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MrThell What a brilliant post from Cuban. You gotta love that guy. -
EthanJaynes This was crazy. I do not agre with the action, but the result might be very good.
If you have a hate filled response to something,.... keep it to yourself. Do not spread the hate. It looks real bad in print for all the world to see. :-)
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kellex He pulled it down!
Damnit! Let's see if its cached.
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brantjames josh howard basically said screw the USA. the national anthem was made by the men and woman who paved this country as well as died for it. he needs to be flipping burgers at mcdonalds!!!! cuban should boot him off the team!
go spurs!
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visionary He pulled it down because it's suddenly unpopular to love this country anymore. What a shame. -
pauliedanger Why should Cuban boot him off the team for having a controversial political opinion? Howard made an inflammatory political comment in what should be inflammatory political times. We're fighting two unpopular wars with no relief in sight, we're being crippled economically, our lame duck president's approval rating is up there with Himler and we're going into a presidential election where we'll either vote in a 70+ year old war veteran and his female, Alaskan VP running mate. Or a young black man from Hawaii and his not quite as young running mate from Delaware. These are heady times, and there needs to be some people saying unpopular things so this country will get it's head out of its ass and start thinking again.
Not only that, but if Mark Cuban had fired Howard, he would be railed against for being a hypocrite. Nobody is more outspoken in the NBA than Cuban. And if he had thrown Howard to the wolves, I guarantee you two things would have happened.
A. The mongrels would have drank his blood and moved on in a week.
B. Another team would have signed him at a discount and it would prove that all that did was hurt the Mavs roster.
I Hate People
Upside and Motor —
... Backing away from that just a little bit...some of the responses haven't been nearly as understanding, thought-provoking, or tolerant. Namely, the responses of some of those who emailed Mark Cuban. Cuban posted some specific responses on his blog, and reading them reminds you just how terrible, ridiculous, and illogical humans are capable of being. ...
Closet Racists Shouldn't Email Mark Cuban
FanHouse —
... , Howard's employer as well as the most accessible owner in professional sports, received countless "suggestions" by email, but instead of doing what I did (ie, quietly deleting them while lamenting the fate of humanity), he took a more satisfying approach -- sharing them on his blog: ...
The Public Responds To Josh Howard
The Basketball Jones —
... I don’t care what you’re doing, go read this post on Mark Cuban’s blog. Just as a warning, it gets pretty disgusting at times. Cuban has always done whatever he wants, but this is on a whole other level. By posting these revolting responses towards Josh Howard, he succeeds at taking the spotlight off J-Ho - turning it on himself and the American public. The ironic twist is Howard threw out a 10 second sound bite proclaiming defiance to his country and these comments totally spit at what the red, white and blue represents. The Mavericks owner obviously ...
Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban's Response to Josh Howard's Star Spangled Disrespect
Amphibious Sports Duo —
... may become dull and meaningless to Josh, but those men and women that served and died, they gave their lives so that young men like Josh could have a life where the Star Spangled Banner becomes pedestrian, rather than the long hours of hard labor. Based on the actions of other people in the video, Josh is not alone in his sentiment, just the only one opening his mouth to say as much, a problem he's had before. You can read Cuban's original post and all the hateful e-mails here. You can see the full length video of Howard's comments here.
Mark Cuban Published Letters From Fans About How To Deal With Josh Howard
FanIQ Blog —
People got pretty upset with Josh Howard disrespecting the Star Spangled Banner. Understandably so. But as with everything else, there's a right way and a wrong way to voice that opinion. Some, like Stephen A. Smith, chose to do it the right way, in an intelligent, thoughtful article on Howard and his actions. Others, however, went about it all wrong.
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban received a multitude hate-laced emails about Howard, many which contained racial slurs and downright offensive content. While I'm sure most people thought that Cuban wouldn't ...
The Josh Howard Question Veers Into Dark, Creepy Email Territory [NBA]
Deadspin —
... It gets much, much worse, as you can see. Wow. It's not surprising that racist sentiments still exist in our country; we knew that. It's just kind of a shock to be reminded that some people are so proud of it. ...
Mark Cuban Will Post Your Racist E-Mails for All the World to See
SLAM Online —
***Warning: plenty of stomach turning n-words in the link***
This is why Cubes is one of the most awesome owners in the history of sports.
Cuban Exposes Racist, Angry Mavericks Fans Who Are Worked Up Over Josh Howard’s Comments
The Big Lead —
... Absolute must-read: Mark Cuban’s inbox was overflowing with vile emails from Dallas fans who are incredibly ticked off at 28-year-old forward Josh Howard for his ...
Ugly
Uwe Blog —
... He takes the worst of the worst posts it to his blog along with the names and e-mails of the motherfucking bigots that still exist in this great land. ...
Mark Cuban Exposes Racist Scumbags
Empty the Bench —
... , however, is most certainly of note. It starts off innocently enough, with Cuban seemingly striking a gracious tone to those readers who’ve reached out to him with advice on how to deal with Howard: ...
