Did anyone else notice that the banter between Colby Covington and LeBron James made the front page news today? Evidently some other NBA guys also jumped in.
I'm not taking any sides - that's between them. However, it reminds me of an incident that got a lot of message board discussion in the Northwest about 9 years ago.
Covington is definitely not known for his self restraint. During a dual between OSU and Boise State, a dad of one of the Boise State wrestlers was getting pretty animated and verbal towards the OSU wrestlers. When Covington was on the mat, he stopped and flipped the guy off or something similar. I think the ref had to step in and get everyone calmed down. There was a lot of back and forth finger pointing on the message boards depending on which team the person making the post was rooting for.
It would have been interesting to see the outcome if Covington and the guy in the stands had gotten into it. The dad was one tough hombre. He was a former D1 AA in college and had been racking up a lot of medals in the seniors division at national tournaments. I think at that point, he could have held his own against Covington. Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed and the dual continued to its conclusion.
I'm not taking any sides - that's between them. However, it reminds me of an incident that got a lot of message board discussion in the Northwest about 9 years ago.
Covington is definitely not known for his self restraint. During a dual between OSU and Boise State, a dad of one of the Boise State wrestlers was getting pretty animated and verbal towards the OSU wrestlers. When Covington was on the mat, he stopped and flipped the guy off or something similar. I think the ref had to step in and get everyone calmed down. There was a lot of back and forth finger pointing on the message boards depending on which team the person making the post was rooting for.
It would have been interesting to see the outcome if Covington and the guy in the stands had gotten into it. The dad was one tough hombre. He was a former D1 AA in college and had been racking up a lot of medals in the seniors division at national tournaments. I think at that point, he could have held his own against Covington. Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed and the dual continued to its conclusion.