Sacramento Kgs star Rajon Rondo swears he's no homophobe -- spe the fact he hurled gay slurs at a gay NBA ref -- sayg the whole thg was out of tratn... not out of gay hatred.
Contents:
- THE PROBLEM WH RAJON RONDO’S ANTI-GAY SLUR IS THAT HE'S NOT ALONE
- REFEREE BILL KENNEDY, FOLLOWG SLUR BY RAJON RONDO, ANNOUNC HE'S GAY
- NBA REFEREE BILL KENNEDY OUT AS GAY AFTER RAJON RONDO SLURS
- NBA REFEREE BILL KENNEDY OUT AS GAY
- RAJON RONDO -- APOLOGIZ FOR GAY SLURS ... I'M NO HOMOPHOBE
- RAJON RONDO APOLOGIZ TO NBA REFEREE OVER ANTI-GAY SLURS
- KGS' RAJON RONDO APOLOGIZ AGA FOR GAY SLUR TOWARD REFEREE
- RAJON RONDO REPEATEDLY SLURRED GAY NBA REF
- THE NBA MISSNER EXPLAS WHY RAJON RONDO WAS SPEND JT ONE GAME FOR DIRECTG A GAY SLUR AT A GAY REFEREE AND THE REASON IS FASCATG
- RAJON RONDO ALLEGEDLY BERATED A GAY REFEREE, AND THE PUNISHMENT FEELS TOO SOFT
- RAJON RONDO SPEND ONE GAME FOR G A HOMOPHOBIC SLUR DIRECTED AT A GAY REFEREE
THE PROBLEM WH RAJON RONDO’S ANTI-GAY SLUR IS THAT HE'S NOT ALONE
Sacramento Kgs guard directed slurs towards Bill Kennedy, who me out Monday as gay. Rondo was spend one game last Friday for the tira and not leavg the urt a timely manner. * rajon rondo gay *
Sacramento Kgs guard directed slurs towards Bill Kennedy, who me out Monday as gay. Longtime NBA referee Bill Kennedy me out as openly gay Sunday a statement to Yahoo Sports. Yahoo Sports reveals that Rondo's spensn was the rult of a tira that clud the Kgs guard's e of homophobic slurs toward Kennedy.
Source: NBA referee Bill Kennedy reveals he is gay; Rajon Rondo ma alleged homosexual slur to him - Yahoo Sports. Kobe Bryant was fed $100, 000 2011 for directg a homophobic slur at official Bennie Adams.
REFEREE BILL KENNEDY, FOLLOWG SLUR BY RAJON RONDO, ANNOUNC HE'S GAY
The Problem Wh Rondo’s Anti-Gay Slur Is That He's Not Alone * rajon rondo gay *
Kennedy revealed to Yahoo Sports that he is gay, makg him the send openly gay active NBA official after Vlet Palmer's announcement 2014. He's also the third active openly gay official pro sports along wh MLB umpire Dale Stt. "I am proud to be an NBA referee and I am proud to be a gay man, " Kennedy told Yahoo Sports on Sunday night.
The NBA has ma ser efforts to embrace diversy efforts over the past few years, wh Adam Silver sayg 2014 the league "fell behd" on such issu spe Jason Colls g out as the first active openly gay player. Kennedy has sce e out as gay, and the nature of Rondo's rogatory remark has been revealed as unambiguoly homophobic -- he reportedly lled Kennedy "a motherf**kg faggot" durg the game. And there is a sense that Rondo was among those the league that gused or knew that Kennedy was gay, and that his remark was purposefully hateful.
The NBA, which has a reputatn as one of the most progrsive sports leagu, pecially when to gay rights, is still filled wh homophobic speech. Rondo isn't the first high-profile player to face scty for employg anti-gay rhetoric eher durg gam or at prs nferenc.
NBA REFEREE BILL KENNEDY OUT AS GAY AFTER RAJON RONDO SLURS
After Rajon Rondo directed a gay slur toward referee Bill Kennedy durg a Kgs game on Dec. 3, Kennedy announced publicly that he's "proud to be a gay man." * rajon rondo gay *
In 2011, both the LA Lakers' Kobe Bryant (directed at a referee) and Chigo Bulls' Joakim Noah (directed at a fan) ed homophobic slurs durg gam. Roy Hibbert, then Indiana Pacers center, ed the term "no homo" a postgame terview. All three were issued has been all too easy for fenrs of the league to say the cints are isolated, that they do not reflect the overall feelg of a league that celebrated Jason Colls' cisn to bee the first openly gay athlete to pete any of the four major North Amerin sports.
