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An NBA star got into a fight at the Colorado vs. Colorado State college football game over the weekend. Derrick White, an NBA Finals winner for the Boston Celtics, got into a scrap with friends at the Colorado vs.
Colorado State rivalry game in Fort Collins on Saturday evening. TMZ Sports found video of White and his friends appearing to get into a fight behind one of the end zones at Canvas Stadium. White is a University of Colorado alum and was trying to enjoy the game, when a fight broke out behind one of the end zones.
From TMZ Sports: In the third quarter -- as it became clear White's Buffs were likely going to win -- the apparent arguing turned violent ...
as you can see in our video, a man in a CSU hat and a Utah shirt swung his arm into the side of White's head. The blow connected so hard -- it knocked the hat right off White's dome ..
. and a huge skirmish then ensued. Multiple people raced in .
.. and while White was pulled out of the mix quickly -- nearly a dozen people pushed, shoved and put each other in headlocks for several moments.
#NBA star #DerrickWhite was hit in the head by a spinning backfist on Saturday, new video obtained by @TMZ_Sports shows. Full story here: https://t.co/GIfoacuOVO pic.
twitter.com/OVQmiEfqTO Thankfully, police were able to get involved before things escalated too much. White was reportedly able to leave the stadium without incident.
White, 30, played at Colorado from 2015-17. He's had a great summer, helping lead the Celtics to an NBA Finals win while later winning a gold medal in the Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Jesse D.
Garrabrant/Getty Images Colorado's football program, perhaps to no fault of its own this time, just can't avoid the bad headlines. The Buffaloes, led by Deion Sanders, topped Colorado State, 28-9, in the Week 3 college football game on Saturday evening, to improve to 2-1. Related: Travis, Jason Kelce's Parents Waited To Get Divorced For Important Reason.
