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Fighting Words!
During the Civil War, Henry Ward Beecher traveled to England in order to solicit...
Tooth For a Tooth?
Peter the Great, a keen amateur dentist, often assisted surgeons and dentists in...
Raleigh Comes 'Round
Sir Walter Raleigh's eldest son and namesake was a hot-head and a womanizer - no...
Never Say Uncle Again?
During the filming of Never Say Never Again, Sean Connery, a former Mr. U...
Lightweight?
Famed heavyweight boxer John Sullivan was once challenged to a fight by a scrawn...
Willie Barcena: Homeboy Tito
"My homeboy Tito was always trying to get me to join a gang," Willie Barcena onc...
ODB: Ol' Dipsy Bastard
"One time we was hanging out," the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA recalled of his cousin Ol'...
Niece vs Nurse
As he lay dying, Henry Arthur Jones was asked whether he would prefer his niece ...
Liam Gallagher, Beatles Fan?
"If I saw an alien," Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher once declared, "I'd tell him ...
Mutual Admiration Society?
When fellow artists Amedeo Modigliani and Maurice Utrillo first met, each paid t...
Bolt Action
Golfer Tommy Bolt was famed for his furious temper. During one tournament, he li...
Fielding Questions?
When British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery visited California in 1946, Mr. an...
Punch Drunk Love
While he was a college student, Garth Brooks briefly worked as a nightclub bounc...
Palmystery
At the age of eighteen, future AMD chairman Jerry Sanders had his nose, ribs, an...
Norris Chuckles?
Having opened several martial arts schools in Torrance, California, Chuck Norris...
Charles Barkley: Height of ...
Charles Barkley once threw a 5'2" fan (who, apparently, was looking for a fight)...
Spinal Trap?
Professional wrestler Luis "Arriba" Martinez was so near-sighted that he was vir...
Big Bouncer
Before his incarnation as a 7' 450-pound professional wrestler, Big Show briefly...
Harrison Ford: In the Can
One day during the filming of Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark,...
Baldwins & Penns
Stephen Baldwin and Chris Penn became close friends after working together on th...
Cracked Scull
"While playing at Swansea," the music-hall comedian George Robey once recalled, ...
Niven's Revenge (long)
Ida Lupino and Howard Duff had been happily married for several years, and so ha...
Old Excuse?
The careless driving of their coachmen once led Lord Alvanley and another noblem...
Ice Cream Cohn
One day Harry Cohn ordered Frank Capra to visit his office without delay. Capra ...
El Gallo
In his last fight, on October 10th, 1918, famed matador Raphael "El Gallo" Gomez...
Blood Sport
During a particularly rough hockey game one day, Camille Henry, one of the small...
Mutual Admiration Society?
When fellow artists Amedeo Modigliani and Maurice Utrillo first met, each paid t...
Verlaine
F. A. Cazals, having arranged to meet his friend and fellow poet Paul Verlaine a...
Court Jouster?
Perhaps surprisingly, Pepin the Short (Charlemagne's father) was a mighty warrio...
Sibling Rivalry?
Notwithstanding the credits on the Coen brothers' pictures (directed by Joel, pr...
Nolan Ryan & Robin Ventura
August 4, 1993: "Oversize 26-year-old punk Robin Ventura battles 46-year-old fut...
Standard Fare?
Early in their careers, director Paul Thomas Anderson and some friends made a mo...
Joe Louis
While serving in the army during World War II, Joe Louis was involved in a minor...
Willie Nelson: Concert Blooper
Willie Nelson was once asked about his worst experience onstage. "I guess it was...
Injured Pride?
Many women growing up in the 1960s were inspired by Diana Rigg's portrayal of th...
Slocum
One day during his historic 38-month, 46,000-mile solo voyage around the world (...
Wingy Manone
"During World War II, Wingy Manone was playing at Cafe Society Downtown. One nig...
Two G-G-Georges
The war correspondent George Kingswell, famed for his stutter, once had occasion...
It's Monday Night - Time fo...
Every Monday night for years, viewers of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" have b...
Punch Up with Leno's Dad
Jay Leno's father, a former boxer, once resolved to punch out a much younger man...
Tie Domi & Rob Ray: Goons
In a game against the Buffalo Sabres in January 2003, Toronto Maple Leafs goon T...
Quentin Tarantino: Bitch-Sl...
Quentin Tarantino's appearance in the 1990s Broadway revival of ...
James Brown: Mr. Dynamite
After an argument with his wife Adrienne one day, James Brown threw all of her f...
