Paul Briggs were both bleary-eyed and bloody. That night Adamek prevailed, but barely, each man extracting from the other a terrible price for agreeing to an angry business meeting in which leather and blood flew.
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A fight breaks out, and even though people at the far side of the crowd can&#39;t see what&#39;s going on, they are immediately on edge.
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The world of professional basketball was in uproar yesterday after nine players were suspended for joining in the most riotous brawl since the sport became a fixture on US television.
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A major gunfight has sparked rage and debate over Blackwater's role.
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A World Cup victory few expected. A corruption scandal that disgraced some of Italy's most famous clubs. And now, the death of a police officer during riots by Sicilian soccer fans.
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The worst brawl in NBA history highlights the combustible mix of rabid spectators and strutting athletes. Is the game itself losing out?