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BITE MARKS

In spring training Dodgers Triple A catcher Miguel Olivo was asked what he'd be if he weren't a ballplayer. A boxer, he said, like Mike Tyson—"without the ear biting." But when a brawl broke out in the Albuquerque Isotopes' dugout during a May 20 game, Olivo took a chunk out of teammate Alex Guerrero's left ear. (Guerrero underwent plastic surgery and is expected to be out for five weeks.) "It was unforgivable," said Dodgers president Stan Kasten, who released Olivo two days later. Herewith a brief history of sports biting.

BITER

VICTIM

NECK

Pedro Borbon [BITER] / Reds P

Daryl Patterson [VICTIM] / Pirates P

July 14, 1974

ARM

Luis Suàrez [BITER] / Liverpool F

Branislav Ivanovic [VICTIM] / Chelsea D

April 22, 2013

FINGERS

Tree Rollins [BITER] / Hawks C

Danny Ainge [VICTIM] / Celtics G

April 24, 1983

Dylan Hartley [BITER] / England H

Stephen Ferris [VICTIM] / Ireland F

March 17, 2012

Alex Burrows [BITER] / Canucks RW

Patrice Bergeron [VICTIM] / Bruins C

June 1, 2011

Jarkko Ruutu [BITER] / Senators LW

Andrew Peters [VICTIM] / Sabres LW

Jan. 6, 2009

Marc Savard [BITER] / Thrashers C

Darcy Tucker [VICTIM] / Maple Leafs RW

Nov. 27, 2003

Claude Lemieux [BITER] / Canadiens RW

Jim Peplinski [VICTIM] / Flames LW

May 22, 1986

EARS

Miguel Olivo [BITER] / Isotopes

Alex Guerrero [VICTIM] / Isotopes

May 20, 2014

Mike Tyson [BITER]

Evander Holyfield [VICTIM]

June 28, 1997

SHOULDERS

Mircea Bornescu [BITER] / Petrolul G

Tha'er Al Bawab [VICTIM] / CS Gaz F

May 29, 2013

Luis Suàrez [BITER] / Ajax F

Otman Bakkal [VICTIM] / PSV Eindhoven MF

Nov. 20, 2010

Jermain Defoe [BITER] / Tottenham F

Javier Mascherano [VICTIM] / West Ham D

Oct. 22, 2006

GENITALS

Peter Filandia [BITER] / Port Melbourne

Chad Davis [VICTIM] / Springvale

April 28, 2002

Francisco Gallardo [BITER] / Sevilla MF

Jose Antonio Reyes [VICTIM] / Sevilla F

Nov. 25, 2001

SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE

Jake Hendrickson paid $820 in an auction for the jersey quarterback Mark Sanchez wore during his infamous 2012 butt fumble. The Jets fan says he's now saving up to send it into space.

ILLUSTRATION

ILLUSTRATION BY TANNER MAXWELL

PHOTO

ED MULHOLLAND/USA TODAY (SANCHEZ)