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hoopeduponline.com - 2/4/2009
Amaechi Believes ESPN’s Super Bowl Ad With Shaq Was Homophobic
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Former NBA play John Amaechi who is openly gay, recently sounded off on ESPN’s Super Bowl halftime commercial calling it homophobic, during an interview...
Amaechi Believes ESPN’s Super Bowl Ad With Shaq Was Homophobic
Is ESPN's latest NBA ad homophobic? Does a basketball bounce?
afterelton.com - 2/4/2009
Is ESPN's latest NBA ad homophobic? Does a basketball bounce?
— afterelton.com — It wouldn't feel like Super Bowl Sunday without some sort of homophobic sports ad controversy popping up... and, sure enough, one has. Ironically, however, it has nothing to do with Super Bowl 43 (nothing too bad there so far). Rather this controversy ... (more) Is ESPN's latest NBA ad homophobic? Does a ...

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ESPN Apologizes for, Removes ’Homophobic’ Ad :
edgeboston.com - 2/3/2009
ESPN Apologizes for, Removes ’Homophobic’ Ad :
— edgeboston.com — Homophobic Ad by Steve Weinstein EDGE Editor-In-Chief Monday Feb 2, 2009 ESPN thought it was being clever... when it unveiled a promotional ad the cable channel that showed basketball superstar Shaquille O Neal rejecting a "fist kiss" (fist bump, really) ... (more) ESPN Apologizes for, Removes ’Homophobic’ Ad :

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ESPN Drops NBA Ad After Gay Rights Group Calls It "Homophobic"
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com - 2/4/2009
ESPN Drops NBA Ad After Gay Rights Group Calls It "Homophobic"
— awfulannouncing.blogspot.com — Here we go again. Someone was trying to do something funny, and a special interest group takes... offense. ESPN has apologized to both the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and the Human Rights Campaign, for an add that featured commentator ... (more) ESPN Drops NBA Ad After Gay Rights Group Calls It ...

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