s did not regain consciousness until he was in intensive care. There he was diagnosed with, in addition to the broken nose, fractured ribs, a bruised kidney, a concussion, and a scratched cornea. To this day his knee still ails him. The Loy brothers were charged with battery and sentenced to supervision and 40 hours of community service. The Hills were awarded $757,710, hardly a fair price for the loss of a knee. Reading, Massachusetts was a quiet suburb of Boston until recently when it became home to perhaps the most violent event to date in youth sports. On July 5 Michael Costin, a single father of four, was out on the ice supervising a practice for 10 to 12 year-olds when Thomas Junta, one of the childrens parents, began to complain that the action was getting too rough. He says that he saw his son get checked and then elbowed in the nose, then upon bringing it to Costins attention, Costin told him thats what hockey is all about. When Costin came off of the ice, an irate Junta ran towards him and the two engaged in shouting and a shoving match. The 62 275 pound Junta easily controlled the smaller 511 175 pound Costin, tearing off his shirt and ripping a gold chain from his neck. The fight was short lived and broken up by a rink employee, and really surprised no one as parental behavior like this had become almost commonplace in the town of 23,000. After finishing up with his children in the locker room, Costin took them to the vending machine to get something to drink. Junta appeared, with fists clenched, and knocked Costin to the floor holding him down with a knee on his chest. He then began beating Costins face with his clenched fists and beating his head repeatedly into the hard rubber mats that surround the machines. The beating did not stop until a bystander pulled Junta off, but by now Costin was unconscious in a puddle of his own blood, face misshaped by the beating, and without a pulse, never to regain consciousness. Junt...