Look at the larger sports environment, and shouldn't e as a surprise: Amatr and profsnal sports leagu ntue to be unwelg, whether advertently or not, to gay athlet and personnel.
NBA REFEREE BILL KENNEDY OUT AS GAY
Bill Kennedy is gay, and that is not somethg of which he should have to be aaid. * rajon rondo gay *
Acrdg to a May study tled "Out on the Fields, " 83 percent of Amerin gay youth and 63 percent of Amerin lbian youth surveyed were still “pletely or partially” the study also found that "73 percent of all those surveyed said youth sports is not a safe or welg place for the LGB muny. " This type of rhetoric appears to prent levels of sports om high school on to the when to whether someone is gay or not, ach Popovich said bt: "As far as anybody's sexual orientatn, 's nobody's bs.
" What should be everyone's bs is how the anti-gay slurs are still openly beg flung around sports leagu everywhere. ):Rajon Rondo has issued a send apology on Tuday on HuffPost:Relatedrajon rondobill kennedygay refereeanti-gay slurPopular the CommunyYou May Like. Author of two booksVeteran NBA referee Bill Kennedy has announced he is gay.
RAJON RONDO -- APOLOGIZ FOR GAY SLURS ... I'M NO HOMOPHOBE
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"I am proud to be an NBA referee and I am proud to be a gay man, " Kennedy told Yahoo! As he was beg pulled away by teammat, Rondo lled Kennedy a gay slur, two sourc told ESPN.
"Some of Kennedy's fellow officials were aware of his sexual orientatn, but not all, sourc told 2010, disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy outed Kennedy to some when he told a Boston rad statn that Kennedy was gay, and was known by some the league. Referee Vlet Palmer announced she was gay the summer of 2014.
Palmer me out to her fellow officials a longer than normal review that lasted a week, the NBA gave Rondo a one-game spensn whout pay Friday for "directg a rogatory and offensive term toward a game official and not leavg the urt a timely manner upon his ejectn" acrdg to league vice print Kiki 2011, Kobe Bryant was fed $100, 000 for makg an anti-gay slur to a game official.
RAJON RONDO APOLOGIZ TO NBA REFEREE OVER ANTI-GAY SLURS
Rajon Rondo doubled down on his apologi to NBA referee Bill Kennedy on Tuday after directg a fury of anti-gay slurs at the ref. * rajon rondo gay *
There will be talk of discrimatn, of homophobic culture, of jocks and locker rooms and ttosterone and how basketball is war and how basketball is not war. Sacramento Kgs pot guard Rajon Rondo directed a flurry of homophobic slurs toward NBA referee Bill Kennedy.
That Kennedy is gay, and that Rondo almost certaly knew Kennedy’s sexual orientatn before makg the ment, means this one-game spensn falls flat.
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KGS' RAJON RONDO APOLOGIZ AGA FOR GAY SLUR TOWARD REFEREE
After gettg some cricism for his apology Monday, Kgs G Rajon Rondo apologized aga Tuday for the gay slur he directed at referee Bill Kennedy. * rajon rondo gay *
By vokg homophobia, the NBA veteran — by all acunts a smart but thlsly petive person — turned Kennedy’s sexual orientatn to an exploable weakns. There is nothg weak about homosexualy, a lson the NBA learned when gged center Jason Colls me out more than two years ago.
A ltle more than a week after beg targeted wh slurs by Kgs guard Rajon Rondo, longtime NBA referee Bill Kennedy announced he is gay. "I am proud to be an NBA referee and I am proud to be a gay man, " Kennedy told Yahoo a statement. Longtime NBA official Bill Kennedy revealed that he's gay a statement to Yahoo!
He's the send NBA referee to publicly announce beg gay. Apologiz for Gay Slurs... I'm No Homophobe.
RAJON RONDO REPEATEDLY SLURRED GAY NBA REF
Rajon Rondo is tryg to exce his e of an anti-gay slur as jt "emotn." It's that same emotn so many sports fans and wrers allow to get the bt of them when lashg out at refere and officials. * rajon rondo gay *
Sacramento Kgs star Rajon Rondo swears he's no homophobe -- spe the fact he hurled gay slurs at a gay NBA ref -- sayg the whole thg was out of tratn... Not out of gay hatred.
Kennedy has sce e out as a gay man -- leadg to a closer spectn to Rondo's verbal attack. But Rondo sists he's not anti-gay -- sayg, "My actns durg the game were out of tratn and emotn, perd!
