Predicting the Five Best Cross-League Fights in Sports

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St. Louis Rams outside linebacker Jo-Lonn Dunbar made headlines for the wrong reasons on Sunday, as he was arrested and held on charges of battery and disorderly conduct. Dunbar’s arrest is the second Rams jailing of the offseason, as rookie cornerback Greg Reid was arrested for probation violation in April.

While Dunbar’s arrest still leaves the Rams a far distance away from matching the Baltimore Ravens’ five arrests this offseason, it may have been the most peculiar NFL incident of the offseason due to the fact that the 29-year-old linebacker was arrested for fighting with NBA veteran Donte Greene. This may have been the first time two professional athletes from two different sports found themselves in each other’s company and ended up getting into a scrum that resulted in an arrest.

So with Dunbar and Greene having broken down the barriers in this regard, we got inspired and tried to think up the most intriguing possible brawls between athletes who play different sports. Here’s what we ended up with.