Everytime fans and professional athletes collide, it's awesome. You've got a group of stupid overweight drunk fans trying to take on a group of well-conditioned athletes who are paid to hurt. What's not entertaining about that? We decided to go with our favorite brawls that are on video, so don't go calling for the Ty Cobb verse that armless man incident, although if anyone has video of that, please post it immediately.
8.) October 3, 2007: Soccer Goalie Dives And Soccer Is The Worst
When this fan brushes by Nelson Dida, the "man" falls on the ground like he'd be stabbed in the chest.
7.) November 1, 2001: Asshole Punches Steve Yzerman In The Face
Steve Yzerman is widely regarded as a true class-act in hockey. That's what makes this so puzzling; why would this Bruins fan punch him in the face? Regardless of what team Yzerman played for, it's disgusting for this guy to go after him.
6.) Steve Sullivan Enjoys Karma
When this douchebag fan mocked Steve Sullivan for taking a stick in the face, the stars aligned. Later in the game, a puck struck the guy in the forehead, allowing Sullivan to taunt the guy in return. Probably more painful was his scoring of two goals in the game.
5.) May 23, 2007: Kip Brennen Undresses Fan
Yeah, there's been a lot of hockey in this post, but let's be honest, hockey is pretty crazy. Anyway, this moron gets in Kip Brennen's face and now he has to hit up the mall for a new shirt.
4.) March 29, 2001: Tie Domi Sprays Fan With Water, Fists
Philadelphia is known for their rowdy fans. Here comes hockey! After Tie Domi was put in the box, he was heckled by some rowdy Flyers fans. He took a sip of water, and sprayed the guy in the face. The fan reacted angrily by attempting to jump over the glass, which gave way, sending him into the penalty box with one of hockey's toughest players. Good thing the linesman jumped in to save him.
3.) April 14, 1992: Nordiques vs. Sabres vs. Fan
Hockey fans are awesome: drunk, angry, and are always ready for a fight. But usually, they just expect to fight a fan of the rival team. Then the Sabres played the Nordiques in Quebec, and things started to get crazy on the ice. There were a bunch of fights, and the arena was electric. Then someone got the brilliant idea to jump onto the Sabres bench and take on Rob Ray. Let's be serious, Rob Ray had only managed to beat up tons of 240 lb hockey players, so why wouldn't this out of shape, middle-aged, possibly drunk man jump onto the bench and take him on? He lost.
2.) December 23, 1979: Rangers Vs. Bruins vs. Fans
After a fan "grabbed O'Reilly's stick" and started beating him with it, Terry O'Reilly got mad and did what anyone would do; he jumped into the stands and starting pelting anything that paid to get into the game.
1.) November 19, 2004: Pistons vs. Pacers vs. Fans
Let's be honest, the NBA is horrifically boring. So what if each team scores 98 points or more a game? There's no defense, everyone just stands around waiting to go on offense. With that in mind, Pacers forward Ron Artest was all like "LET'S GET CRAZY" and the Pistons forward Ben Wallace was like "I'M IN!" so they started pushing, and then a fan was like "HAVE A DRINK" and Ron Artest ran into the stands and beat the shit out of him. Then everything got really awesome. Fans ran onto the court, players punched old ladies, drinks were thrown, and everyone had a laugh.