Frozen Kansas City fountain dyed Chiefs red is being compared to a winter murder scene

A frozen Kansas City fountain covered with red dye to show support before the Chiefs AFC Wild Card game on Saturday is now being ridiculed for looking more like an blood-spattered arctic crime scene — after the team's shocking loss to the Colts — than a symbol of pride.

Kansas City officials eager for their home team's chance to get to the Super Bowl coated the Northland fountain, known for its beautiful winter ice formations, in blood-red dye.

Unfortunately for Chiefs fans, what started out as symbol of hope and solidarity has now taken a sinister form of murder and betrayal— just like in the film "Fargo" — and led to rounds of mockery from national media and the hometown fans alike.

"This is the first time we have attempted to dye a frozen fountain. #ChiefsKingdom," wrote the Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation Department on its Facebook page.

And as Facebook user Mark Frazier responded, "'Attempt' is the key word.'"

"Hope it's the first and last time," wrote another.

Photos on the city Facebook page show the steady progression of the fountain from crimson winter wonderland to an ominous shade of pink.

More than one commenter drew a cinematic comparison to the brilliant Coen Brothers film.

"Looks like the scene in Fargo were Steve Buscemi is going through the wood chipper..." wrote one woman.

National news outlets have picked up on the Kansas City fountain put-downs, as well.

USA Today wrote: "It just looks like there should be police tape around the whole thing' and said the fountain looked like 'something from a horror movie."

"It looks like something horrible happened here," wrote Deadspin.

While the widespread ridicule of its attempt at showing team pride undoubtedly hurts for the good people of Kansas City, the life-sucking loss probably cuts more.

And it sure looks like Andrew Luck holding that foot at the woodchipper.

Kansas City Star headline says it all about Chiefs loss (PHOTO)

The Indianapolis Colts beat the Kansas City Chiefs Saturday in what was the second-biggest comeback in playoffs history.

The editors at the Kansas City Star have offered their opinion on the matter. And no better place to express that opinion than on the front page of a newspaper for all of KC to see Sunday morning.

When the team you cover for a living now owns the longest postseason losing streak in NFL history — it's worthy of New York tabloid-style headline.

Oh my @romenesko RT @jeff_rosen88: The Sunday @kcstar is not a happy read for #Chiefs fans. pic.twitter.com/zlvAGu8Z86
— Jeremy Bernfeld (@jeremybernfeld) January 5, 2014

Colts fan executes ultimate pregame photobomb (PHOTO)

As you can see from this photo, a bunch of Chiefs-attired fans had gathered for a group shot in front of Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis before Saturday's wild-card game against the Colts. It was, however, photobombed by an opportunistic Indy fan who happened to be walking past at just the right time.

Gotta love the shocked expressions in the whole group —  and that was before the real Andrew Luck air-bombed the real Chiefs inside.

That's quality photobombing. #NFLPlayoffs #KCvsIND pic.twitter.com/DOuGaH842I
— NFL (@nfl) January 4, 2014

Jovan Belcher’s mother files wrongful death lawsuit against Kansas City Chiefs: Report

The mother of former Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the team Tuesday after exhuming his body so that his brain could be examined for evidence of a degenerative condition linked to repeated concussions.

The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Cheryl Shepherd in Jackson County (Mo.) circuit court, alleges Belcher was subjected to "repetitive head trauma," and that the Chiefs failed to provide adequate medical treatment before Belcher tragically killed his girlfriend and then committed suicide last December.

Shepherd is seeking a jury trial and judgment "in excess of $15,000 for actual damages, punitive damages, and/or aggravating circumstances, for the cost of this action, and for such relief as the court deems fair and reasonable."

Belcher's body was exhumed at a cemetery in Bay Shore, Long Island at his family's request earlier this month so that his brain could be studied for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative neurological condition. CTE has been linked to multiple concussions and includes symptoms such as memory problems, behavioral changes and eventually dementia.

CTE has made headlines in recent years with the deaths of some former professional athletes, including former Chargers linebacker Junior Seau and former Bears safety Dave Duerson.

Shepherd's lawsuit claims the Chiefs failed to warn her son of the short-term and long-term risks of concussions; failed to identify and remove Belcher from practice or games after sustaining head trauma; failed to educate Belcher about concussions; failed to monitor or treat Belcher for neurological dysfunction; and failed to provide appropriate counseling.

