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Positive Coaching Alliance's Bottom 10 incidents of 2006:
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Moments from a triumphant World Cup climax to his stellar career, Zinedine Zidane is ejected after head-butting an opponent for insulting Zidane's sister. |
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Chicago Cubs catcher Michael Barrett ignites a 10-minute, bench-clearing brawl by sucker punching the White Sox's A.J. Pierzynski after a collision at the plate. |
| 8. |
Denver-area parents must break up a fight between coaches of opposing 7-and-under girls' soccer teams, resulting in one of the coaches facing assault charges. |
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A football brawl between the University of Miami and Florida International University results in 31 player suspensions and the unforgettable image of a player swinging his helmet as a weapon. |
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The Tennessee Titans' Albert Haynesworth is suspended for five games after stomping the helmetless head of the Dallas Cowboys' Andre Gurode, who required 30 stitches. |
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At a Philadelphia-area football game for five- and six-year-olds, a player's father allegedly brandishes a .357 magnum during a dispute with a coach over his son's playing time. |
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When two high school sports stars are sentenced to 60 days in juvenile detention for a "prank" that left one man physically disabled and another brain-damaged, an Ohio judge rules the players may complete their sports seasons before serving their sentences. |
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A Stockton, CA youth football coach is caught on tape charging the field to level an opposing 13-year-old player who had just been flagged for a late hit on the coach's son. |
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A Corpus Christi, TX youth football coach is caught on tape attacking an 18-year-old referee, who said the coach grew angry when asked to stop swearing in front of the five- and six-year-old players. |
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A tennis father in France is arrested on suspicion of drugging opponents of his 16-year-old son by tampering with their sports beverages; one of the opponents died in an auto accident while driving home after |
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