Dallas Mavericks Player in Hot Water After Profane Comment About National Anthem Posted to YouTube

"'The Star-Spangled Banner' is going on. I don't celebrate this [expletive]. I'm black," Dallas Mavericks forward Josh Howard says.

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September 17, 2008 at 3:08 pm - KXAS Dallas
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Dick Nasty   September 17th, 2008 - 3:45 pm

Stupid ass Nig.

Well there you go...   September 17th, 2008 - 3:56 pm

Agreed. Stupid ass, ungrateful dirtbag millionair living the dream due to the very country on which he spits. Hope he dies.

Alan   September 17th, 2008 - 4:26 pm

He’s a thug, like so many NBA players (apologies to Shaq). No wonder pro basketball is in the toilet. I say let his sport fail and he can find a real job… Wait! he couldn’t do anything else but jam a ball through a hole.

articulate   September 17th, 2008 - 6:25 pm

What in the WORLD.
I am so sick of black thugs using the “N” word, speaking “Ebonics” – which is not a true dialect, but merely a social device, and casting derision on the United States of America.
This jerk is making MILLIONS every year in the ONLY country that has such an opportunity… yet he “doesn’t celebrate that s#$t” because he’s BLACK?
Ignorant, stupid, inarticulate, ungrateful, selfish… yet still held up as a “star” in this society. ONLY in America, Mr. Howard. You might want to start singing the National Anthem with your hand over your heart and THANK GOD you are in this country and not the cesspool of a “motherland” that so many of you hold up as some sort of paradise.
Fool.

Will   September 17th, 2008 - 8:13 pm

Mr. Howard is welcome to play ball in Russia. He can cast his absentee vote for Obama from there. Disgusting.

Lester Oldes   September 18th, 2008 - 3:37 am

Another useless, dumb, stupid, ignorant black sports turd.

Warren Black   September 18th, 2008 - 3:41 am

Being a neegar seems to be the excuse of the century for everything.

‘I’m black, so I don’t “celebrate” the national anthem’.

Moronic koooon.

gerard   September 18th, 2008 - 9:34 am

Guess what. To all the ignorants posting your racist vile comments, that’s exactly why this guy is the way he is. With all the racist BS that “you” consistently put out there, blacks will continue to “protest” and go against the grain. Perpertuating cycle dumbasses – you’ll never get it! F U

Airwick   September 18th, 2008 - 10:22 am

Gerard,
I am surprised that they didn’t come up with the usual, “another supporter of Obama and his monkey faced wife” line. They must be losing their grip!

But we don’t have racism in this country. Surrrre.

Bobo   September 18th, 2008 - 10:46 am

No Gerard, you twit. Scum act like scum, and get to deal with the consequences. This athlete is scum.

So are you, for defending lowlife behavior.

It’s not a racial thing. Plenty of blacks are doing well in society. It’s about culture. If his “culture” demands that he behave this way, then he’s part of a gutter culture.

And so are you, for defending him.

Nietzschean   September 18th, 2008 - 11:20 am

I think Josh Howard expresses a view common amongst black Americans. I’m sure Barack Obama’s pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, feels similarly. I’m sure Barack Obama has MUCH sympathy with this view as well; though, of course, he has to pretend otherwise. I don’t think he should be disciplined for expressing a political opinion. The Mavericks owner has done worse–e.g. funding a movie that slander American soldiers, providing our enemies with propaganda etc.

Jessica   September 18th, 2008 - 11:20 am

No, Gerard, you complete moron.

I suppose next time you catch your best friend drilling your wife — you’ll come up with another moral equivalence.

Tom   September 18th, 2008 - 11:35 am

Just as disgraceful as this so called “star” are the racist morons who are posting racist epithets right under this. You and he belong in the same place, losers.

Kat   September 18th, 2008 - 12:46 pm

What is wrong with people? Josh Howard doesn’t believe in the Star Spangled Banner because he is black??? Excuse me but why in the world would someone live in a country they didn’t believe in—-Oh….yeah he loves the money in this country. As far as racism. Listen to Mr. Howard- that is about as racist as anyone could get and pretty much says it all. If a particular race wants to do inappropriate things and then justify it by using the excuse of race, what are people supposed to think and say? Instead of making a particular race look bad, why not lead by example and why not make your race stand for something good? Black people have come along way- most are from America not Africa- why not be proud of the country you chose to succeed in? Josh Howard would be absolutely nothing in Africa. He would likley not be welcomed as whether he likes it or not he is an American, not an African. I really don’t understand at all. Blacks and whites are the USA. We should all be supporting each other and sticking together instead of sitting back acting like we belong somewhere else,while we are all becoming the minority here at home. Come on people.

rasqual   September 18th, 2008 - 2:36 pm

Chris Rock’s “Black People Vs Niggaz” video sez it all. Every race has its “niggaz,” because *what that is* is just lowlife moronitude that has nothing to do with race. Chris is describing people from any race, and he’s smart enough to leverage his own race to do it intelligently.

In short, stupidity is stupidity wherever one finds it. The fact that bonehead, here, claims he doesn’t respect the anthem because he’s black isn’t a good argument for that — it’s a stupid remark from a moron who can’t transcend race in his own “thinking” — or what passes for that in his world.

Lotsa folk can’t transcend race. It’s too bad.

John Brown's Body   September 18th, 2008 - 3:48 pm

I know many blacks. Most hold the same opinion that this is not their country, and when there are wars they are the most unpatriotic bunch you will ever know. This stuff is going to end up with segregation of blacks because they are simply impossible to deal with. Why have integration? They won’t snitch if they see a black attack you. They won’t convict the black that attacked you if sitting on a jury. I gave up on any dealings with them long ago(other than “good morning and hello”).This does not end well for blacks, most whites I know have terrible opinions of them.

Mark Cuban   September 18th, 2008 - 3:55 pm

Dude went to far this time. In the locker room Josh is always talking about having perverse relations with white woman.He says this will teah America a lesson. We all get tired of it. I think i am going to trade this freak. The boy can’t score in the clutch. He hates America. Oh, and he’s voting for that long legged freak Barak. A funny story i would like to add, i heard Barak yelling Ali Akbar after a 3 point shoot around at the Arena last year.

Sheriff Gillespie   September 18th, 2008 - 4:10 pm

So Brandon Marshall & Josh Howard on the same day in trouble. So this is why blacks were not allowed in pro sports for decades. They undermine a team’s brand name.Make poor ambassadors.

Rich   September 18th, 2008 - 7:54 pm

Funny how the news report cuts the last 2 seconds of the 11-second clip… the part where he and his pal chant “Obama, Obama 0-8″.

demdicks   September 18th, 2008 - 8:14 pm

I refuse to acknowledge the nba even exists until this thug is removed from the league for life. White women who fornicate with these types deserve every std they get, may you all perish.

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