This NBA announcer paid off a guy who is gay and who our NBA announcer thought was hitting on him.So, our NBA announcer punched the guy and called him some not very nice names. Well, no one ever accused the announcer of being gay friendly.
Silly, not if u kind of grew up with him as local broadcaster. Then it was like finding this stuff out about your uncle or something! Major ick factor!
See in the hockey world we'd just respond with pictures of Sad Patrick Burke if an NHL announcer were to do this. Sad Patrick Burke shuts up homophobes pretty quickly, or at least makes them more private about their bigotry. (We're not perfect though, sexism is pretty rampant).
Side-note for those who watch hockey: I have such a crush on Burkie. It's ridiculous. Fan-girling out over here.
@Sherry Patrick Burke may be too common of a name, but you'll def find him if you add "you can play."
If you're interested there is a wonderful article on YCP, homophobia in sports, and the Burke family by John Buccigross called "We Love You, This Won't Change a Thing."
Patrick Burke is, in my opinion, just an incredible brother and human being. And it's not enough that he challenged an entire national sports league to confront it's internalized homophobia, and then started helping every other sport do the same, it's that he did it for his kid brother because he couldn't.
NBA announcer? That is a category? Is that important?
Anyway, the dude is an asshole. If it was an ugly woman (the kind of ugliness that even a straight man would reject while he is sober). he wouldn't have punched her. That's the answer.
(Psst: right??? There were a couple of times everyone was going to change to a rap name and then someone called him knob jockey, it all adds up to a very long,incomprehensible name. Referencing penii)
Charles Barkley
ReplyDeleteHomophobia in the sports world who woulda thought...
ReplyDeleteMarv alberts
ReplyDeleteSkip Bayless?
ReplyDeleteSir Charles. Not afraid of dealing out the knuckle sandwich
ReplyDeleteMarv's not gay unfriendly. He used to dress up in women's lingerie when he got caught up in his sex scandal and the 3 ways were 2 guys and a girl.
ReplyDeleteSomehow THIS makes me like Marv alot more.
DeleteSilly, not if u kind of grew up with him as local broadcaster. Then it was like finding this stuff out about your uncle or something! Major ick factor!
DeleteCrack Smoking Charles Barkley. If you didn't know, google it.
ReplyDeleteHave to be someone whose punch would count.
ReplyDeleteThese guys all sound like great candidates to me the new mayor of my city Toronto...
ReplyDeleteIf this is Barkley, this is turrible.
ReplyDeleteNah Derek nobody can top Mayor Fords escapades
ReplyDeleteFuck u, Charles Barkley!
ReplyDeleteChris Broussard. He made some anti-gay comments about Jason Collins.
ReplyDeleteI'm going with Freya's guess because I LOVE Charles Barkley. Anyone who owns his DUI and says it was in pursuit of awesome oral is oTay with me
ReplyDeleteSee in the hockey world we'd just respond with pictures of Sad Patrick Burke if an NHL announcer were to do this. Sad Patrick Burke shuts up homophobes pretty quickly, or at least makes them more private about their bigotry. (We're not perfect though, sexism is pretty rampant).
ReplyDeleteSide-note for those who watch hockey: I have such a crush on Burkie. It's ridiculous. Fan-girling out over here.
Bob Costas fights with his well turned phrases, not his fists to ankles.
ReplyDeleteWell Riven, now you made me Google Sad Patrick Burke.
ReplyDeleteSo he paid this guy off but still punched him? I feel like we're missing something here.
@Sherry Patrick Burke may be too common of a name, but you'll def find him if you add "you can play."
DeleteIf you're interested there is a wonderful article on YCP, homophobia in sports, and the Burke family by John Buccigross called "We Love You, This Won't Change a Thing."
Patrick Burke is, in my opinion, just an incredible brother and human being. And it's not enough that he challenged an entire national sports league to confront it's internalized homophobia, and then started helping every other sport do the same, it's that he did it for his kid brother because he couldn't.
Mark Jackson
ReplyDeleteNBA announcer? That is a category? Is that important?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, the dude is an asshole. If it was an ugly woman (the kind of ugliness that even a straight man would reject while he is sober). he wouldn't have punched her. That's the answer.
shaq attack!!!
ReplyDeleteSir Charles has always been gay friendly and supportive. It says announcer, not sportscaster. Barkley is a sports caster.
ReplyDeleteI've always heard that Barkley was into chicks with dicks.
ReplyDeleteThe guy is lucky his head is still attached if it is Barkley that hit him.
ReplyDelete@kermit (with the weird ass name I cannot be bothered to decipher), I'm still trying to decipher THIS infuriating piece of writing:
ReplyDelete"If it was an ugly woman (the kind of ugliness that even a straight man would reject while he is sober). he wouldn't have punched her."
Blimey.
(Pssst: Sprink, it's supposed to be a penis)
Delete(That's what she said)
(Psst back...what a fecking stupid user name!)
Delete(Psst: right??? There were a couple of times everyone was going to change to a rap name and then someone called him knob jockey, it all adds up to a very long,incomprehensible name. Referencing penii)
Delete(Psst, totally! And is he Dutch? And how puerile is that anyway?)
DeletePsst, PS--I'll throw out Musberger so I can pretend to be on topic!)
Delete(Psst: no, from Spain, I believe! But he sounds awwwwfully American sometimes...puerile is the word, I'm guessing teenager with thwarted PCs)
Delete(Psst: good thinking! I'm gonna throw something out also so nobody thinks we've gone OT! Thank goodness for brackets!)
DeleteHow about Kenny Smith?
Barkley isn't an announcer.
ReplyDeleteChris Webber? Reggie Miller?