http://thebiglead.com Sports, Media, Entertainment Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/09/pittsburgh-area-high-school-students-dress-in-bananas-and-yell-racial-slurs-at-opponents/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/09/pittsburgh-area-high-school-students-dress-in-bananas-and-yell-racial-slurs-at-opponents/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:46:29 +0000 Jason Lisk http://thebiglead.com/?p=158842
A nasty incident at a Pittsburgh high school has led to heightened racial scrutiny.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/09/pittsburgh-area-high-school-students-dress-in-bananas-and-yell-racial-slurs-at-opponents/feed/ 197 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/08/two-houston-dynamo-players-arrested-claim-altercation-began-when-nightclub-denied-entry-to-black-players/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/08/two-houston-dynamo-players-arrested-claim-altercation-began-when-nightclub-denied-entry-to-black-players/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:50:37 +0000 Ty Duffy http://thebiglead.com/?p=158704
Deric who was subdued with a taser, arrested and charged with assaulting the officer. Creavalle was also arrested and charged with “interfering with public duties.”]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/08/two-houston-dynamo-players-arrested-claim-altercation-began-when-nightclub-denied-entry-to-black-players/feed/ 44 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/16/scottish-man-arrested-for-racially-abusing-usmnt-player-maurice-edu-on-twitter/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/16/scottish-man-arrested-for-racially-abusing-usmnt-player-maurice-edu-on-twitter/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:48:04 +0000 Ty Duffy http://thebiglead.com/?p=152226
A 41-year-old man was arrested, after calling Maurice Edu "a monkey black bastard" and suggested he go "back to the jungle." ]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/16/scottish-man-arrested-for-racially-abusing-usmnt-player-maurice-edu-on-twitter/feed/ 8 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/09/idiot-fined-200-for-throwing-a-banana-at-wayne-simmonds/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/09/idiot-fined-200-for-throwing-a-banana-at-wayne-simmonds/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:30:19 +0000 Stephen Douglas (CRM!) http://thebiglead.com/?p=150484
Lawyer: My client didn't know hurling bananas at black athletes could be seen as hateful.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/09/idiot-fined-200-for-throwing-a-banana-at-wayne-simmonds/feed/ 11 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/21/john-terry-will-face-criminal-charges-for-racial-slur/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/21/john-terry-will-face-criminal-charges-for-racial-slur/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:35:48 +0000 Ty Duffy http://thebiglead.com/?p=146688
Calling an opponent a "f*cking black c*nt" (allegedly) is a crime in England. ]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/21/john-terry-will-face-criminal-charges-for-racial-slur/feed/ 106 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/20/liverpools-luis-suarez-suspended-eight-matches-for-racial-abusing-patrice-evra/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/20/liverpools-luis-suarez-suspended-eight-matches-for-racial-abusing-patrice-evra/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:15:22 +0000 Ty Duffy http://thebiglead.com/?p=146545
Evra claimed Suarez called him “negro” at least 10 times during a match on Oct. 15. Suarez is suspended. Liverpool's front office pulls a Dan Gilbert in response. ]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/20/liverpools-luis-suarez-suspended-eight-matches-for-racial-abusing-patrice-evra/feed/ 22 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/10/girls-high-school-basketball-team-had-a-pregame-tradition-that-included-chanting-the-n-word/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/10/girls-high-school-basketball-team-had-a-pregame-tradition-that-included-chanting-the-n-word/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:47:08 +0000 Stephen Douglas (CRM!) http://thebiglead.com/?p=143882
"One, two, three [N-word]!"]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/10/girls-high-school-basketball-team-had-a-pregame-tradition-that-included-chanting-the-n-word/feed/ 18 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/07/coach-in-tennessee-pulls-his-team-off-the-floor-due-to-alleged-racism-in-high-school-basketball-game/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/07/coach-in-tennessee-pulls-his-team-off-the-floor-due-to-alleged-racism-in-high-school-basketball-game/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:34:17 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=142991
And for pulling his team off the floor, the school was fined $500.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/07/coach-in-tennessee-pulls-his-team-off-the-floor-due-to-alleged-racism-in-high-school-basketball-game/feed/ 53 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/01/detroit-high-school-coach-receives-racist-letter-calling-his-players-ghetto-warriors/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/01/detroit-high-school-coach-receives-racist-letter-calling-his-players-ghetto-warriors/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:00:05 +0000 Ty Duffy http://thebiglead.com/?p=141457
Detroit may be dying, but the latent racism is alive and well.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/12/01/detroit-high-school-coach-receives-racist-letter-calling-his-players-ghetto-warriors/feed/ 37 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/11/18/sepp-blatter-downplays-racist-incidents-causes-firestorm/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/11/18/sepp-blatter-downplays-racist-incidents-causes-firestorm/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:34:59 +0000 Ty Duffy http://thebiglead.com/?p=138650
Ignorant, Insensitive and Patronizing. Classic Blatter. ]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/11/18/sepp-blatter-downplays-racist-incidents-causes-firestorm/feed/ 66 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/11/08/roundup-remembering-joe-frazier-tiger-woods-says-stevie-williams-isnt-racist-everyone-wants-joe-paterno-to-resign/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/11/08/roundup-remembering-joe-frazier-tiger-woods-says-stevie-williams-isnt-racist-everyone-wants-joe-paterno-to-resign/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:14:44 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=135497
