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1977. Like it was yesterday.
The film from the Washington-Tomjanovich fight is symptomatic of the ESPN approach to the use of sports video, even though it was a dozen years before ESPN was invented.
It's the highlights and nothing but the highlights. They don't show you Tpmjanovitch running for Washington at a full sprint and Washington looking over his shoulder and seeing an opposing player running at him and punched him.
Yes Washington got what he deserved, but the ESPN-style clips make it look like more vicious than I think it was.
Since we're in the 70s, the worst basketball fight I ever saw was Minnesota vs. An Ohio State University, Luke Witte took a hard foul, then a Minnesota player went to help him up, but kneed Witte in the groin and punched his head, then another Minnesota player came over and stomped on Witte. Another OSU player was attached from behind by Minnesota's very sportsmanlike Dave Winfield (yup). Two Minn players were suspended for the rest of the year
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