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Contents:
- PACERS CENTER GETS FED $75,000 FOR USG AN ANTI-GAY SLUR THAT LEBRON USED WHOUT CONTROVERSY IN 2010
- RATG THE BT AND WORST APOLOGI OF ATHLET WHO MA GAY SLURS
- ROY HIBBERT APOLOGIZ FOR ANTI-GAY REMARK, IS STILL FED $75,000
- ROY HIBBERT’S FE FOR USG GAY SLUR SHOWS CHANGG TI OF PUBLIC OPN, EMERGG IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
- NBA PLAYER ROY HIBBERT UTTERS GAY SLUR, APOLOGIZ
- NBA PLAYER US ANTI-GAY SLUR DURG PRS CONFERENCE
- PACERS CENTER ROY HIBBERT APOLOGIZ FOR G GAY SLUR
PACERS CENTER GETS FED $75,000 FOR USG AN ANTI-GAY SLUR THAT LEBRON USED WHOUT CONTROVERSY IN 2010
Pacers center Roy Hibbert apologized Sunday for g a gay slur and cursg durg his news nference after Game 6 of the Eastern Conference fals. * roy hibbert gay *
The NBA fed Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert $75, 000 on Sunday for g the phrase "no homo" and llg the media "mother[expletive]" durg his postgame prs nference followg Game 6 of the Eastern Conference fals on Saturday. Durg his postgame podium trip alongsi teammate Pl Gee, Hibbert ed the phrase "no homo" as an ill-nsired joke followg a qutn about fendg LeBron Jam.
RATG THE BT AND WORST APOLOGI OF ATHLET WHO MA GAY SLURS
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His $75, 000 punishment was the stifft the NBA has hand out this year, toppg the $50, 000 fe earned by Milwkee Bucks center Larry Sanrs back March for suggtg that refere favor the 's vio of the "no homo" drop, pl ntext on the qutn and Hibbert's rponse om ASAP Sports Transcripts:For both you guys: A key moment is when LeBron's lled for a charge to Roy.
ROY HIBBERT APOLOGIZ FOR ANTI-GAY REMARK, IS STILL FED $75,000
Roy Hibbert fac disciple after g gay slur * roy hibbert gay *
No homo. So I'm that the event that you've somehow reached June 2013 whout havg enuntered the way people (primarily straight men) e "no homo" and "pse" as a joke/fense mechanism, 's worth takg the next three mut to watch New York hip-hop rad host/wrer Jay Smooth's breakdown of the phras' background and tent:"No homo" and "pse" are nothg new NBA circl — we've seen superstars Chris Pl and Dwight Howard e "pse" after gam, we've seen Andrew Bynum drop a "no homo" after a w, and we've seen plenty of players tweet eher or both terms.
ROY HIBBERT’S FE FOR USG GAY SLUR SHOWS CHANGG TI OF PUBLIC OPN, EMERGG IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Roy Hibbert has been fed a signifint amount by the NBA for sayg this a postgame terview: I really felt that I let Pl down terms of havg his back when LeBron was srg the post or gettg to the pat, bee they stretched me out so much. No homo. I'm 34 and had never heard of the phrase "no homo" until I started readg MGoBoard 2011 - I'm apparently fallen out of touch wh Hip Hop sce my No Lim Soldier phase. I didn't even know s genis until watchg the send vio embed this yahoo article (). The no homo phrase seems to be accepted on the board, or at least I've never seen any poster lled out for s age the way someone would be lled out if they ed a word like "fag" or said somethg regard as stupid is "gay". Cur as to the board's thoughts on why "no homo" is treated so differently than olr gay slurs. MOD EDIT: For the most part, this seemed to be gog OK and that's why was left open (last time I looked was 9:30 PM last night admtedly), but when I checked back this morng, a few ments started to stray to board appropriate areas (such as cidly polil remarks), so this will be locked to prevent thgs om slidg further. LSA * roy hibbert gay *
The age isn't as explosive as Kobe Bryant or Joakim Noah g the term "faggot" om the bench, but the low-heat, steady-boilg nature of "no homo" and "pse" have allowed them to rema pervasive and their e to go largely is the third time this postseason that Hibbert has ed some kd of qutnable genred/masculy-foced language wh the media to eher exprs displeasure or crack a joke after a Pacers game. Could've done whout the 13-letter expletive the middle, there, and uld've done whout the two-word non-sequur assertn that you're not gay bee you e the term "stretched out. But thanks to three stupid words and two bad choic, we're havg another discsn — one that's very tertg and valid s own right, but surely not one that Stern and pany wanted as the NBA season nears s apex, and certaly not one likely to generate posive prs and goodwill for a league that jt celebrated the revelatn that employs (or, at least, jt employed) Amerin profsnal sport's first openly gay active player.
