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Shaq O' Neal Under Fire for Bashing Houston Rockets NBA Player Yao Ming with Racial Slurs
The ESPN Insider and Asian Week Magazine ^
| January 10, 2003
| Chad Ford
Posted on 01/10/2003 1:27:18 PM PST by ewing
Shaq O'Neal may be one of the most well liked figures in the National Basketball Association, but his recent verbal attacks on Houston Rockets 7 foot 6 inch big man Yao Ming from China are starting to raise troubling questions-is Shaq indeed racist?
Some feel Shaq's comments in his escalating war of words with Yao have crossed the line from trash talk to racial slurs.
Asian Week columnist Irwin Tang recently 'called out' O' Neal in public for several racially derogatory comments thrown in Yao's direction.
Tell Yao Ming, 'ching-chong-yang-wah-ah-soh,' O Neal said to a reporter recently in a mock Chinese accent.
When asked this summer how he would greet Yao Ming to the NBA, [who is a rookie this year from the Republic of China] Shaq said he would let his elbows do the talking.
'Street ball,' O'Neal commented on what would be awaiting Yao Ming in the National Basketball Association.
'Playing in the gym, shooting jumpers and all that...that's fine-But I am street.
It is about how to take a blow to the nose and make you think about what I am going to do next time down the court.'
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: mroneal; mryao; nba; oneal; race; racialslurs; shaq; yaoming
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To: ewing
Yao Ming to Shaq: "You're mother got her first job in a brothel in Shanghai."
To: mhking
This is not a big deal.
Trash talks happens. It's part of sports.
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posted on
01/10/2003 1:36:29 PM PST
by
hchutch
("Last suckers crossed, Syndicate shot'em up" - Ice-T, "I'm Your Pusher")
To: KSCITYBOY
And ESPN (who carries the NBA) buries an exclusive investigative story on its website, I didnt see it anywhere on the front page.
I credit Dan Patrick for having a pair to question Shaq on his radio show though.
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posted on
01/10/2003 1:36:30 PM PST
by
ewing
To: copycat
Always make your first foul a hard foul? That's the sort of thinking that has destroyed the essential beauty of American basketball -- along with palming, walking, backing in, holding, trashtalking and managers who have no control over their team. Basketball is now, as O'Neal says it is, a street game, played by and for muggers.
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posted on
01/10/2003 1:37:04 PM PST
by
gaspar
To: ewing
Well, I guess that destroys any chance of Shaq becoming Senate Majority Leader some day...
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posted on
01/10/2003 1:37:05 PM PST
by
My2Cents
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To: ewing
I guess I'm so politically incorrect that I don't see it as a racial slur. He's making fun of the fact that Yao Ming is someone who barely speaks english and isn't an American.
It's rude, and certainly not politically correct, but a racial slur?
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posted on
01/10/2003 1:37:12 PM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: hchutch
Trash talks happens. It's part of sports.If a white player uses the N-word on a black player, he would be suspended and ordered to sensitivity training ala John Rocker.
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posted on
01/10/2003 1:38:03 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: ewing
Shaq said he would let his elbows do the talking.More like his fat gut....Good ol' Fatty Shaq.
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posted on
01/10/2003 1:38:06 PM PST
by
My2Cents
To: SoCal Pubbie
Based on the stories today, I'm wondering if it isn't time to rename Free Republic Hack a Shaq?Shaq's a goon. He has polished his game a bit over the years, but it still primarily consists of muscling someone out of the way - something that in the past used to be considered an offensive foul - or shooting a baby hook if someone tries to maintain separation so Shaq can't muscle him. The problem is, Ming is tall enough that Shaq's gonna have a hard time shooting the baby hook over him, so Shaq will instead have to plow into Ming to try and get him out of the way. But that in turn puts the ball down where a guard can strip it under the new defensive rules.
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posted on
01/10/2003 1:39:03 PM PST
by
dirtboy
To: dirtboy
Ming is doing just fine.
Never said he wasn't. He's still a rookie: There is still an initiation phase. Nothing new.
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posted on
01/10/2003 1:39:17 PM PST
by
BenR2
To: ewing
I'm not Shaq fan but in fairness this needs a mention
Shaq has never taken a dime from pro basketball in salary......he donates it to charity..Every dime of it.
Shaq lives on endorcements and investments.
bet the salary is directed to muslims now ? me thinks so
To: Chi-townChief
LOL! You sound like the sportscasters at ABC/ESPN
When a lesbian soccer player is suffering opression ESPN is the first on the scene, but bashing Asians racially is all in good fun
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posted on
01/10/2003 1:39:21 PM PST
by
ewing
To: gaspar
Basketball is now, as O'Neal says it is, a street game, played by and for muggers.Another reason I was glad the US got their butts kicked at the World Championships. I hope the same happens to any so-called "Dream Team" in the future.
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posted on
01/10/2003 1:39:36 PM PST
by
dfwgator
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To: ewing
Is there a reason this is just an excerpt? I went to the link and I was asked to "sign in." Couldn't get to the article. Just curious.
To: SoCal Pubbie
Based on the stories today, I'm wondering if it isn't time to rename Free Republic Hack a Shaq?Yeah, real enlighted group these Shaq bashers...
What's next? "Nuke The NBA"? Well...It would solve their Shaq problems wouldn't it?
To: Dog Gone
It's rude, and certainly not politically correct, but a racial slur? Ok, so then turn it around and see if the media would have freaked if Yao Ming told reporters about Shaquile O'Niel. Tell him " Wipe that chicken grease and chitlins off yo shirt and meet me in da hood boy"
You think that the media would have sat still for that ? B$
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posted on
01/10/2003 1:40:44 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Islam and Arabs = uncivilized barbarians.)
To: My2Cents
I agree, Shaq will never see 50 if he doesn't take care of his weight. Tall men don't live that long to begin with.
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posted on
01/10/2003 1:40:46 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: finnman69
You're killing me - THAT WAS TOO FUNNY!!! LOL!!!
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