Nell Gwyn: Cat Fight
"[Nell Gwyn, favorite mistress of King Charles II] had made many Enemies who env...
Short Temper
Jim Morrison, famed for his fiery temper, once had a violent argument with his g...
Duelists
Georges Clemenceau once fought a duel with a long-time political rival (and futu...
Pat Burns: Domestic Dispute
Don Cherry once asked Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Pat Burns, a former cop, to...
Icy Reception
At the debut performance of Arnold Schoenberg's first song cycle (in 1900), a fi...
Fiesty Field
In 1979, Sally Field starred in Martin Ritt's Norma Rae, a film based on ...
Wanda Baucus: War of the Ro...
"I stand by her 110 percent and she has my full support," Montana State Senator ...
Miss UNC
In November 2003, Aja Locklear, the reigning Miss University of North Carolina, ...
Franco Corelli: Tempestuous...
Franco Corelli was as famed for his mercurial nature as he was for his remarkabl...
The Clash: Anarchy Tour
In 1976, The Clash joined the Sex Pistols, the Damned and the Buzzcocks on the l...
Tom Arnold: Staying Calm
Tom Arnold once recalled an "incident" at a Clippers game. "I was in the front r...
Konrad Lorenz: Nose to Nose
"Nobel Prize-winning scientist Konrad Lorenz said he was once out walking when h...
Take a Number?
Ferenc Molnar was intermittently involved in a variety of lively literary feuds....
Reverence for Life
Albert Schweitzer's ethical system was encapsulated by his calls for "reverence ...
Lowe Blow
Joe Lowe, famed for his erratic behavior, threatened to shoot anyone who dared t...
Civil War Shaft
One day after the fall of Richmond in 1865, Thomas Chester, the Civil War's only...
Tour de Force
Lynn Fontanne co-starred in many theatrical productions with her husband Alfred ...
Mel Gibson: Lucky Break
At a party one night in 1979, Mel Gibson got drunk and became involved in a braw...
Belushi Brothers: Sibling R...
Jim Belushi got into a lot of trouble as a young man: shoplifting, fist fights a...
Nice Move
In 1986, WWF wrestler Hulk Hogan used fellow guest Richard Belzer to demonstrate...
Sore Loser
Legendary New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was famed for his temperame...
Ouch!
In a historic boxing match in 1882, John L. Sullivan knocked out Paddy Ryan - an...
SFL?
On November 4 1999, Christina Ricci hosted "Saturday Night Live". Among the skit...
Hip Hocrisy?
Sean "P Diddy" Combs was once asked to identify his childhood idols. "Muhammad A...
Memorable Episode
One day in 1959, Garry Marshall was enjoying a quite evening in a Brooklyn resta...
Sodi & Rubio
"I was in Timbiriche [a Mexican preteen singing group] with Thalia Sodi," Paulin...
Lazenby
George Lazenby, a car salesman, auditioned for the role of James Bond in ...
Daphne Fielding: Violent Qu...
"I have been told by people who knew my father and mother when they were first m...
Dane Cook Heckler
"I got in a fight during [a show]," Dane Cook once recalled. "I was in Nashville...
Kentucky Derby
The sports term 'under hand, boot, and whip' was coined at the infamous 1933 Ken...
Vinnie Jones Reporting...
Before turning his hand to acting, Vinnie Jones played professional soccer in th...
Tired Student?
At the age of 14, following a domestic dispute with his sister, Kevin Spacey was...
Mysterious Punch
One night in San Francisco, Wilson Mizner visited a bar with a group of friends,...
Classic Van Gundy
During the 1998 NBA Playoffs, legendary New York Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy got...
Fat Albert
As a young student, Rudy Giuliani was frequently picked on by a bully named Albe...
Manure?
In September 2002, one of the biggest hits in the history of Parisian theatre - ...
Handel & Mattheson
In 1703, George Frideric Handel traveled to Hamburg and befriended another young...
Happy Couple
While dining with Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds one evening, Elizabeth Taylor...
Half Measure?
As a student at Harrow one day Lord Byron saw Robert Peel (a friend and fellow c...
Wimp
MSNBC's Cynthia Alksne was no great fan of "Religious Right" Republican presiden...
Errol Flynn: Fork
While cavorting on his yacht one day, Errol Flynn was dismayed to discover that ...
Mistaken Order
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain was once asked about tempers in the kitchen. "I'...
English Understatement
While visiting a chic London club one night, Johnny Depp was dismayed to find th...
Food Fight: Brotherly Love
Little love was lost between Kinks frontman Ray Davies and his brother Dave (who...
