Editorial: Fisticuff Don't Belong in Basketball

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A county prosecutor in Cincinnati reportedly is trying to decide if it would be appropriate to file criminal charges against some participants in the melee that erupted several seconds before the end of a basketball game Saturday between the University of Cincinnati and Xavier University.

We've no doubt an able prosecutor could make a case for criminal charges -- assault and battery, and disorderly conduct appear to be under consideration -- but don't think they should be filed in this case.

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Editorial: Fisticuff Don't Belong in Basketball

The fight, as ugly as it was, wasn't the first between participants in a game between two universities -- basketball, football or whatever -- and ...

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