Chicagoist: Excitement at the United Center

Lobotomy Jones

Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:23:21 -0600

I saw it on TV this morning. It looked to me like Davis's wife should have been the one thrown out.

Moon

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:42:18 -0600

Welllllll, if you watched it on tv: 1) It appears that Davis's wife was the one initiating the action. She was over in the guy's face. He was sitting in his seat. She was standing over him. 2) The security guard was already over there when Antonio Davis arrived and seemed to have everything under control. 3) It didn't look like Antonio Davis did any threatening (other than being huge and hovering over the guy, who was STILL in his seat - if I'm this guy, I'm standing up at least, but he's still sitting, probably) 4) Antonio Davis got suspended for 5 games, so maybe his wife should shut the fuck up.

MikeH

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 19:35:48 -0600

Why do I tend to believe this latter version of the story?

Miss Thing

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:16:30 -0600

According to http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=135&sid=675492 "I witnessed my wife being threatened by a man that I learned later to be intoxicated," he said in a statement after the game. "I saw him touch her, and I know I should not have acted the way I did, but I would have felt terrible if I didn't react. There was no time to call security. It happened too quickly." But 22-year-old Michael Axelrod said Kendra Davis tried to scratch him after he protested a call. Axelrod said he never laid a hand on Davis' wife and said he was not drunk. "It's a lie. When I go to games, I cheer as hard as I can for the Bulls, and I boo as hard as I can for whoever they're playing," Axelrod said. "I don't feel comfortable if players are allowed to easily jump into the crowd whenever they feel like it's necessary." Axelrod's father, David, is a prominent Democratic political consultant in Chicago who has worked with Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley. Axelrod's attorney, Jay Paul Deratany, said he planned to sue Davis and his wife for more than $1 million. Deratany said he was writing the papers Thursday for a battery suit against Kendra Davis and a slander case against Antonio Davis, and planned to file them Friday. According to Axelrod, he was sitting in the seventh row and booed an official's call. Kendra Davis "came out of her seat. I didn't even pay attention to her. I thought she was just going to the bathroom or something," he said. Axelrod, who was sitting a couple of rows behind her, said she yelled at him to be quiet. Axelrod said he did not know she was Davis' wife until the player ran into the stands. Axelrod said Kendra Davis put both hands on his face, and that he motioned for security. He said she later went after another fan. "I was glad she was done hitting me, but I didn't want her to hit anyone else," Axelrod said. Antonio Davis appeared calm throughout and walked away willingly when security arrived. He returned to the bench and took his seat before being ejected. The game resumed after about a five-minute delay. Axelrod was escorted to the concourse by security, but said he was allowed back into the arena and saw Ben Gordon's winning shot at the buzzer.

Benjy

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:00:09 -0600

Geesh, didn't know we had so many English teachers reading! Guess that's what we get for trying to get a post up while eating lunch at our desk... Now with 100% fewer typos -- unless there are more we missed :)

okay

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:36:20 -0600

and why is "david" being suspended? he "ins't" one of the bad guys... geez.

klafjaf

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:32:39 -0600

I was listening too the Score at the time and a caller who claimed to be a couple of rows from Kendra Davis said that it was she who escalated any conflict. Basically a guy was rooting against the knicks and she told him to shut up and the fan refused.

MLH

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:29:46 -0600

Not to mention "leuage commish"...

Mr. Smith

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:21:11 -0600

No, see we're just purposely giving our future copy editor some work to do.

Bill

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:21:57 -0600

Here's a decidedly different take on the incident: http://deadspin.com/sports/nba/a-differing-view-on-davis-trip-into-the-stands-149534.php

A Veal Cutlet

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:14:29 -0600

"itentical?" "But Antonio Davis, who played used to play...?" Proofreading Chicagoist, proofreading.