Absolutely fascinating story out of Oregon this weekend: John Canzano, one of the top sports columnists in the newspaper biz (our opinion) got verbally and physically accousted Saturday in the press box during the Ducks-Trojans game by the wife (or maybe ex-wife) of Oregon coach Mike Bellotti and her nanny. Canzano recently wrote about Bellotti’s kid, a kicker on the Ducks, who has been arrested twice for DUII. It got ugly in the press box:

She leaned in, grabbed by my suit lapel, and lit into me with a string of expletives, asking me if I have children, and telling me, “This is going to come back on you tenfold.” And she threatened to slap me, which I thought was not such a nice example to set in front of the kiddies. I told her that it played especially poorly to me that she would approach me in the press box, with a strong smell of alcohol on her breath, hissing and spitting mad, talking to me about alcohol abuse. Then, the nanny, still holding the toddler, unleashed a foul-mouthed tirade.

To paraphrase McManus from one of our favorite movies ever: “You better put a leash on that puppy.”

Sad, surreal scene: The Nanny and the coach’s wife launch an attack (Oregonian Blog)
There’s life after divorce for Bellotti (Portland Tribune)