On Dec. 1, 2012, Belcher shot to death his girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins, while Shepherd was caring for his infant daughter in a nearby room. Belcher then sped from the residence to the Chiefs training facility, where he shot himself in the head as team personnel tried to stop him.

A spokesman for the Chiefs told The Associated Press on Tuesday night that the team was aware of the lawsuit. He could not comment further because of the pending litigation.

Possible homicide outside Arrowhead during Chiefs-Broncos game: Report

The Kansas City Police Department is investigating a possible homicide that took place outside of Arrowhead Stadium during Sunday's game between the Broncos and the Chiefs, according to Kansas City Police Chief Darryl Forte.

Authorities were called to a parking lot outside the northeast corner of the stadium around 6 p.m. ET. When officers arrived, they found emergency medical personnel working on a white male. The male was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.

"At this time, we're not calling it a homicide, but we'll investigate it as one," KCPD public information officer Tye Grant told USA Today.

Forte announced the death, which he characterized as a homicide, in a tweet:

Detectives investigating a homicide at Arrowhead Stadium. Two suspects in custody. Will update as info becomes available.
— chiefforte (@ChiefForte) December 2, 2013

Forte later reported that the victim died at the hospital following a struggle with two other individuals. He indicated that fan rivalry was not an issue in the death.

Here are some more details from KCTV, the CBS-affiliate in Kansas City:

Police sources tell KCTV5 that a man and his son had gone to their vehicle during the game. When they arrived, they found another man rifling through the vehicle and a fight broke out. The man who apparently did not belong in the vehicle died.

Police officials did not say whether the two in custody were the father and his son or not.

Officers were called to the scene at 6:20 p.m. ET. The game started at 4:25 p.m. ET.

The father and son aren't officially suspects, according to Dye. "I'm not calling them suspects at this point," Dye said. "I'm not sure what involvement they may have had in anything."

Dye did confirm that the deceased male was found in a vehicle that wasn't his.

Although it's not clear what the cause of death was yet, MMQB.com's Robert Klemko reports that the man who died wasn't shot or stabbed. Klemko also tweeted out a picture of the vehicle where the altercation took place.

Here is the car in which the struggle happened; pic.twitter.com/aov1zI7njL
— Robert Klemko (@RobertKlemko) December 2, 2013

Sadly, Sunday also marked the one-year anniversary of Kansas City Chief Jovan Belcher's murder-suicide. Belcher killed the mother of his young daughter and then drove to Arrowhead Stadium and shot himself in front of team officials.

Knowshon Moreno does obstacle course crawl to signal first down (GIF)

Knowshon Moreno's game at Arrowhead Stadium Sunday started with a bizarre moment when he shed the biggest tear drops known to mankind (bottom GIF) during the national anthem.

Later, the Bronco running back's less strange, but still intense behavior would continue. After going 31 yards —half of it with a pile of Chiefs players on his back — Moreno found himself on the ground under a scrum of scuffling players from either side. And he signaled a first down in the only way possible — like a grunt crawling under barbed wire on an obstacle course.

All and all, an interesting day for the former New Jersey high school star.

Chiefs mascot of 24 years seriously injured while rehearsing zip line routine

The man who has been the Kansas City Chiefs' mascot for more than two decades was in stable condition after being seriously injured this weekend while rehearsing a zip line routine at Arrowhead Stadium.

Dan Meers suffered serious injuries on Saturday when rehearsing a zip-line routine. His attorney, Tim Dollar, said his injuries appear to be related to the manner in which a third-party company secured the rigging, however an investigation is pending.

The 46-year-old Meers, who has been with the Chiefs as the team's beloved KC Wolf for 24 years, underwent surgery on Sunday and is in stable condition. The injury occurred while practicing for Sunday's game against the San Diego Chargers.

No description of Meers' specific injuries was available, but a longtime friend said Meers suffered a serious back injury.

"The injuries appear to be related to the manner in which a third-party company secured the riggings," Dollar, said. "However, an investigation is pending."

Kansas City Chiefs spokesman Ted Crews acknowledged Meers' injury on Monday but declined to give details about the accident or his condition.

While Meers doesn't perform the zip line routine every game, Dollar said, he was scheduled to do a slight variation of an entrance he'd done earlier this season.

Meers is married with three children.

