Georgetown vs. China Exhib. Basketball Game Ends in Brawl

Big East basketball doesn't go over well in China.

Like many college basketball teams, Georgetown is on a tour of a foreign country this summer.  They are in China, playing a series of exhibition games. 

These games are usually friendly affairs, the teams exchange gifts and pleasantries and a usually uneventful basketball game takes place.

This one didn't go as planned as ou will see in the video above.

A battle royal broke out in the fourth quarter as members of both teams tackled and threw punches at one another. Chairs and water bottles were also thrown as the Georgetown players left the court with about nine-and-a-half minutes remaining.

Chinese club teams are known for their dirty play, and this fight was triggered when Bayi Rocket's forward-center Hu Ke was called for a foul against Georgetown's Jason Clark. The senior guard took exception to the hard foul and said so to Hu, sparking an exchange of shoves. That's when players from the Georgetown and Bayi benches ran onto the court.

The Georgetown Hoyas are in China on a 10-day goodwill trip which has been cited by the U.S. State Department as an example of sports diplomacy that strengthens ties between the two countries' peoples. The team was briefed by the State Department ahead of its departure on what to expect during its trip to Beijing and Shanghai, according to news releases on the university's website.

"We remain grateful for the opportunity our student-athletes are having to engage in a sport they love here in China, while strengthening their understanding of a nation we respect and admire at Georgetown University," Coach John Thompson III said.

A U.S. Embassy official called it an "unfortunate" incident.

"We look to these types of exchanges to promote good sportsmanship and strengthen our people-to-people contact with China," the official said.

Two Jockeys Fight at The Breeder's Cup

Louisianan Calvin Borel, the most well-known jockey in horse racing today, raced today in Louisville in a key race against fellow jockey, Javier Castellano. In a particularly aggressive maneuver, Castellano cut his horse, Prince Will I Am, across the path of the other horses.

Borel, who has won three of the last four Kentucky Derbies, took exception. And then all hell broke loose.

It looks to me like it was Castellano who threw the first punch.  Reports also say that they went at it again in the lockerroom.

Kid Rock's Atlanta Trial Goes to Jury

A jury of 11 will deliberate the Kid Rock Waffle House fight case beginning Friday morning in Atlanta.

The Decatur man suing the musician said Kid Rock and his five co-defendants attacked him without warning during a fight nearly three years ago at a Buford Highway Waffle House.

Harlen Akins, 41, is the man who says he was punched and kicked repeatedly by the rocker's crew and feared for his life.

Kid Rock said his crew was in defense mode, portraying Akins as an eager agitator. "We didn't beat up [Akins]," the singer testified.

The musician stopped at the restaurant following an October 2007 performance at The Tabernacle in Atlanta. He pleaded guilty in March 2008 to a misdemeanor charge of simple battery.

Akins is seeking restitution of roughly $6,000 in medical costs plus an unspecified amount for pain and suffering. The former music promoter followed Kid Rock on the stand as testimony concluded in the three-day-long civil trial.

 "Independent eyewitnesses, not once, but twice said Kid Rock started the fight," the plaintiff's attorney said. "[Kid Rock] told you if someone insults him, he'll punch him. All you have to do is be in at the wrong place at the wrong time and say the wrong thing."