http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/n ... &type=lgnsSTORRS, Conn. (AP)—A University of Connecticut football player died Sunday following a stabbing after an on-campus dance, hours after the team’s victory over Louisville.
Twenty-year-old Jasper Howard of Miami, a junior and starting cornerback, and a second person were stabbed during a fight early Sunday after someone pulled a fire alarm during a dance at the UConn Student Union, police said. The dance was not related to the game, police said.
UConn football player fatally stabbed on campus
UConn football player fatally stabbed on campus
Jesus.
Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway. - John Wayne
Re: UConn football player fatally stabbed on campus
Goodness, this is the fourth fatality/severe injury involving a college athelete in the past couple of years. Shooting at Duquense and Miami, that European basketball player who paralyzed a kid... there may be more I'm forgetting...
Re: UConn football player fatally stabbed on campus
http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/1025 ... ned-onlineUniversity of Connecticut police say witnesses to the killing of football player Jasper Howard are being threatened with violence if they come forward with evidence.
Maj. Ronald Blicher tells the student newspaper, The Daily Campus, that the threats are being made in Internet postings and police are looking into them. He says authorities are still urging people to submit videos, photos or other information.