Tiger and Lindsey join Mile High crowd at Chiefs-Broncos game

Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn joined the crowd at Mile High on Sunday night. The sports world's most famous couple was spotted on the Denver Broncos' sideline at Sports Authority Field before the game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Before the AFC West rivals kicked off on "Sunday Night Football," Vonn and Woods could be seen chatting with John Elway at the big ticket game.

Vonn was in her element but has anyone ever looked as uncomfortable in a ski cap and parka as Woods does?

Photo: Lindsey Vonn and Tiger Woods talking to John Elway before the Broncos game pic.twitter.com/zXUZ8loAo7
— Dave Althouse (@davealthouse) November 18, 2013

Vonn tweeted her home team sentiments as the Broncos went on to victory.

Having a blast at the Broncos game! #gobroncos http://t.co/b35ciJd8yW
— lindsey vonn (@lindseyvonn) November 18, 2013

Justin Tuck threatens to 'punch in the mouth' anyone who turns on Coughlin

The second-guessing may have started in the New York Giants locker room — a disheartening indication that the team's season could be slowly slipping away and the first sign of discord under Tom Coughlin's reign since the Tiki Barber years.

“Right now, we are as low as you can get,” defensive end Justin Tuck said after a lifeless  31-7 loss to the Chiefs Sunday.

The Giants’ first 0-4 start in a non-strike year since 1979 is not entirely Coughlin’s fault. He was given an aging roster with little depth by general manager Jerry Reese and the Giants have endured a debilitating number of injuries. Reese is as much to blame as Coughlin —maybe more.

And, outside of Victor Cruz publicly questioning Coughlin's fourth-down call against the Chiefs, the team has not turned on Coughlin outright — yet.

One Giant who says speaking up against Coughlin is akin to fighting words is Tuck

“If anyone turns on our coach, I would be the first one to punch him in the mouth,” Justin Tuck told the N.Y. Daily News. “And put that in print. It better not happen, I know that.”

The play in question was a third-and-17 from the Giants 14. Eli Manning connected with Cruz for what initially was ruled a first down. Andy Reid challenged the spot and after the review the officials placed the ball at the 30-and-a-half yard line. Cruz needed to get to the 31. Coughlin made the right decision punting down by just three deep in his own end. Imagine the second-guessing if he had gone for it and missed and the Chiefs quickly traveled the short field for a touchdown.

Tuck admitted on the sideline, “Every defensive player wanted him to go for it. That is why we probably will never be coaches. That would have been a stupid move. Even if you get it, it would still be a stupid move.”

Cruz, who had scored on a 69-yard TD pass from Manning in the second quarter, claims he wasn't second-guessing Coughlin's call — only saying he wanted to stay on the field.

“I thought we should have gone for it on that fourth down,” Cruz said. “It’s coach’s call at the end of the day.”

From their own 30 down three?

“If it was me? Yes. Because we had the momentum,” Cruz said. “I felt it was a yard, not even a yard, half a yard, we’ve got to take a risk at some point and make something happen.”

If the Giants lose against the Eagles Sunday, some thing is bound to happen.

Carl Banks: The 'scary' Giants 'don't like each other'

After what was virtually a 60-minute beat down of the New York Giants by the Carolina Panthers Sunday, one former Giants great called the team "scary."  And not in a good way.

Former Giants linebacker Carl Banks, a part of the Giants' radio broadcast team, spoke with WFAN on Monday and didn’t hold back when reflecting on what he saw while Big Blue was embarrassed in Charlotte, losing to the Panthers, 38-0.

"They were banging Giants, receivers getting knocked all over the place, and there’s not one guy that showed emotion," he said.  "And that’s scary. That really is scary."

But Banks didn't stop there and thinks New York’s problems might run deeper than just a lack of talent.

"They don’t like themselves," the two-time Super Bowl champion said. "That’s what it really comes down to. They don’t like each other. They’re not willing to fight for each other. When you have a premier quarterback in this league, and you don’t have enough self-respect — not for him, but for yourself — to protect him to do your job, I think it speaks volumes. I think these guys really do need to all stand in (front of) the mirror, and it’s gut-check time."

The Giants (0-3) have now been outscored 115-54 in the first three games of the season. It doesn’t get any easier from here, as Tom Coughlin’s squad will head to Kansas City this weekend to take on the undefeated Chiefs after the worst loss of the Coughlin era.

