Youth Basketball Game Ends in Fight That Leaves A Coach Wounded

Another disturbing story about out-of-control parents and youth sports. An angry dad attacked a 6th grade basketball coach after his son's team lost a game, then bit off part of the coach's ear.

The stricken coach was rushed to a local hospital where he underwent surgery to have the severed portion of his ear reattached.

The attack occurred Friday night at Holy Name School in Springfield, Mass., according to local TV station WWLP. After his son's team lost in the Catholic Youth Organization finals, Timothy Lee Forbes punched the winning coach, then bit off part of his ear, said Hampden assistant district attorney Marie Angers.

Several of the 10-12 year old kids, who had gathered on the court to shake hands, were knocked to the floor and left crying after the incident.

People at the game pulled Forbes off the coach -- but he fled the gym before cops arrived, according to Springfield Police Sgt. John Delaney. After undergoing surgery at Baystate Medical Center, the assaulted coach (whose identity has not been released), returned home, according to NBCConnecticut.com.

The league said it was "stunned by this act against one of our most dedicated coaches" and that it was the first time anything like it had occurred in league history.