The most cringe-worthy thing you'll see in the Roundup that isn't Penn State-related: Watch a woman try to slip through a closing gate, only to get her leg crushed.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/11/08/roundup-remembering-joe-frazier-tiger-woods-says-stevie-williams-isnt-racist-everyone-wants-joe-paterno-to-resign/feed/ 202 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/11/04/floyd-mayweather-freaked-out-and-used-some-colorful-language-with-a-sirius-radio-host/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/11/04/floyd-mayweather-freaked-out-and-used-some-colorful-language-with-a-sirius-radio-host/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:03:58 +0000 Stephen Douglas (CRM!) http://thebiglead.com/?p=134545
Floyd Mayweather took full advantage of the lack of FCC-control on Sirius radio yesterday.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/11/04/floyd-mayweather-freaked-out-and-used-some-colorful-language-with-a-sirius-radio-host/feed/ 17 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/28/roundup-spielberg-blames-indiana-jones-flop-on-george-lucas-video-of-dui-arrests-in-halloween-costumes-of-course-andrew-luck/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/28/roundup-spielberg-blames-indiana-jones-flop-on-george-lucas-video-of-dui-arrests-in-halloween-costumes-of-course-andrew-luck/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:49:05 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=132841
Rex Ryan's son is playing high school football. Somehow, Jerry Kill got a raise. And what hockey would be like if Gus Johnson called a game-winner.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/28/roundup-spielberg-blames-indiana-jones-flop-on-george-lucas-video-of-dui-arrests-in-halloween-costumes-of-course-andrew-luck/feed/ 227 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/19/bryant-gumbel-david-stern-wants-to-be-seen-as-a-plantation-owner/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/19/bryant-gumbel-david-stern-wants-to-be-seen-as-a-plantation-owner/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:00:53 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=130998 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/19/bryant-gumbel-david-stern-wants-to-be-seen-as-a-plantation-owner/feed/ 116 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/07/the-roundup-big-east-in-desperation-mode-chest-bump-fail-video-of-two-girls-fighting-in-a-park/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/07/the-roundup-big-east-in-desperation-mode-chest-bump-fail-video-of-two-girls-fighting-in-a-park/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:36:29 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=127300
Also: Gripping video of how a kid survived three shotgun blasts at point blank range, LSU's Honey Badger, and the 100 most influential African-Americans according to The Root.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/07/the-roundup-big-east-in-desperation-mode-chest-bump-fail-video-of-two-girls-fighting-in-a-park/feed/ 174 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/28/roundup-germans-upset-with-europe-texas-frat-suspended-for-live-sex-shows-nancy-grace-shudder/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/28/roundup-germans-upset-with-europe-texas-frat-suspended-for-live-sex-shows-nancy-grace-shudder/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:00:26 +0000 Ty Duffy http://thebiglead.com/?p=125134
Carlos Tevez refused to play for Manchester City last night. Corvallis is safe. Dallas? Not so much. The Kardashians think men should wear underwear with suits (we concur). Peyton Manning spilled a beer on himself. ]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/28/roundup-germans-upset-with-europe-texas-frat-suspended-for-live-sex-shows-nancy-grace-shudder/feed/ 210 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/14/roundup-from-homeless-volunteer-to-nfl-broadcaster-the-evolution-of-jeopardy-video-of-mlbs-longest-home-run-of-2011/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/14/roundup-from-homeless-volunteer-to-nfl-broadcaster-the-evolution-of-jeopardy-video-of-mlbs-longest-home-run-of-2011/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:00:54 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=121392
There's also terrifying video of a train-bus collision that killed 11 people in Argentina.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/14/roundup-from-homeless-volunteer-to-nfl-broadcaster-the-evolution-of-jeopardy-video-of-mlbs-longest-home-run-of-2011/feed/ 105 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/10/asu-students-in-black-face-asu-students-in-black-face/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/10/asu-students-in-black-face-asu-students-in-black-face/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:00:43 +0000 Ty Duffy http://thebiglead.com/?p=120794
Arizona: Where Al Jolson is still wholesome entertainment.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/10/asu-students-in-black-face-asu-students-in-black-face/feed/ 41 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/09/roundup-video-of-a-fight-at-a-phish-concert-aaron-rodgers-is-quite-good-do-umpires-favor-white-pitchers/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/09/roundup-video-of-a-fight-at-a-phish-concert-aaron-rodgers-is-quite-good-do-umpires-favor-white-pitchers/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:34:06 +0000 Jason McIntyre http://thebiglead.com/?p=120111
Video-packed roundup includes a guy trying to put out a fire with a vacuum and Andy Roddick going postal. Warning: One of these 9/11 readers is particularly sad.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/09/09/roundup-video-of-a-fight-at-a-phish-concert-aaron-rodgers-is-quite-good-do-umpires-favor-white-pitchers/feed/ 215 http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/26/to-white-mike-vick-and-beyond/ http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/26/to-white-mike-vick-and-beyond/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:00:14 +0000 Sam Eifling http://thebiglead.com/?p=117371
For Vick to have been white he would have necessarily been born of different parents, raised in a different household, kept different friends, had perhaps a non-dumbass cousin who wouldn’t get busted for possession and wouldn’t lead the fuzz straight to Bad Newz Kennels where Real Mike Vick — or as we all know him best, Black Mike Vick — was running a sociopathic dog-fighting/torturing/executing/raping operation.]]> http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/26/to-white-mike-vick-and-beyond/feed/ 84