Elaine's
"No night at Elaine's is like any other night. An Englishman comes in with his p...
Tambourine Man
During a concert in Los Angeles in 1994, Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher snorted s...
Flynn & Huston
At a party one evening John Huston inadvisably picked a fight with Errol Flynn. ...
John O'Hara: Bar Fight
"A nasty, violent, confrontational drunk even by the exotic standards of the day...
Billy Martin Incident
Over the course of his four decade career as a player and manager, Billy Martin ...
Tyson's Tigers
Maxim's Albert Baime once visited Mike Tyson's sprawling mansion in South...
Bruce Lee: Kung Fu Master
David Carradine was once asked whether he thought he could have "kicked Bruce Le...
Hillary's Arm
Shortly after Bill Clinton's inauguration (in 1993), rumors surfaced that Hillar...
The Rock: Tongue-Lashing
The Rock was once asked why, in a notorious incident during a University of Miam...
C. Thomas Howell: Stunt Bac...
Some of the stunts in The Outsiders (1983) did not exactly go as planned....
Jarome Iginla: Brawl Follow...
One evening in 2001, Jarome Iginla and the Calgary Flames played a memorable gam...
Jungle Strain
"There was trouble at the National Guard Armory in Washington, DC..." ...
Jeff Bridges: Bridges Brothers
After appearing alongside his father [Lloyd Bridges] in Sea Hunt and ...
Don Cherry: Stick Fight
"I'm playing for Rochester," Don Cherry once recalled, "and Spider Mehizer [?] i...
Mark Wahlberg: Ironic Assault
In 2001, Mark Wahlberg was sued by a man he had allegedly beaten up outside New ...
Richard Simmons: Smackdown
"Richard Simmons was arrested yesterday and charged with assaulting a Harley Dav...
Eddie Furlong: Dirty Hippies
"I was in a little hotel in Rome," Eddie Furlong once recalled, "with my girlfri...
Joy Adamson: Jungle Vengeance
"In the mid-Fifties when Michaela Denis was the queen of African safari programm...
Phobia: Sorry Heckler
While performing one night in a small club in Japan, Phobia were heckled by a gr...
Young Yancy Butler
A rock star daughter (of Lovin' Spoonful drummer Joe Butler), Yancy Butler was a...
Young Shania
Shania Twain, who began singing in dive bars when she was barely old enough to g...
Axl Rose: Axl's Nuts?
At a Christmas party one year, Victoria's Secret model Stephanie Seymour found h...
Jim Everett & Jim Rome: Talk2
In April 1994, former Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jim Everett appeared as a gue...
Cheap Shot Artist
Pittsburgh Penguins goon Ulf Samuelsson is widely considered to have been the di...
Evening At The Improv?
One evening in 1999, Russell Crowe found himself embroiled in a barroom brawl in...
Tomboy
Cameron Diaz, famed for her tomboy persona, was once offered a handy word of adv...
Burton's Wife
Isabel Arundell, who had long hoped to marry Richard Burton, was naturally overj...
Self-Mutilation?
Aurelien Scholl was famed for his eccentricity - and his fondness for knives. Ha...
Real McCoy
One night a drunk man in a bar loudly insisted that Kid McCoy was not the boxer ...
Hero's Return
Stephen Pile, founder of the "Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain," once bes...
Dublin Reunion
Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher and his brother Noel once met their long-absent fa...
Brownson Floored
In a historic boxing match in Minnesota on November 4, 1947, Mike Collins floore...
Donald Brashear: Tough Talk
"We hate each other," Edmonton Oilers right winger Georges Laraque once remarked...
John Ferguson
Montreal Canadiens left winger John Ferguson (who collected 1,200 penalty minute...
Young Jordin Tootoo
During an intrasquad game one night, Jordin Tootoo approached coach and scout Ri...
Russell Crowe: Cinderella Man?
"...it looked like [Russell Crowe] was about to get his butt kicked by a group o...
Boomkat Parenting
Boomkat singer Taryn Manning and her brother, Kellin, began collaborating at an ...
Nick McCarthy: Joining Fran...
What prompted guitarist Nick McCarthy to join the art-funk band Franz Ferdinand?...
Pat Hughes: The Drought
Edmonton Oilers winger Pat Hughes once went two months without scoring a goal. "...
Danny Wallace: Yes Man
Danny Wallace's Yes Man chronicles one year in his life, during which he ...
Instant Karma?
In 2002, Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher lost two teeth during a brawl in Munich. ...
Chan Ho Park vs. Tim Belcher
June 5, 1999: "South Korean pitcher Chan Ho Park of the Los Angeles Dodgers is a...
