Lakers' Bryant Is Cursing Refs in Foreign Tongues

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Kobe Curses at Refs in Serbian, French
Published 4/6/2008 by Tom Ziller at FanHouse
... . You'd think being forced to suddenly avoid techs would lead to Kobe stopping his practice of yelling at the referees, right? Nope. The Washington Post elucidates. ...

Kobe: Dropping “F”oreign bombs towards refs these days
Published 4/6/2008 by LD2k at The Lakers Nation
... WashingtonPost: Coach Phil Jackson said Bryant has recently been “playing under wraps” because another tantrum is “going to cost the team. It’s going to cost him.” ...

Kobe Using Foreign Languages to Denounce Refs
Published 4/6/2008 at Real Sports Bloggers
I just found an interesting story by the Washington Post via The Lakers Nation about how Kobe’s been dealing [image] with the officials as of late. Bryant has held his tongue, walked the other way or used another, more confusing means to voice his frustrations to officials. "I just cuss them out really bad in Serbian ," Bryant joked. Bryant said he has learned how to swear in the native languages of teammates Vladimir Radmanovic (Serbia), Sasha Vujacic (Slovenia) and Ronny Turiaf (France). "I’ve been cursing in French. French is really cool, because everything ...

Kobe’s Foreign Insults
Published 4/7/2008 by Marcel Mutoni at SLAM Online
... So, what is Kobe’s solution? Leave the yelling to Phil? Perhaps, try to reign in his rage? Nope, he’s still verbally abusing the refs; he’s just making sure they don’t understand what he’s saying. ...