October 26, 2001

Sport of Stings

By THOMAS BARTLETT

Eye-gouging is among the few don'ts in a new sport called deathball. Punching is also frowned on. As deathball's inventor puts it, "Anything you do to somebody, they should be able to get up after it."

James T. Miller, a junior at the University of Georgia who answers to the name "Crash," created the sport -- with the help of a few buddies -- two years ago, after watching an episode of the television show South Park, which is known for its mock violence. This semester, it became an