Combat Zone Wrestling
In a September 2000 interview with Philadelphia Daily News reporter Barba...
Bull Fighter
Famed matador Raphael Gomez was once asked what he did to train for dangerous bu...
Wife-Beater?
In April 2002, Billy Baldwin came to brother Alec Baldwin's defense over allegat...
Frank Sinatra: Temper Tantrum
Frank Sinatra, famed for his violent temper, once had a heli-pad installed on hi...
Beery & Canutt
Just before shooting a fight sequence with the legendary stunt man Yakima Canutt...
Cliff Johnson Goosed
All-Star relief pitcher Goose Gossage was feared by opponents and teammates alik...
Young Kelly Hu
"My brother used to take martial arts lessons and teach me all the moves," Kelly...
Stuart Townsend: Young Punk
Young Stuart Townsend was expelled from school on three separate occasions. He a...
Jackie Chan: Street Fighter
After leaving school, Jackie Chan spent much of his time in 24-hour pool-halls i...
Angelina Jolie: Wouldn't Ki...
During her marriage to Billy Bob Thornton, Angelina Jolie was once asked what sh...
Brandon Flowers: Vegas Bellhop
Killers keyboardist Brandon Flowers once worked at the Gold Coast Hotel and Casi...
UB40
How did Ali Campbell and his UB40 bandmates pay for their first instruments? The...
Lambiested!
Legendary soccer manager John Lambie occasionally resorted to unusal techniques ...
Vitas Gerulaitis
"Vitas Gerulaitis was a firebrand. Fined £1,250 in 1978 for indulging in 'gross ...
Boy George
One day in June 2002, Conan O'Brien announced that Boy George had been kicked ou...
Callas Act
When the star of the Athens opera company's production of Tosca fell ill ...
André's Revenge
"One of André the Giant's most memorable feuds was in 1981 vs. Killer Khan. The ...
Hemingway & Welles
"The Spanish Civil War, the second of three wars in which Hemingway saw action, ...
Realistic Scene (long)
In one of William S. Hart's pictures there was to be a big free-for-all in a res...
Young Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan was once asked to recall his last real street fight. "That's a long ...
Wendell Ladner
American Basketball Association star Wendell Ladner was among the league's tough...
Jaime Pressly: Gossip
"I ran into my old nemesis at a party," Jaime Pressly once recalled. "We've hate...
Young Brian Cox: Welcome to...
14-year-old Brian Cox knew he had found his metier after passing the local theat...
Marisa Coughlan: Super Bloo...
"I was supposed to hit Josh Jackson in Gossip and connected so hard that ...
Stewart Malgunas: Bruised a...
NHL defenseman Stewart Malgunas was regularly bruised and battered in nasty figh...
Derek Sanderson: Natural Ja...
Boston Bruins center Derek Sanderson once recalled a fight he had in junior hock...
Gena Lee Nolin: TKO
"This girl accused me of stealing her boyfriend," Gena Lee Nolin once recalled. ...
Fistfight
"One challenger of Scholl's was a banker of rather shady reputation who, on cert...
Young Tim Robbins
Tim Robbins, an avid New York Rangers fan, once played in the "Hero's of Hockey"...
Fighter
"I have dreams that I'm fighting people," Jennifer Love Hewitt once confessed. "...
Classic Koster
The director Henry Koster was forced to flee from Germany in the 1930s after pun...
Bronfman Family Feud
Seagrams chairman Samuel Bronfman was a temperamental autocrat who presided over...
Out Like Flynn
While visiting a lesbian bar in Paris one night, Errol Flynn noticed his girlfri...
Jamie Foxx & the Pepper Spr...
"Jamie Foxx must fancy himself quite the celebrity, because when a security guar...
Navy Antics
During World War II, Eric Newby served in the Black Watch (and was a prisoner of...
Celebrity Boxing
In March 2002, Danny Bonaduce made an appearance on "Celebrity Boxing" to duke i...
O'Hara & Benchley
John O'Hara was notoriously temperamental. He once punched out a dwarf at "21" (...
Tierney & Tarantino
"We shot the pancake house stuff first," Michael Madsen once recalled of Quentin...
Tom Green & Bam Bam Margera
Bam Margera was once asked whether he could take Tom Green in a fight. Of course...
Xena, WWF Princess?
"Xena, Warrior Princess" star Lucy Lawless was once asked who Xena would most wa...
Kathleen Hanna & Courtney Love
Bikini Kill singer Kathleen Hanna first met Courtney Love backstage on the first...
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