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• n  a noisy riotous fight

• Surprisingly no reports of the courtroom melee that left 3 witnesses grievously injured, appeared in the local media.
• The Manager of Don Bosco has accused their opponents for instigating the football pitch melee.
• Senior Oscar Hernandez, 18, says the May 9 melee started out as a simple schoolyard conflict.

• scrimmage
• battle royal

News & Articles

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• Two Brockton men charged in melee near Providence nightclub
  Two Brockton men charged in melee near Providence nightclub
  June 16, 2013 - The Providence Journal
• Man in Sage Diner melee pleads guilty
  EASTVILLE — In an agreement with the Commonwealth, Pernell Mason, 23, of Exmore pleaded guilty to two counts of malicious wounding and one count of assault and battery for his part in the melee at the Exmore Sage Diner last September that left two men seriously wounded.
  June 15, 2013 - Eastern Shore News
• MLB hands down the suspensions for Tuesday night’s Dodgers-Diamondbacks melee
  The discipline has been handed down for the Dodgers-Diamondbacks melee on Tuesday night. Twelve different people were disciplined with eight being handed suspensions. The breakdown: Ian Kennedy gets a ten-game suspension; Eric Hinske gets a five-game suspension; J.P. Howell and Skip Schumaker each get two-game suspensions; Ronald Belisario gets a one-game suspension; Dodgers coach Mark…
  June 14, 2013 - NBC Sports: HardballTalk

Quotes

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• Zydrunas Ilgauskas in USA Today
  I thought the way that he fouled Andy was unnecessary, and I was trying to protect my teammate,Ilgauskas said. "After that, he grabbed me by the throat, the whole melee went down."
• David Letterman in MiamiHerald.com
  What was ...... that melee like last night? What was that like? You were right there,Letterman asked, referring to the Myrtle Beach, SC, debate.
• Rita Cosby in Washington Post
  I think this is certainly one of the craziest, in terms of media melee, that I've seen in awhile,said MSNBC host Rita Cosby.