Viral Outrage Has Become Its Own Sport, and It's Getting Out of Hand

Sports stadiums bring out the best and worst of human behavior: cheers of support for injured players, tears for retiring stars and jaw-dropping reactions when people misbehave on-camera.

- Alex Apatoff

Such was the case at the US Open when a CEO snatched a match-worn hat from player Kamil Majchrzak away from a kid’s waiting hands. (He has since apologized.) A week later , at a Phillies-Marlins game , a woman confronted a man who gave a home run ball to his son that she believed was rightfully hers. He handed it over, saying he was “trying to set an example