Sports Rewind: Racist Term Used for Soccer Player
Racism in Italian soccer, Super Bowl, and more sports news.
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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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Baltimore Ravens Beat San Francisco 49ers 34-31 - The Super Bowl came to a dramatic finish Sunday with the 49ers closing the score gap with the Ravens in the second half of the championship game. But the Ravens held tight to their lead to take the title even after a blackout in the Superdome caused fans to panic following Beyoncé's halftime performance. (Photo: AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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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)
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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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Billy Hunter Placed on Leave by National Basketball Players Association - The labor union ousted union chief Billy Hunter on Friday morning because he “withheld knowledge that his contract was never properly approved, used poor judgment with his hiring practices and spent improperly on travel and gifts,” according to ESPN. Hunter’s lawyers are fighting for him to keep his job. (Photo: AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
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Nick Van Exel’s Son Convicted of Murder - The former NBA player’s 22-year-old son has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for the shooting death of a friend. The Dallas County jury convicted Nickey Maxwell Van Exel on Thursday after a 2 ½ hour deliberation, according to the Associated Press.(Photo: UPI Photo/Nell Redmond /Landov)
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Gabby Douglas Donates Olympic Items to Smithsonian - Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas' leotard, wrist tape and uneven bar grips she used in the 2012 Olympics, as well as personal photos and game tickets, will have a new home at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture. Their doors don’t open until 2015, but the items are on display now at the National Museum of Natural History.(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
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Judge Calls Allen Iverson a Bad Parent - Former NBA star Allen Iverson was called out by an Atlanta judge for being an unfit father after signing his divorce papers with Tawanna Iverson, the mother of his five children. "[Iverson] does not know how to manage the children; has little interest in learning to manage the children and has actually, at times, been a hindrance to their spiritual and emotional growth and development,” stated the judge, according to TMZ.(Photo: MIKE NELSON/AFP/Getty Images)
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Madame Tussauds Hollywood Strips Lance Armstrong of His Medals - A rep at the museum told TMZ that they will keep their wax figure of Lance Armstrong but will remove any captions referring to his “7 World Titles.” Instead it will be replaced by information on his doping scandal.(Photo: Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images)
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Robert Griffin III Wins AP 2012 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year - Though Robert Griffin III may have had a tough ending to his first NFL season after a career-threatening knee injury, his performance on the field this year was hard to overlook. RGIII was named the Associated Press 2012 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, beating out No. 1 draft choice Andrew Luck. (Photo: REUTERS/Jeff Haynes/LANDOV)
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Adrian Peterson Grabs Two NFL Honors - Not even a brutal knee injury 14 months ago could stop Adrian Peterson from being recognized as one of the NFL’s top players of 2012. The running back won the MVP award and NFL’s Offensive Player award at the NFL Honors on Saturday in New Orleans. (Photo: REUTERS/Jeff Haynes/LANDOV)