CBA coach Richardson suspended for remarks (Anti-Semetic, anti-gay)

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Former NBA All-Star Micheal Ray Richardson appeared to be getting his life back on track after his league suspension in 1986 for drug use. He was coaching in the Continental Basketball Association and had led his team, the Albany Patroons, to the playoffs. But as they say: What goes up, must come down.

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Before Tuesdays game against the Yakima Sun Kings, Richardson made anti-Semitic comments to two reporters in his office when discussing the contract general manager Jim Coyne had offered him Monday to coach his team in the CBA and USBL.

"I've got big-time lawyers," Richardson said, according to the Times Union. "I've got big-time Jew lawyers."

When told by the reporters that the comment could be offensive to people because it plays to the stereotype that Jews are crafty and shrewd, he responded with, "Are you kidding me? They are. They've got the best security system in the world. Have you ever been to an airport in Tel Aviv? They're real crafty. Listen, they are hated all over the world, so they've got to be crafty."

And he continued, "They got a lot of power in this world, you know what I mean?" he said. "Which I think is great. I don't think there's nothing wrong with it. If you look in most professional sports, they're run by Jewish people. If you look at a lot of most successful corporations and stuff, more businesses, they're run by Jewish. It's not a knock, but they are some crafty people."

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According to the Times Union, Richardson told a fan who heckled him early in Tuesday's game, "Shut the (expletive) up." And near game's end, he shouted at another heckler, "Shut the (expletive) up, you (derogatory term for gay men),"

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[Fenris]

1. That's quite a hole he dug for himself.

He broke ground with "big-time Jew lawyers" and just kept digging...

[donco6]

2. I think he was trying to make it sound less bad.

Kinda. Sorta. But wow, did he ever *not* achieve his goal. He pretty much covered every stereotype that ever existed.

[BlooInBloo]

3. When mustering outrage about an oppressed, it helps to spell the oppressed's name correctly.