Here’s noted Serb and WL object of angst Milan Lucic taking a piece out of Chris Neil’s face with his fists. And this looks like one of those instances where Neil just wanted a shot at the title and then…well, you can’t really see who gets whom first, but Lucic picked a good spot to get started. Neil, to his everlasting credit, hangs in there and rifles off a few shots at the end, but the rest of it is all Lucic. See what you can do when you actually face a guy and fight him like a man, you big Serb prick? And spare me the He’s from British Columbia crap. His parents are Serbs; he was sown from Serb seed. But wow, look at him work over that ginger. I could stand to see these ethno-types pummel each other regularly. via.

Here’s the second of two fights between Washington’s Brandon Sugden and the Rangers’ enforcer du jour Donald Brashear. I have an appreciation for dudes that can hang into a fight for a minute or more, and this one fits the bill.

The first fight was quick, leaving the fans wanting more - and more is exactly what they got. The second bout was a long one. Sugden started off strong, but Brash was able to gain control, ending the fight strong with a mix of grappling and punches in a mess of jerseys.

Brashear skated off to cheers, the loudest he’s received at MSG so far. His hit on Blair Betts is close to being forgiven. via.

I’m trying to give hockey a fair shake this fall. That and every other sport that Kobe Bryant doesn’t play. also.

Preseason in the NHL seems like a dangerous place to be; you’ve got guys that are willing to do whatever it takes to get on the roster for the big club. Take Tommy Sestito, a 21-year-old career minor league guy who decides to go right after the big dog, taking on noted Inuit/badass Jordin Tootoo in the first period of a preseason game on Saturday. And as you can see from the video, Tootoo gives Sestito a little bullrush there at the end and the New Yorker cracks his head on the ice. Tootoo has come under fire for his role in the fight.

“It’s not a good sight to see. Something like that is pretty dangerous,” Tootoo said. “Obviously my intention wasn’t to bang his head off the ice. Fortunately, I got a hold of him after the game to see how he was doing and it sounds like he’s on the road to recovery…I just apologized for what happened and told him my intentions weren’t to do what happened there and that was it.” via.

Results for Sestito’s CT scan haven’t been found in the press, but one SI columnist has already cited in the incident for the latest “Fighting Is Bad” column. And I’m not saying it is or it isn’t, but I’d like to see the NHL decide whether they’re going to handle disciplining dangerous play or let the players do it themselves. Fighting does have a place in pro hockey, a function, but it’s a function on which the league needs to stop meandering. Either let the players police their own or do it for them. Only time will tell from which hand Jordin Tootoo will find retribution served. If any.

Some of you weren’t too impressed with Kevin Youkilis’ charging of the mound video earlier today, so we went through the farm system to see if we could call up something with a little more potential, and this A-ball skirmish (in Dayton, Ohio, no less) seems to fit the bill. Do people say “fit the bill” anymore? Who the hell is Bill? And why can’t he buy his own damn clothes?

This video’s over a year old, put the pitcher that threw the ball into the stands, Julio Castillo of the Dominican Republic, was only last week convicted of felonious assault.

Anyway, you can see how this whole thing gets started, as many fights do: two out-of-shape guys start screaming at each other, and then some young tough decides to take a shot at somebody. Those long road trips and crappy minor-league hotels seem to put everyone a little more on edge. There’s slightly better video here. But yeah, those guys must really be fed up with those little bars of soap. And I love how the lily-white sportscaster is named James Brown. Good career move sticking with that name. Jump back!

Here’s video of that big brawl between the Red Sox and Tigers that happened earlier this week when the Sawks’ Kevin Youkilis took a fastball in the back, and Youk is so damn scaring looking that he might has well be jumping out of a flaming van wearing leg irons and an orange jump suit. But seriously, if you really want to rock the pitcher’s world…take the bat with you! Or better yet, take out the catcher with the bat and give yourself a head start to the mound. Catchers wear all kinds of padding, anyway…

This is almost old news now, but there was that thing the other night where the Brewers threw at one of the Dodgers and then one of the Dodgers threw back at the Brewers’ Prince Fielder…I don’t get it at all, something about the unwritten rules of baseball. If nobody knows what those rules are, maybe someone should write them down. But anyway, the beaning of Fielder happened so late in the game that he almost didn’t have enough time to get upset about it. So he stormed the Dodgers clubhouse door. Yeah, Prince. Like they’re gonna just let you in. Obviously he just thought that the Dodgers had delicious barbecue buffalo wings in there. Why else would he have brought all his teammates? It’s always nice to share, and when you’re talking about hiring prostitutes for the evening, it’s more economical, too.