I realize I haven't been posting a lot recently, but having just watched the World Cup final...
I wasn't alive when Giants pitcher Juan Marichal started beating Dodgers catcher John Roseboro over the head with a baseball bat (in the days before catchers wore helmets). But that's the only incident I think could come close to what French soccer legend Zinedine Zidane did. To briefly summarize, he was having a heated argument with an Italian player, Zidane began to run away, then turned around and headbutted the Italian player in the sternum. Zidane gets ejected, is unavailable for the shootout, and Italy wins the Cup. It's a sad ending for a man who, no matter which country won the Cup, likely would have been named Most Outstanding Player. As captain, how do you let your emotions get the best of you like that, in overtime no less?