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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In one [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] ''[[Captain America (comics)]]'' story, a player is murdered on field during a baseball game. Somewhat unbelievably, the game continues with Cap and Bucky subbing.
* In the ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]: Paranoid'' comic Freddy kills a boy attending a pep rally by causing him to explode in a mess of blood when he nods off.
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* There was a series of crime novels that literally was based entirely on this trope, titles included ''Bleeding Dodger Blue'', ''Tigers Burning'', ''Fear in Fenway'' and ''Murder in Wrigley Field''.
* Dick Francis' novel ''Nerve'' begins with a jockey shooting himself in front of a big racing audience.
* [[Father Brown]] in [https://web.archive.org/web/20100829075432/http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Father_Brown/Chapter_9 'The God Of The Gongs']
{{quote|"For an intelligent murderer, such as you or I might be, it is an impossible plan to make sure that nobody is looking at you."
"But what other plan is there?"
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[CSI New York]]'': A man dies after winning a million dollars via a basketball shot.
* ''[[Homicide: Life
== [[Radio]] ==
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