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A graffiti of Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo in Greece was vandalized with Nazi symbols on the one-year anniversary of the Greek Freak winning NBA MVP. Unknown vandals committed this despicable act by putting the swastika and “SS” signs on Giannis’ right arm on the graffiti and covering his face with a smudge. Unknown vandals committed this despicable act by putting the swastika and “SS” signs on Giannis’ right arm on the graffiti and covering his face with a smudge.
Dan Grunfeld: When my grandmother was 18 years old, a short letter from her father saved her life. Scribbled hastily in swooping cursive, it read, “If you can, stay where you are.” It was the last time she would ever hear from her beloved father. Shortly thereafter, Nazis rounded up the rest of her family from their village in rural Romania and sent them to Auschwitz. My grandmother was visiting her sister in Budapest and had a chance to survive on the run.
Antetokounmpo often stayed at the gym practicing until near midnight, sleeping there on an exercise mat in the weight room for fear of heading home in the darkness. Fascists and neo-Nazis affiliated with the Golden Dawn political party roamed the neighborhood menacing immigrants.
At least two former University of Kentucky basketball stars issued an ultimatum demanding their Hall of Fame plaques be removed from Louisville's Freedom Hall after KKK and Nazi memorabilia was sold at a gun show inside that arena. The Kentucky Expo Center issued a statement acknowledging the sale of "items representing racist ideology" and called for a November 15 emergency meeting to address the continued availability of such items. Authentic Nazi Christmas ornaments, Ku Klux Klan robes, Gestapo uniforms and swastika shirts were sold during this past weekend's National Gun Day expo event. Hall of Fame Kentucky Wildcat players Rex Chapman and Mike Pratt took to Twitter Tuesday demanding their names be removed from plaques displayed at the same venue.
David Fizdale: "My white grandparents fought Nazis. They met in the war, they fell in love in the war fighting Nazis, kicking Nazis a**, actually. And now here we are 50 years later in the streets of America Nazis are running young white women over who are standing against them. It’s just unacceptable.”
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David Fizdale: “It’s disgusting (to equate the Nazi marchers with Black Lives Matter protesters). What are you taking about here, how can you even say that? You watch those people march up the street with their little — they’re so ridiculous looking with their tiki torches, they’ve actually got tiki torches, that says enough — but you see them marching up the street and what’s coming out of their mouths, and you tell me that they’re just there quietly protesting? And you’re telling me that there were some good people in that crowd? You can’t say that.”
Ray Allen: Without saying a word, the Nazis went next door to a neighboring family and took their young son. The punishment for hiding Jews was death for the entire family, and they had a quota to fill. The soldiers took all 10 people out back and executed them right in front of those barns and shacks that are still standing there today. When the little Skoczylas boy returned home, he found his entire family dead. That little boy was Tadeusz’s grandfather. The house stayed in the Skoczylas family, and his grandfather lived in it. Now Tadeusz and his mother live in it.
The Knicks and Nets both visit the San Antonio Spurs this week, where the story could be more serious than just a tale of two bad teams facing a title contender. Spurs star guard Tony Parker came under fire on Sunday for his alleged use of an anti-Semitic gesture described as a “reverse” Nazi salute. Parker was asked by the Simon Wiesenthal Center to apologize.
The "quenelle" gesture is a very serious one that is not taken lightly. The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) refers to the gesture as "anti-Semitic" and "the Nazi symbol in reverse," according to The Algemeiner. In the Algemeiner's report, the Wiesenthal Center is reportedly requesting an apology from Parker, calling it "disgusting and dangerous." Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean of the SWC, called for the apology and told the Algemeiner that he should not associate himself with the gesture: As a leading sports figure on both sides of the Atlantic, Parker has a special moral obligation to disassociate himself from a gesture that the government of France has identified as anti-Semitic.
The house in Zaire was surrounded by death and danger. I couldn't help but think to myself that the United Nations should have stepped in and done something to keep peace. I always heard the phrase "Never Again" used in terms of the Nazi camps from World War II and the violence that came with that. I felt like this situation in Rwanda was no different and the UN should have intervened. Once I woke up, I headed downstairs to a Chinese restaurant where I proceeded to order about seven different things on the menu. It had been days since I had really eaten and ate all of the food that the waiter brought to the table. I had lost about 20 pounds during the trip. When I returned to Portland, The Oregonian had a front-page article about my trip. Tens of thousands of dollars were donated to the Northwest Medical Team because of the article, which had raised the awareness of the people in regard to the situation.
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Dirk quote from Mavs Quoteboard: “In real life,’’ Nowitzki said, “the whole 20,000 people in the arena can say whatever they want, but if you say something to them, you get fined automatically. Sometimes I think it's not fair, because some of the things fans say are below the belt. I've pretty much heard it all. I've been called a Nazi before, which isn't even funny. It's just ignorant. You become like, 'In one ear, out the other.'" We said it up first reading and we say it again: Wait … what? “Nazi’’? This deserves further study … Give us a few Donuts to look into this …
Now we're in no way implying that Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Byron Scott is a Nazi ... but, the tie he decided to wear for his team's media day ... well, let's just say, it went out of style in the mid-40's.
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