Top 10 Worst Racist Incidents In Sports

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well that was uncalled for welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 worst racist incidents in sports before we begin we publish new videos every day so be sure to subscribe for more great content for this list we're looking at episodes throughout sports history where someone showed prejudice to someone else based on their race keep in mind that these incidents aren't necessarily things that happened at a sporting event if it happened within the world of sports it will be considered number 10 Kelly Tilghman is suspended and Dave scener fired legend back alley lynching is no laughing matter but Kelly Tilghman unfortunately needed a refresher on the subject during a telecast PGA anchor Nick Faldo joked about golfers ganging up on Tiger Woods playing along Tillman responded quote Lynch him in the back alley Faldo was clearly taken aback as word Tillman's superiors who suspended her for two weeks in response golf week ran an article about the controversy with that issues covered depicting a hanging noose this cover also caused controversy and resulted in the termination of the magazine's editor dave scenar sadly this wasn't even the first time Tiger Woods was the target of racism remember when fuzzy Zeller said that Woods shouldn't serve fried chicken at the Masters dinner daddy won the back say congratulations enjoy it and talking about the serve fried chicken next year got it number 9 you lead Goryeo makes Asian eyes oops didn't mean for the cameras to pick that up did you during Game three of the 2017 World Series Houston Astros batter you League ooh DL hit a home run against Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish after returning to the dugout go DL mockingly stretched his eyes with his fingers and called Darvish a chinito which means little Chinese boy in Spanish as a result gu TL received a five game suspension for the 2018 season although he was allowed to continue playing in the World Series I should have played this game that wasn't a cool gesture specially everybody watching in fact go DL played against Darvish again during Game seven where he tipped his helmet to the pitcher in a sign of respect and apology Meriel tips his helmet out toward hue Darvish number eight Joel Ward's goal some people take their hockey a bit too seriously black player Joel Ward scored the game-winning goal in Game seven of the 2012 Eastern Conference quarterfinals against the Boston Bruins eliminating the Bruins from the playoffs as you can imagine Boston fans were none too happy and took to Twitter to publicly attack Ward with many calling him the n-word this caused many of wards defenders to publicly unveil the names and addresses of the racist posters he's in minor minor so there's nothing to say about the racist comments he said he's not does he want to apologize to it he has two years later Boston fans would do the exact same thing to Montreal Canadiens player PK Subin after he scored the game-winning goal in double overtime of Game seven to end the Bruins season in the second round number seven the luis suarez racial abuse incident Liverpool privately admitting they mishandled the luis suarez racism affair the controversial Luis Suarez incident took place in 2011 at a game between Liverpool FC and Manchester United during the game Suarez fouled manchester united patrice evra which caused a confrontation mrad then said that Suarez had used racial terms during the argument a claim which Suarez immediately denied he's a disgrace of a pro football club some players no ability to play the role of who again on December 20th the Football Commission found Suarez guilty of using quote insulting words with a reference to mr. ever s color and suspended him for eight games Liverpool and its fans defended Suarez calling the Commission's ruling subjective and Ava's account unsubstantiated Suarez continues to deny the allegations to this day codification poor algo que si alguien o perago de vacation nikasha VTOL el gouna player number six Don Luis tries to start an all-white basketball league No in January 2010 a man named Don moose Lewis tried to start the all-american basketball Alliance baa-baa would contain all white teams and the players must be quote natural born United States citizens it's not gonna be again the street type ball mentality and show is gonna be different Clint Bryant the athletic director of Augusta State University summed it up when he said quote this gives you an idea of the sickness of our society and NBA allstar Charles Barkley said the very idea of the league was quote blatantly racist nothing ever came of the AABA mostly because no City wanted anything to do with it it's just blatantly racist number five Floyd Mayweather attacks Manny Pacquiao can find out how to talk I'm one out of x many packages he's not a better fighter than me after talks began about a possible Mayweather Pacquiao bout Floyd Mayweather took to Ustream to unleash a racist aimed at Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao in the video he said quote I'll make that motherfucker make me a sushi roll and cook me some rice and quote we're gonna cook that motherfucker with cats and dogs Mayweather was immediately condemned for a statements causing him to apologize the very next day he stated quote I don't have a racist bone in my body I was just having fun nevertheless the rant did not go over well with boxing fans everybody number four the Don Imus incident nappy head of those radio hosts Don Imus is known for controversial statements while discussing the NCAA women's basketball championship I must laughed along with his producer and called the players quote some nappy headed hoes public outrage was instantaneous and I must defended himself by declaring that the term originated within the black community and saying that it's his job to be funny although he later said that he went too far several sponsors pulled themselves from I missus radio show Imus in the morning and CBS radio soon canceled the show entirely and I don't want anybody to think that this I'm trying to weasel out of these remarks or that this is some kind of excuse because there isn't any gift for what I said number three Donald sterling is banned for life I am banning mr. sterling for life from any association with the Clippers organization or the NBA Donald sterling became the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers in 1981 but in April of 2014 he was permanently banned from the NBA due to racist remarks not suspended not fired banned it all started when TMZ released a private phone conversation between sterling and his mistress what's wrong with minority the conversation begins with sterling expressing disappointment that she took a picture with black ex-basketball player Magic Johnson and it all snowballs from there he then states quote it bothers me a lot that you want a broadcast that you're associating with black people before asking her to not bring them to his team's basketball games look I asked you not to promote Adan and not the freedom to mind games NBA Commissioner Adam Silver bans sterling from the NBA and fined him two and a half million dollars for the remarks we've found a way to make this the greatest game in the world and for comments like that it taints our game and we can't have that number two Jackie Robinson's career box monkey being an african-american in the 1940s was not easy being the first black MLB player of the modern era was almost impossible while Robinson is now deeply respected that was not the case in 1947 when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers despite being showered with accolades Robinson's life within the MLB was a struggle some of his own teammates objected to Robinson's inclusion by threatening to sit out if he played and other teams threatened to strike Robinson was similarly attacked on the field with opposing players and managers physically assaulting him and calling him the n-word but despite all the abuse Robinson kept playing and playing well but he was a great man who died for our sins before we unveil our number one pick here are some dishonorable mentions mmm-hmm Hwang's you whatever your name is you want some of shampoo number one the entire 1936 Summer Olympics the 1936 Summer Olympics took place in Nazi Germany Berlin won the hosting duties in 1931 but Hitler and his Nazis rose to power two years later creating an Olympic atmosphere rife with racism and anti-semitism Hitler was optimistic that these games would prove his belief in Aryan racial superiority and even tried to ban Jews and black athletes from competing in the games however he soon relented after other countries threatened to pull out despite this Berlin was still covered in swastika banners and the Nazi salute was a common sight in the city World War two began three years later these weren't the Berlin Olympics these were the Nazi Olympics do you agree with our pics check out these other great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos 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Keywords: Sports, racism in sports, racial inequality, sports journalism, racist moments, hockey, soccer, football, baseball, Kelly Tilghman, Dave Seanor, racism against athletes, Yuli Gurriel, Joel Ward, PK Subban, Luis Suárez, Don Lewis, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, Jackie Robinson, “Ewing Is an Ape” Sign, Donald Sterling, Shaquille O’Neal, Yao Ming, 1936 Summer Olympics, WatchMojo, top 10, top 5, list

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Length: 10min 35sec (635 seconds)

Published: Mon Nov 20 2017

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