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Beating of hockey fan feeds misperceptions of sports fans

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Philadelphia Daily News

Police continue to investigate an incident in which men in Flyers jerseys beat two men in Rangers jerseys. Aubrey Kent, an associate professor in Temple's Sport Industry Research Center, said such incidents "feed an incorrect perception that sports fans are more prone to violence than others," he said. "British hooligans give soccer a very bad name…but in reality it is just rival gangs using the sporting schedule to conveniently arrange their clashes."