Comments on: Kevin Love Stomps on Luis Scola’s Face…Bill Duke Enters Interrogation Room

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Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:34:41 +0000

[...] trash afterwards. Days later, Love threw Luis Scola to the ground, and stomped on his face (not arm like NDamukong Suh). Neither incidents garnered articles beyond game recaps. Thanks to Commissioner David Stern’s [...]

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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:12:10 +0000

By: mishap

mishap — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:14:09 +0000

Yes, I can picture it:

“In response to your denials, let me direct you to Michael Tillery who has some words of advice….”

Better yet, I’ll just tell them to shove it, read a book or something.

By: Michael Tillery

Michael Tillery — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:43:50 +0000

Every white person is not myopic but the ones who are? Tell them to kiss my black ass with that bullshit.

By: Mishap

Mishap — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:04:13 +0000

Anybody have advice for dealing with those white sports-talk people who will admit that racism exists (usually they avoid that word and say “racial issues”) but always say, “That isn’t the case this time.” It winds up never being the case, of course, but since they acknowledged the (shocking!) truth that racism exists, they feel like they can dismiss it in instances like this or how they feel about T. O., etc.

I’ve tried Racism 101–white folks are rooted in racist soil and can’t help but take it up, the difference between explicit beliefs and implicit that results–but need a cogent response that will deflate this “Yes, but not this time” answer.

Thoughts?

Thanks you.

Ryan

By: Vinny Hardy

Vinny Hardy — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:51:38 +0000

Growing up in Kentucky, this reminds me of the, SIGH, ’92 Regional Final between UK and Duke in Philly. Laettner blatantly stomps on Aminu Tmberlake’s chest and gets to stay in the game and be perfect from the field and from the line. Love was trying to be a little sneakier even though it was to the face. His 2 games are 2 more than Laettner ever got, for whatever that’s worth.

By: ks

ks — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:45:52 +0000

Good catch. Thanks!

By: mattie

mattie — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:08:12 +0000

This wasn’t a first time offense. This is five days prior when the Wolves and Pacers played. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=29LkYwMj7NI#t=96s

Love’s a dirty player. Only he gets a way with it because he’s white. It really is that simple.

By: Ryan Mishap

Ryan Mishap — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:22:48 +0000

Good points all–sad and mad they have to keep being made. Two games is a joke for that BS.

By: ks

ks — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:44:29 +0000

The Kevin Love face stomp issue annoys but doesn’t surprise me because it once again validates what we talk about often here.

I remember a Bill Simmons column from last year where, to his credit, he called himself out and pointed out that if Kevin Love’s name was Mustafa Jamil, he would be criticizing him for stat padding and record chasing on a bad team as hard as Kevin Love was last year.

I’m sure the NBA is using a “first time offender standard” but still the “racial lens” pattern continues.

By: Michael Tillery

Michael Tillery — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:33:42 +0000

Thread jack: Have you all heard about Amar'e's brother Hazell dying in a Florida car crash? Stat will miss tonight's game vs. the Jazz.

By: Origin

Origin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:22:32 +0000

@Modi – You are right about the videos.

@Kos – Yeah the timing was a trip. I am surprised he got suspended at all. ESPN and the rest of the media still won’t call him out though.

Mike Brown getting 1 game suspension is really funny when the Mavs coach kicked a ball into a womans face and just got a 30K fine.

By: kos

kos — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:11:02 +0000

So Kevin Love steps on a man’s face and only gets 2 games?!?! It’s about what I thought they’d give him. It also didn’t surprise me that they waited until today to give him the suspension. With all the talk about the Super Bowl still going on, most folks won’t have noticed.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/story/2012-02-06/Kevin-Love-Mike-Brown-suspended/52989904/1

By: MODI

MODI — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:19:59 +0000

This is another ESPN Classic. Videos by themselves rarely get comments because they are not highlighted on any main page for attention. These are stories that always get separate companion articles Yet ESPN did not do this for Kevin Love. They embedded the story into their NBA recap where no comments are allowed. BS

By: Temple3

Temple3 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:47:02 +0000

What’s the cure for the psychopathic racial personality?