"I have a pretty good idea of what type of coach Tom Coughlin is, and what he expects of his guys, but he doesn’t play," Banks said. "And if they don’t have enough pride as men … And you can hate your coach, and never want to play this bad ever again. If you don’t have enough pride to stand up and do something … I don’t think I’ve seen a collective group just line up and get punched in the face, and stand up and do it again and again and again."

"I think the most disturbing aspect of it is … in all my years of being around the team, they’ve had some bad losses," Banks told WFAN co-hosts Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts. "They’ve had some highs and lows, and some good teams and bad teams. But I don’t think I’ve ever seen a team just not show emotion as they were just getting pummeled … I don’t advocate fighting, but show some emotion."

The final stats say it all.  The offensive line couldn’t protect Eli Manning, who completed 12 of 23 passes for 119 yards and threw an interception. He was also sacked seven times for 45 yards. The defense was equally as ineffective, surrendering 402 total yards and five touchdowns.

Not exactly Giants football — at least how Banks remembers it.

Andy Reid gets weird with Sal Paolantonio in postgame interview (VIDEO)

Things got a little pushy and a lot weirder as Kansas City Chiefs new coach Andy Reid made his way through the postgame scrum of reporters and photographers after his team had just defeated his former team the Eagles, 26-16, on his old stomping grounds at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

When ESPN's Sal Paolantonio approached the coach —after what had to be a gratifying and emotional victory — Reid went out of his way to avoid speaking to him. Reid even instructed a couple of bodyguards to lead interference for him.

Reid made no such fuss about getting hooked up with NFL Network's Alex Flanagan seconds later though.  Was Paolantonio jock-blocking Flanagan — whose network broadcast the game?

Still a very strange television moment.

Compare with the Alex Flanagan interview.

Chiefs' Tyson Jackson gets pantsed during game against Jags (VIDEO)

The Kansas City Chiefs revealed more than their new offense in their NFL season opener on Sunday — in more ways than one.

Last season the NFL had the Buttfumble, this year already has Da Butt.

Tyson Jackson had his pants accidentally pulled down by Jacksonville center Brad Meester while trying to rush quarterback Blaine Gabbert. The 27-year-old defensive lineman, who racked up one of the six sacks by the Chiefs, quickly recovered but his unintentional "mooning" was caught by TV cameras.

The Chiefs went on to trounce the  Jags 28-2 in Jacksonville.

Former NFL cheerleader wins second straight MMA fight

Rachel Wray, the former Kansas City Chiefs cheerleader turned female MMA fighter won her second fight in the cage and is still undefeated.

Wray, a beauty by way of Arkansas, beat Katelyn Radtka by a TKO in the second Friday night at the Ultimate Blue Corner Battles in Kansas City, Mo.  She is 2-0 as an amateur just months after she started training as an MMA fighter.

Wray won her first fight with a second round TKO over another opponent back in September after giving up cheerleading for leading with a left.



The pretty blond (wearing blue shorts) looked a lot sharper in her second fight after being trained by UFC fighter Jason High and WEC veteran LC Davis.  She sure has got skills.

Wray's looks and back story are what has her gaining quite a following but it is her right hand that is keeping her in the cage.

She doesn't have another fight scheduled yet but you can keep up with her at her Twitter account @CheerleaderMMA.

Who knew beauty and the beast could be one and the same?

Belcher told secret girlfriend he 'would shoot' Perkins two months ago

Details of the murder-suicide by Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher indicate that the troubled player — who shot his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins before taking his own life on Dec. 1 — told his secret girlfriend that he would shoot Perkins "if she didn't leave him alone."

A police report obtained by the Kansas City Star sheds some light on the tragedy and says Belcher sent a text message about two months ago to the woman — who dismissed it as some sort of a joke.

The police report also said that Belcher told the unnamed woman  that Perkins "knew how to take all his money and his child if they split up."

The file, now a 60-page public record, details a range of other facts not previously known like:

• Chiefs head coach Romeo Crennel said Belcher had missed a team meeting a few weeks earlier and blamed it on Perkins, who reportedly hadn't come home the night before.  Crennel believed the couple had "trust issues."
• Belcher's mother, Cheryl Shepherd, moved in with the couple two weeks before the incident because they were having "relationship problems" associated with Perkins' spending habits.
• Police found a bullet hole in the bathroom floor under Perkins' body that went through to the basement indicating Belcher might have fired a round into her while she was on the ground.  Ten apparent gunshot wounds were found on her body.

