World & Nation
Testimony: Defendant says he wanted the victim, another father, ‘to stop hitting me.’
Jan. 10, 2002
Crime: Children are expected to testify at the Massachusetts trial of a father charged with beating a coach to death at his son’s game.
Jan. 5, 2002
Hockey
Courts: Jurors find Thomas Junta guilty of a lesser charge in the death of another sports dad.
Jan. 12, 2002
Courts: A boy, 12, tells of a fatal fight involving his father at a youth hockey practice in Massachusetts.
Jan. 9, 2002
Crime: Thomas Junta fatally beat Michael Costin, another father, in July 2000 after their children finished a pickup game of hockey.
Jan. 26, 2002
Society: More parents engrossed in youth sports are letting anger escalate into physical outbursts.
July 11, 2000
Archives
Courts: The attorneys make closing arguments in the manslaughter trial of a player’s father. Now the jury has the case.
Jan. 11, 2002
Entertainment & Arts
Detectives from London’s Obscene Publications Squad are taking a close look at a display of contemporary jewelry by artist Simon Costin that opened Thursday.
June 26, 1987
A man who was fatally beaten in a fight with another father over their youngsters’ hockey game was given a funeral Tuesday during which mourners said parents need to “take a good look at themselves” and their competitive instincts.
July 12, 2000
A man accused of pummeling a fellow hockey dad to death shoved aside an assistant rink manager before the fatal beating began, the manager testified.
Jan. 8, 2002