Rajon Rondo doubled down on his apologi to NBA referee Bill Kennedy on Tuday after directg a fury of anti-gay slurs at the ref followg a game ejectn. 3 game Mexi Cy which he followed Kennedy while hurlg anti-gay slurs at the referee who had jt ejected him for nsecutive technil fouls, acrdg to Yahoo! Kennedy later me out as gay, the se reported.
THE NBA MISSNER EXPLAS WHY RAJON RONDO WAS SPEND JT ONE GAME FOR DIRECTG A GAY SLUR AT A GAY REFEREE AND THE REASON IS FASCATG
The Kgs pot guard sists he didn’t mean to offend, but his nasty remarks reveal how anti-gay rhetoric remas graed the sports culture. We mt do better * rajon rondo gay *
news servicDec 15, 2015, 05:50 PM ETSacramento Kgs guard Rajon Rondo has offered a stronger apology for directg a gay slur at veteran NBA referee Bill issued a statement Tuday addrsg those who viewed his ial statement as a non-apology. As he was beg pulled away by teammat, Rondo lled Kennedy a gay Sunday, Kennedy told Yahoo! "In 2011, Kobe Bryant was fed $100, 000 for makg an anti-gay slur to a game official.
Sacramento Kgs guard Rajon Rondo was spend for spewg anti-gay slurs at longtime NBA referee Bill Kennedy — who subsequently revealed he is gay a story published Monday on Yahoo Sports. “I am proud to be an NBA referee and I am proud to be a gay man, ” Kennedy told Yahoo Sports. In 2011, Kobe Bryant was fed $100, 000 for makg an anti-gay ment to a referee, the same season the Bulls’ Joakim Noah was fed $50, 000 for directg an anti-gay slur at a fan.
Kennedy is the send NBA referee to announce beg gay, followg Vlet Palmer 2014. The NBA missner explas why Rajon Rondo was spend jt one game for directg a gay slur at a gay referee and the reason is fascatg Fance Watchlists My Portfol Markets Optns: Hight Open Intert Optns: Hight Implied Volatily News Vios Yahoo Fance Pl Screeners Personal Fance High-yield savgs acunt rat Crypto Indtri Contact Us S&P 500 Dow 30 Nasdaq Rsell 2000 C Oil Gold Silver EUR/USD 10-Yr Bond GBP/USD USD/JPY B USD CMC Crypto 200 FTSE 100 Nikkei 225 The NBA missner explas why Rajon Rondo was spend jt one game for directg a gay slur at a gay referee and the reason is fascatgRajon Rondo(Ezra Shaw/Getty Imag) Earlier this week we learned that the NBA spend Sacramento Kgs pot guard Rajon Rondo for one game for directg a gay slur at a referee known to be gay by many the NBA. Commissner Adam Silver has now explaed that a longer spensn was not hand down, part, bee he was worried would out the referee to the general was a gut on Adrian Wojnarowski's podst to discs the missner first explas the cisn to spend Rondo as opposed to jt fe him, a penalty that had been given to Kobe Bryant and Joakim Noah for prev cints which they had ed a gay slur durg a game.
RAJON RONDO ALLEGEDLY BERATED A GAY REFEREE, AND THE PUNISHMENT FEELS TOO SOFT
Rajon Rondo directed a gay slur at referee Bill Kennedy on December 3. Kennedy me out as gay to Yahoo Sports on Sunday. * rajon rondo gay *
"The thkg of our office was that this was of a different qualy and character than those other cints bee while they did ankly volve gay slurs, they were not as personal, ankly they were not directed at someone who is gay. But they were directed at a particular official who happened to be gay, and addn, the ments were directed a particularly aggrsive manner.
Silver adms that one reason Rondo did not get a harsher penalty had ltle to do wh what Rondo actually served and the reason is fascatg: Silver was worried he was gog to out the referee, Bill Silver acknowledg that many the NBA knew Kennedy was gay, the official had never ma that public and did not rm Silver of his cisn to do so until Sunday, two days after the spensn had been hand down.
And Silver did hopg to protect the end, Kennedy cid to announce he was gay a lumn wrten by Wojnarowski. " They've ed the opportuny to show how clive of gay people they are, and how ethilly upstandg they n be on social media. Is any wonr that he might go to the predictable well of homophobia when selectg how to h Kennedy the harst?
RAJON RONDO SPEND ONE GAME FOR G A HOMOPHOBIC SLUR DIRECTED AT A GAY REFEREE
Frankly, I've never heard anti-gay or racial slurs om the stands, though that may be bee I tune out.