sports.yahoo.com — Via RaptorBlog , Jose Calderon explains the thinking (if you can call it that) behind Team Spain's controversial photo : "... one of our sponsors asked us to pose with a "wink" to our participation in Beijing, we made an oriental expression with our eyes. We thought it was something appropriate and that it would always be interpreted as somewhat loving. Never the less some of ...
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Spaniards Meant the Slant-Eyed Photo to Be 'Loving,' Blame You for Thinking Otherwise
FanHouse —
... , a photo of which appeared several times in a Spanish newspaper -- is completely unapologetic in the aftermath. On his blog (via BDL), ...
Spain defends 'the picture'
Rip City Project | A Portland Trailblazers blog —
... Ball Don't Lie already covered what Calderon said. Amazingly enough he played the "some of my best friends are from China" card. Stunning. Racism 101 says if you do something racist...never talk about how your friends are of that nationality. It doesn't help your cause and makes you look even worse. When will anyone realize this? ...
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Today's Warnings : 13 August, 2008
asternwarning.blogspot.com 8/13/2008 — More links than you can point a golf club at.
Greg Oden. Patrick Mills. Jose Calderon. Shane Heal. Australian Boomers. Argentina. Andre Iguodala. Nancy Lieberman. You've been warned.
More links than you can point a golf club at.
Greg Oden. Patrick Mills. Jose Calderon. Shane Heal. Australian Boomers. Argentina. Andre Iguodala. Nancy Lieberman. You've been warned.
Jose Calderon speaks, well types
cuzoogle.com 8/13/2008 — Here is what Jose Manuel Calderon (he likes the three names when playing International) had to say on his website about the PR nightmare from the other day when the Spanish basketball team looked to be taking a shot at the Chinese.
I would like to ...
Here is what Jose Manuel Calderon (he likes the three names when playing International) had to say on his website about the PR nightmare from the other day when the Spanish basketball team looked to be taking a shot at the Chinese.
I would like to ...
Jose Calderon responds to Spanish controversy
www.ballineurope.com 8/13/2008 — If you read BallinEurope on a daily basis, you probably read this article about the Spanish national team. For some reason, people are more interested in discussing topics like this, than talking about basketball (Is the US team THAT dominant that we ...
If you read BallinEurope on a daily basis, you probably read this article about the Spanish national team. For some reason, people are more interested in discussing topics like this, than talking about basketball (Is the US team THAT dominant that we ...
The seven: Fall shows (girls) we look forward to
cuzoogle.com 8/13/2008 — Every Wednesday Cuzoogle will feature The Seven which is a list of whatever we feel like. Submit your seven on whatever theme you want today and it will be posted in the coming weeks.
The other day we posted a master list of when all of this ...
Every Wednesday Cuzoogle will feature The Seven which is a list of whatever we feel like. Submit your seven on whatever theme you want today and it will be posted in the coming weeks.
The other day we posted a master list of when all of this ...
Spanish NBA Player responses to controversial “racist” Ad
www.interbasket.net 8/14/2008 — Pau Gasol and Jose Calderon spoke out today, shrugged their shoulders, and kind of apologized for the slit-eyed gestures they made in their now infamous advertisement.
Pau Gasol and Jose Calderon spoke out today, shrugged their shoulders, and kind of apologized for the slit-eyed gestures they made in their now infamous advertisement.
Spain downs Germany behind Gasol —
FOXSports.com News for NBA 8/14/2008
Pau Gasol scored 13 points to help lead world champions Spain to a 72-59 victory over Dirk Nowitzki and Germany in Olympic basketball men's Group B play.
Gasol, of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs, scored 13 points Thursday, while the Toronto Raptors' ...
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