Many people knew the couple was having trouble, including Crennel and Shepherd,  and tried to help them.

The file detailed the final minutes of 25-year-old Belcher's life.  In brief it said that Belcher arrived home early on the morning of Dec. 1.  After arguing with Perkins, 22, he shot her and said he was sorry.  He then kissed her, their three-month-old daughter Zoey and his mother before leaving for Arrowhead Stadium where he met with Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli.  He told Pioli he had "done a bad thing to my girlfriend.  I want to talk with [linebackers coach Gary] Gibbs and Romeo [Crennel]."  The two coaches tried to meet with their linebacker, and when they saw he had a weapon, Crennel yelled, "You're taking the easy way out!"

As a police officer approached, Belcher knelt down, made the sign of the cross and then shot himself above his right ear.

After the gunshot, Crennel slumped and turned away from Belcher.

Paternity talk sparked Belcher's murder-suicide rage says source

The mother of Kansas City Chiefs football player Jovan Belcher has told investigators that the argument with girlfriend Kasandra Perkins — which preceded his deadly murder-suicide rampage on Dec. 1 — was over their 3-month-old baby's paternity, reports The New York Post.

Cheryl Shepherd — who was in her son's suburban Missouri home the morning he shot Perkins nine times — told police investigators that the couple had been arguing over questions that the young girl, Zoey, was even his, said a source close to the situation.

"The mother believed that there was an issue over whether [Belcher] was the father," said a source close to the team.

"She said he [believed he] wasn't necessarily the father of the child," the source added.

A Kansas City law-enforcement source confirmed Shepherd's account of the situation, "She told [police] there was a question about the paternity."

Authorities wouldn't jump to conclusions and announce that the baby's paternity led to Belcher's bizarre and violent rampage which left the young couple dead but sheds a little light on what could have set off the NFL player.

"But the implication was that [paternity] was what the two of them were fighting about — that the baby might not have been his," said a source.

Shepherd was visiting her son when the argument broke out early that fatal morning.  She called 911 after Belcher bolted from the house.  The Long Island native later shot himself dead in front of stunned Chiefs staff at the team's facility.

Earlier in the week, attempts to speak with Shepherd were answered with a, "There will be no comment" on her cellphone.

Just a few months earlier, the smiling couple were showing off their new little baby on Facebook.

Former KC Chiefs cheerleader chooses MMA fighting over pom poms

A former Kansas City Chiefs cheerleader has hung up her pom poms and put on the gloves to the surprise of everyone she knows.

Rachel Wray, whose fierce left hooks seem to belie her model-like looks, spent last year as a cheerleader for the NFL team before taking up the brutal sport of MMA fighting.

The pretty blond, who originally comes from Arkansas, won her first fight back in September with a second-round TKO and is looking forward to her next bout in the cage at Harrah's in Kansas City in January.

Wray fell into the fight game by accident after using the sport as an alternative workout and was asked to step into the cage and spar one day.



"I was absolutely horrible," she told KCMMA.com.  "This drove me to want it even more. I knew I had to make a choice between fighting and cheerleading.  I chose fighting."

The sultry Wray describes herself as a "super girly girl" but doesn't look it in the ring.  In the video, she's the one in the black and white shorts.

Her goal is to compete in four or five more amateur fights before becoming a pro.

If this firebrand is only an amateur, can you imagine what it's like to get popped by Ronda Rousey?

Video of cops waking Belcher in car before murder-suicide is released

Police released video Friday night that shows police officers finding Kansas City Chiefs linebacker  Jovan Belcher asleep in his car just hours before he killed his girlfriend and later shot himself at the team's facility, according to The Associated Press.

The video — recorded from a police dashboard camera —was among two recordings made available by police nearly a week after the murder-suicide.  The second video shows an officer responding to Arrowhead Stadium, where Belcher shot himself in front of team officials shortly after killing Kasandra Perkins, the mother of their young child, at their home on Dec. 1.

The first video shows a police cruiser pulling up behind Belcher's parked car and finding him asleep inside around 3 a.m. that day outside an apartment complex.

