Evil Southern Media
Anti-Geordie email read live on TV
When Kevin Keegan’s position at Newcastle looked to be under threat, hundreds of faithful Magpies turned out at St James’ Park to voice their concerns. No such thing happened at Upton Park when Curbs made an impromptu exit yesterday, and a Hammers fan was quick to suggest a socioeconomic reason for this to the people at Sky Sports News. The embarrassed presenter clearly regrets reading out the email as soon it leaves his lips…
Tags: Alan Curbishley, Controversial, Kevin Keegan, Newcastle, Sky Sports News, Video, West Ham
Posted: September 4th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey
Racist Update
Offensive photo was “appropriate”, says Olympian

You folks out there in interwebland have been going batshit crazy for the story about Spain’s ‘Chinese wink’ team photo (300+ comments so far), and it seems most of you have been waiting for an apology from the Spaniards for a few days. Instead, however, they have been protesting their innocence - Spanish NBA star Jose Calderon wrote on his website:

Clearly, most of us are ‘absolutely confused’. The whole ‘some of my best friends are Asian’ excuse is a popular choice

Tags: Asian, Basketball, Beijing 2008, China, Controversial, Jose Calderon, NBA, Olympics, Racism, Slit-eye gesture, Spain
Posted: August 14th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey