[CBFF] ST: Bear gets tossed from UC

[Victor Waldron]

Bear gets tossed from UC

May 5, 2006


Bears free safety Chris Harris was one of the fans who left the United
Center early Thursday, but his departure wasn't voluntary.

Harris was escorted with one arm behind his back by security personnel
after getting into a verbal altercation with Miami Heat players about
three minutes into the fourth quarter.

''He was talking [stuff] to one of my teammates,'' backup center
Alonzo Mourning said. ''And I didn't appreciate that.

''I turned around and said, 'That's unnecessary, man, y'all going home
anyway.' He started up with me, and I finished it.''

Heat players pointed out Harris -- who was sitting with teammates
Nathan Vasher and Tommie Harris -- to security, which was represented
by several people.

Neither Vasher nor Tommie Harris was involved.

''I didn't want to pay any attention to him,'' Heat forward Udonis
Haslem said. ''I just wanted to focus on the game.''

Heat players never had heard of Chris Harris and were surprised to
learn he played for the Bears.