Sports Rewind: Racist Term Used for Soccer Player

Racism in Italian soccer, Super Bowl, and more sports news.

Italian Soccer Team VP Calls African Player “Little Black Boy” - Paolo Berlusconi, vice president of the Italian soccer team AC Milan and brother of the former prime minister, is under fire for using a racist term to refer to their new star player Mario Balotelli, an Italian of African descent. “Now, let’s go see the family’s little Black boy, the hot head,” he said at a rally before going to Milan’s stadium.(Photos from left: Claudio Villa/Getty Images, Claudio Villa/Getty Images)
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NFL Says Beyoncé Did Not Cause Super Bowl Blackout - Beyoncé may have given an electrifying performance at the Super Bowl over the weekend, but she wasn't the cause of the power outage. The NFL has confirmed that Beyoncé was not the cause of the blackout because she used an outside generator and not the stadium’s electricity for her show. (Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)Tony Parker's Lawsuit Stil Ongoing - In court papers for his lawsuit against W.i.P. nightclub, Tony Parker said that Chris Brown’s recent parking-lot scuffle with Frank Ocean further proves Brown is "unfit to socialize in places where he's likely to fly off the handle," according to TMZ. (Photos from left: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images, John Ricard / BET)

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Italian Soccer Team VP Calls African Player “Little Black Boy” - Paolo Berlusconi, vice president of the Italian soccer team AC Milan and brother of the former prime minister, is under fire for using a racist term to refer to their new star player Mario Balotelli, an Italian of African descent. “Now, let’s go see the family’s little Black boy, the hot head,” he said at a rally before going to Milan’s stadium.(Photos from left: Claudio Villa/Getty Images, Claudio Villa/Getty Images)

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