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Charles Barkley: ‘People my entire life have tried to make me be racist’

"If you’re a racist, whether you’re Black or white, you’re just an a**hole"

ESPN’s Andraya Carter condemns racism and hate infiltrating WNBA: ‘It’s heartbreaking’

"It’s sad that on an evening where we’ve had great performances… and this is the topic that we have to end on."

Argentina’s Enzo Fernández offers Comic Sans apology for offensive song on French players’ heritage

The typeface Fernández chose for this apology drew a lot of comment.

Chris Broussard says JJ Redick could lose Lakers job if N-word accusation is true: ‘He better not be lying.’

"JJ better not be lying. Because if it comes out…and then you deny it, that very well might cost him his job."

Portland, OR NBC affiliate apologizes after showing n-word photo during ‘The Good Stuff’ local news segment

This "Throwback Thursday" of user-submitted photos went very wrong for KGW.

Charles Barkley loses it over Nikki Haley telling Fox News America has ‘never been a racist country’

"This is the greatest country in the world, but you can still criticize it."

Hot mic catches racist comment directed at high school football players

"The individual was an employee of Hawley ISD but is no longer employed with the district."

Jim Trotter lawsuit makes bombshell accusations against Jerry Jones, NFL

“If Blacks feel some kind of way, they should buy their own team and hire who they want to hire," Jones is accused of saying.

‘They’re all equally tall in bed’: Italy’s RAI suspends sports commentators over sexist, racist remarks

The duo also made racist comments during the women's and men's diving competitions and mimicked the way that Chinese people speak Italian.

Boston sports radio host Tony Massarotti suspended after making racist remark on 98.5 The Sports Hub

"The company has decided to suspend Tony for the rest of the week without pay."

Akim Aliu and Wayne Simmonds fire back at Steve Simmons: ‘People like Steve are what’s wrong with society.’

"You are a racist, and you are arrogant. You have zero credibility and respect from even your own peers in the media space and athletes alike."

Junior hockey broadcaster Bruce MacDonald removed from broadcast, banned after “Does he speak English?” comment

This comment led to MacDonald being not only removed from this broadcast, but banned from future BCHL broadcasts.

Jon Gruden offers further apologies for racist 2011 email on DeMaurice Smith: “All I can say is I’m not a racist.”

"I apologize for the insensitive remarks. I had no racial intentions with those remarks at all."

Ukranian Hockey League fires GM Eugene Kolychev after his calls for further discipline for Andrei Deniskin over racist gesture

"Will it solve the problem? No. Will it silence me? NO!"

The Juventus FC women’s team posted a racist gesture to Twitter, deleted it, and gave a “Sorry if you were offended” apology

"We sincerely apologise that our tweet, which was not meant to cause controversy or have any racial undertones, may have offended anyone. Juventus has always been against racism and discrimination. #DifferencesMakeTheDifference."

NBA player turned Turner analyst Draymond Green says “It doesn’t directly impact your team” on Raptors’ Black Lives Matter buses

"As a Canadian team, it doesn’t directly impact your team because you’re in an entirely different country."

Hal Johnson says “BodyBreak” was started “to combat racism,” after producers tried to replace him with a white man

"I saw the program director … and he loved the show, and I was excited, and he said, 'Yes, we’ll take it,'" Johnson recalled. ..."However, the problem is you’re Black."

Italian pundit Luciano Passirani says “the only way to outmuscle [Lukaku] is to give him 10 bananas to eat,” gets banned from station

Saying Lukaku could only be stopped by giving him bananas to eat was a terrible remark, and one that led to Passirani being banned from Milan station Telelombardi.

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