Battle of the Whack-Job Sports Parents

Illustration by Zohar Lazar

We’re constantly hearing stories about lunatic moms and dads exhibiting frighteningly unsportsmanlike behavior on the sidelines—with an alarming number of the objectionable incidents taking place right here in New England. Fisticuffs, verbal altercations, lawsuits…the insanity knows no bounds. But which sport produces the craziest parents of all? To find out, we pitted eight prime offenders against one another.