Athlete Ally — an anizatn advotg for the end of homophobia sports that clus Denver Nuggets power forward Kenh Faried as a member — released a statement on Hibbert's ments and apology on Sunday:“We are disappoted by Hibbert's ments, as that kd of language is disrpectful, has no place sports and is anthetil to the NBA’s polici. It jt kd of sucks that this — the "no homo" thg, particularly — was his md the first head ach Frank Vogel told reporters Sunday he knows Hibbert is "not that person and that was a mistake.
Fed Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert $75, 000 Sunday, hours after Hibbert apologized for g an antigay slur and an obsceny a news nference after his team’s victory agast the Miami Heat Game 6 of the Eastern Conference fals.
NBA PLAYER ROY HIBBERT UTTERS GAY SLUR, APOLOGIZ
Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert recently uttered a gay slur at a prs nference and was fed before givg an apology. * roy hibbert gay *
A., ” Commissner David Stern said a his postgame ments Saturday Indianapolis, Hibbert ed the term “no homo” when answerg a qutn about fendg the Heat star LeBron Jam on a play the send half that rulted Jam’s beg lled for an offensive foul. It is most equently ed as a da to a statement that uld be nsted as havg a homosexual double this se, Hibbert, on the podium wh his teammate Pl Gee, mumbled the words after sayg, “In Game 3 here, I really felt I let Pl down terms of havg his back when LeBron was srg the post or gettg to the pat bee they stretched me out so much.
NBA PLAYER US ANTI-GAY SLUR DURG PRS CONFERENCE
Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert fac a possible fe after he dropped the phrase "no homo" durg a post-game prs nference yterday. Sports Illtrated reports. The momentum uld have shifted right there if [Jam] got an easy dunk,” Hibbert said. “There was what ‑‑ was Game 3 here? I really felt that I let Pl down terms of havg his back when LeBron was srg the post or gettg to the pat, bee they stretched me out so much. No homo.” That two-word phrase was popularized by rappers who, acrdg to Slate, ed to “rid [statements] of possible homosexual double-entendre” and, generally speakg, to ”acknowledge and distance themselv” om homosexuals. In the league’s official transcript of Hibbert’s news nference, which was nducted jotly wh Gee and streamed live on , the words were replaced by “(Expletive).” He also bashed the media an expletive-lan rant that same prs nference When Jason Colls me out this past April, Hibbert told the Journal Courier that he was supportive of openly gay players the NBA: “I have no problem wh openly gay men. More power to them. We live a day age where people are more acceptg as opposed to years ago. [Colls] and his fay may have some adversy the g days and weeks, but I have no problem wh .” Hibbert has not yet issued a rponse but late last night, tweeted this msage to Colls: "Hey n I get a follow. Would like to discs somethg's wh you." UPDATE: Hibbert has issued a statement through the Pacers' official webse. I am apologizg for sensive remarks ma durg the postgame prs nference after our victory over Miami Saturday night. They were disrpectful and offensive and not a reflectn of my personal views. I ed a slang term that is not appropriate any settg, private or public, and the language I ed fely has no place a public fom, pecially over live televisn. I apologize to those who I have offend, to our fans and to the Pacers’ anizatn. I scerely have ep regret over my choice of words last night. Watch the moment Hibbert says "no homo" durg the prs nference, AFTER THE JUMP. * roy hibbert gay *
Has discipled a player for g an antigay slur. Athlete Ally, an anti-bullyg anizatn that has partnered wh the league and s players unn to te players about homosexualy, released a statement sayg, “We are disappoted by Hibbert’s ments, as that kd of language is disrpectful, has no place sports and is anthetil to the N.
PACERS CENTER ROY HIBBERT APOLOGIZ FOR G GAY SLUR
Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert has been fed $75, 000 for sayg "no homo" and jokgly llg the media "motherf***ers" durg his postgame prs nference late Saturday night.
"No homo" is anti-gay slang term that teenagers e at the end of a sentence wh perceived gay implitns. Hibbert was praisg teammate Pl Gee when he said, "I really felt I let Pl down terms of havg his back when LeBron was srg the post or gettg to the pat bee they stretched me out so much, no homo.