The officers talk to him, and he identifies himself as a Chiefs player. The cops comment about how nice his car is and ask each other what position he plays.



The police said he was cooperative during the investigation and Belcher explained he was there to visit a woman he described as his girlfriend but that she wasn't home.

The video shows a calm Belcher getting out of his car and thanking the police, saying he is going to go upstairs.

Police said a woman allowed Belcher to enter the building, though she wasn't identified.

Brady Quinn says the right things about relationships in post game meeting

It's hard to know exactly how the Kansas City Chiefs players should have felt after the bizarre murder-suicide by teammate Jovan Belcher.  But it might be even harder to put it into words.

Somehow, after the team's emotional 27-21 victory over the Panthers on Sunday, Chiefs quarterback Brady Quinn took a few moments to meet the press and put the whole surreal incident into perspective.

His simple message during this difficult situation — be more attentive to the people who are sitting in the room with you more than interacting with the ones that aren't.

"When you ask someone how they are doing, do you really mean it?" he asked.  "When you answer someone back how are you doing, are you really telling the truth?

"We live in a society of social networks ... and that's fine, but we have contact with our work associates, our family, our friends, and it seems like half the time we are preoccupied with our phone and other things going on instead of the actual relationships that we have right in front of us."

Words to live for in a time of expanding Twitter and Facebook connections.



Could a sensitive hand have prevented the Belcher tragedy?  Who knows.

But Quinn's profound words remind us that real relationships are more important than how many "followers" you have.

Exonerated football player to get NFL tryout with Seahawks

The Seattle Seahawks have confirmed they will hold a tryout for Brain Banks, the former California high school football star who was freed from prison after serving five years for a rape case in which he was falsely accused.

The former Long Beach Poly linebacker had a verbal agreement for a full scholarship to USC before a childhood friend falsely accused Banks, now 26, of attacking her on their high school campus.  Banks pleaded no contest to the charges at the advice of his attorney.

Last Thursday, a judge threw out the conviction that sent banks to prison for more than five years after the woman recanted her story and Banks recorded it.

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll— who was at USC when Banks was offered the full ride— did not speak to reporters after the Seahawks' off-season workout on Wednesday, but the team confirmed that Banks will work out for the team on June 7.

Other NFL teams have shown interest in giving Banks a shot at his dream— after the story was all over the news last week— including the Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, and Miami Dolphins.

Banks is confident he can still make an NFL team and has been working out in preparation of pursuing his dream and reclaiming almost ten years of his life.  At 26, Banks is one year shy of the the average age of an NFL player.  So there's still hope.

The reversal of the decision was won by the California Innocence Project, which took the new evidence back to Superior Court judge Mark C. Kim— who presided over the original case.

Banks' ties to former USC coach Carroll make a good story.  Let's hope the wronged young man can make the team.

Ex-Con Arrested For Beating Up Jets Fan Outside Stadium

A cowardly, drug-dealing ex-con was arrested for the parking lot beating of a New York Jets fan outside MetLife Stadium following Sunday's game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Merle Lee, 35, was charged with 3rd degree aggravated assault for his attack on James Mohr after the Jets 37-10 victory.  New Jersey State Police insist that Lee acted alone.

The thug from New Jersey was busted for sucker-punching Mohr after a woman in Lee's group reportedly shouted," F--k New York!" and "You all deserved what happened on 9/11!"

The diehard Jets fan—who has family in the FDNY— told the woman her remarks were "disrespectful."

Mohr, 23, a life-long Jets fan— wearing some of his favorite team's gear— was then confronted by a man in a Kansas City Chiefs jersey and they had words.  Lee reportedly ran up from behind and sucker-punched Mohr with a wild swing, claimed witnesses.

Mohr's sister, Anna, said her brother never even saw the blow coming.

"He said the next thing he recalls is waking up in the hospital," she said.

Lee, is a convicted drug dealer and spent three years in a New Jersey prison.  The low life has a long rap sheet which includes convictions for drug-possession, theft and other offenses, according to records.

Mohr underwent surgery on Tuesday and is still recovering from a broken jaw, eye socket and cheekbone.

The Jets released  a statement which said: "There is no place for type of behavior.  All perpetrators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

Rex Ryan, the Jets head coach, heard about the incident and told reporters he was sure that after Mohr—a phys-ed teacher from the Bronx— has recovered from his injuries, the team would do something for for him.