Mark Cuban once again takes the low road
Basketbawful —
... .) So, naturally, he responded to the strong anti-Josh Howard sentiment to be expected in Phase 1 of the outrage-to-obscurity cycle by posting some of the most vitriolic e-mails he had received about the situation on his blog. Oh, and he included the peoples' e-mail addresses to. ...
Michael Beasley Is Gonna Be Just Fine
The Sporting Blog —
... Commissioner's office. I imagine
many of you don't, except insofar as they point toward further
disciplinary ruin down the road and on the court. I'm willing to bet
they won't. And if it's just a question of moral turpitude, of entering
the league with an unprofessional bang -- let me ask, are you concerned
about your opinion, or that of the hypothetical "other guy" who is
probably looking for an excuse to walk away from the NBA? Or, as we've
seen with the Howard incident, stick
around just to say "I told you so". ...
Hello from Wisconsin
Bob's Blog - Live from Lewisville —
... feeling," Sherman said. "You feel like you let people down in the stadium. They wanted to see us win, expected to see us win, and we didn't do that. That was very disappointing for me personally. I feel a huge responsibility that they went home without a victory." Sherman and the Aggies will have several chances for big days at Kyle Field this year. A&M; will host Colorado, Kansas State, Texas Tech and Oklahoma in Big 12 play. Lastly, you need to read Mark Cuban’s blog today …on the other hand, you will feel better about humanity if you ...
Other things Josh Howard might have been referring to when he said 'I don't celebrate this [expletive]' and 'I'm black'
Ball Don't Lie —
... (Just trying to get a small laugh out of everybody before I direct you to this sobering, and downright terrifying, post at Blog Maverick. Mark Cuban, Howard's boss, received countless "suggestions" by email on how best to deal with the Star Spangled Josh incident. Cuban posted them for the world to see. It's incredibly depressing. Please proceed with caution.) ...
A Reminder from Mark Cuban
Deceptively Quick —
Ignorance.
Friday Mini-Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... The Josh Howard controversy has stirred up all kinds of crazy anger and player-hating. Mark Cuban has taken a crazy bold step, in posting a lot of the racial hatred (terribly PG-13) that has come his way. ...
Mark Cuban Is the Man. Period.
Straight Bangin' —
... People need to check this out ASAP (HT: Shoals). ...
Stay Classy, America
Brahsome - Care To Get Nice? —
... By now you’ve probably heard about Josh Howard’s comments about the National Anthem. His comments were ridiculed and rightfully so. Mavericks owner and Howard’s employer, the ever controversial Mark Cuban, runs a blahg called blogmaverick, where he writes about whatever catches his fancy. After J-Ho’s comments went mainstream, emails poured into Cuban’s inbox with suggestions for how to handle the situation. Some of the comments were, um, less than P.C. Cuban, ever one to call someone out, posted some of the emails on ...
The League Won't Punish Howard for Anthem Comments; Cuban Will Punish Racist E-Mailers
The Sporting Blog —
... to this, stressing Howard's need to watch what
he says at all times. But then, he turns around and goes hard at some
of the virulent reaction against Howard -- by publishing a ton of
offensive emails he received, along with addresses, on his blog.
Granted, these are some of the worst, and most of them patently
irrational. And there are reasonable criticisms to be made of Howard's
feelings, or how and when he had ("made" implies too much intention)
them heard. ...
Links of the Day 9/19/08
The Victoria Times —
... It doesn't happen very often, but Mark Cuban came out looking like the rational, well spoken one in this exchange. Kudos to him, but seriously, there are some messed up people in the world. ...
The Owner With A Boner Shines A Bright Light On His Readership’s Racism
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... , and yesterday, tackled the controversy in a cut & paste manner that is sadly revealing, though not necessarily surprising. Be they Mavs fans, BlogMaverick readers or just plain numbskulls, the level of rage & invective these individuals aim towards Howard is nothing short of frightening. Here’s just a couple of the lovely pieces of fan mail Cuban’s received : ...
Cheap Shots: Mmmmm…Cheese.
Signal to Noise —
... Dr. Lou Drinking Game [Digital Headbutt]
Zach has cooked up the latest “Would You Do…” tournament. [The Big Picture]
Buckeye fans, looking for the silver lining. [Waiting For Next Year]
I am all for the Fed’s buyout of AIG undermining Man U. by changing their kits. [Unprofessional Foul]
Mark Cuban posts some of the…er, nastier responses to Josh Howard (1). [BlogMaverick]
Brown Recluse puts the finer points on the Howard non-story on blast, and ...
Big names.
Sports Media Watch —
Mark Cuban : The Dallas Mavericks' owner has published several incendiary e-mails from fans following Josh Howard 's comments regarding the U.S. national anthem. Cuban not only published the e-mails, but the names and e-mail addresses of the commenters. Matthew Barnaby : The former NHL player is expected to replace Barry Melrose on ESPN during the upcoming 2008-09 NHL season. Barnaby, " ...
Leave Josh Howard Alone
SLAM Online —
... Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, to his eternal credit, has posted some of the anti-Howard emails he has received and they are the most vile, racist trash you could read outside a Klan chat room. ...
