Sweden Will Prosecute Hockey Player For Blind-Side Hit That Might Have Ended Daniel Paille's Career
by Barry Petchesky from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#43Z4B)
A Swedish prosecutor has charged defenseman Thomas Larkin with assault for a blind-side hit on former NHLer Daniel Paille, a check to the head that appears to have ended Paille's career. The hit "goes beyond a level of violence that can be allowed in sports," the prosecutor told Sportbladet.