Legendary football manager Bill Shankley once famously said "Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that" so on that subject here's a short note from AP that made its way here via the NYT this morning.
A soccer player who acknowledged killing a heckling fan last year played Tuesday for the Colombian club Atletico Junior. Javier Flórez said heckling fans challenged him to a fight after Atletico Junior lost a Colombian league match July 5. Flórez said he was drunk and pulled a gun. He said a fan tried to take the gun away and it went off several times. He said he did not intend to kill anyone. Flórez was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to three years’ probation.European soccer players = total whusses. Mojitos served, the end.