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Steelers' Porter Fined For Using Gay Slur
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| 12/14/06
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Posted on 12/15/2006 3:16:56 AM PST by beyond the sea
Pittsburgh Steelers' linebacker Joey Porter was fined $10,000 by the NFL on Thursday for a gay slur he made towards Cleveland Browns' tight end Kellen Winslow after the game on Thursday.
During the game, Winslow was flagged for a personal foul for hitting Steelers linebacker James Farrior after a play. In a post-game interview, Porter referred to Winslow with a derogatory word used to describe homosexuals.
On Tuesday, Porter apologized, saying he didn't intend to offend anyone but Winslow.
"I guess, how we used that word freely, me using it growing up, I didn't think anything of it," Porter said on Tuesday. "I apologize to anyone I offended. I didn't mean to offend nobody but Kellen Winslow."
This was Porter's second fine of the season. During a game against the Atlanta Falcons in October, Porter was fined $15,000 for comments he made to an official.
There is no word on whether Porter will appeal the fine.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Ohio; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: aids; childmolesters; disease; fined; football; gay; gaystapo; sodomites; sodomy; steelers
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To: MilesVeritatis
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posted on
12/15/2006 3:41:16 AM PST
by
Dallas59
(Muslims Are Only Guests In Western Countries)
To: ShadowDancer
Hey, if the shoe fits.....Amen.
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posted on
12/15/2006 3:45:21 AM PST
by
gakrak
("A wise man's heart is his right hand, But a fool's heart is at his left" Eccl 10:2)
To: Thrownatbirth
This is just a pathetic situation on a pathetic team.
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posted on
12/15/2006 3:46:33 AM PST
by
maineman
To: ShadowDancer
I'm assuming he called him a fag?A cigarette? ; )
To: sneakers; SIDENET; ShadowDancer
I sent an e-mail. Lot of good it will do.Who did you send it too? Those gay guys at the NFL League office?
;-)
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posted on
12/15/2006 3:47:22 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
To: beyond the sea
Winslow is a tight end.
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posted on
12/15/2006 3:47:56 AM PST
by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: beyond the sea
27
posted on
12/15/2006 3:48:23 AM PST
by
JockoManning
(http://www.truefreedomtrust.co.uk/)
To: beyond the sea
28
posted on
12/15/2006 3:49:21 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(All we are sa-a-a-ying, is give Beast a chance.)
To: Dallas59; martin_fierro
I'm shocked....Why...Can any of the Pittsburgh Steelers even spell f-a-g? Where is Pittsburgh? LOL ....... remember:
Before Super Bowl XIII, a Steelers-Cowboys rematch, Cowboys linebacker Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson famously ridiculed Bradshaw by saying, "He couldn't spell 'cat' if you spotted him the 'c' and the 't'."
But alas, you Dallas guys lost........... again.
LOL
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posted on
12/15/2006 3:50:35 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
To: Recovering Hermit
Yeh, that was the funniest line of the article.
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posted on
12/15/2006 3:51:18 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
To: beyond the sea
To: MikefromOhio
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posted on
12/15/2006 3:56:38 AM PST
by
ken5050
To: beyond the sea
To: Owl_Eagle
Has anybody seen Winslow's wife??? Holy SMOKES!!!
****
Janelle Guzman, he knew her since high school it is said .....
”Janelle is very religious, and we read the Bible together ...” – Winslow
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posted on
12/15/2006 4:01:33 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
To: Owl_Eagle
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posted on
12/15/2006 4:02:47 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
To: beyond the sea
I sent it to WTAE. They're the ones who posted the poll.
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posted on
12/15/2006 4:04:19 AM PST
by
sneakers
To: olezip; MilesVeritatis; Dallas59
Big BROTHER is here! What happened to free speech? Are we going to have a dictionary of banned words now? This is disgusting. Fining players for dancing in the end zone, saying "bad" words to me is plain stupid. It makes me lose interest in the sport. Should we watch games to see if anyone dances or uses bad words; that is a boring distraction. What else are they going to cut back on?Agreed. ...... it's gotten insane.
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Porter just ought to be glad he didn't make fun of Winslow's ears.
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posted on
12/15/2006 4:06:27 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
To: maineman
38
posted on
12/15/2006 4:07:15 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
To: Owl_Eagle
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posted on
12/15/2006 4:12:20 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
To: beyond the sea
Winslow a fag? Is he the pitcher or catcher? Catcher makes more sense because he is a huge a-hole...
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posted on
12/15/2006 4:12:57 AM PST
by
libs_kma
(Monica blew while Al-Queda grew.....Oh well, Clinton happens!)
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