The Silver State Chronicles

Honoring my 2nd favorite sports team

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Removes all doubt that he is a jackass – now it’s certain!

Thanks goodness he didn’t pose for a picture with slanted eyes!

If this incident gets more mainstream publicity, I wouldn’t be shocked if he shows up on WWE tv soon!

SI reports…

Wrestler tosses aside bronze medal

Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian threw away the bronze medal he won in the Greco-Roman category in disgust in a protest over judging in his semifinal bout.

Abrahamian was beaten in the 84 kg class by eventual gold medal winner Andrea Minguzzi of Italy but was disgusted by the verdict, shouting at the referee before confronting the judges. The Athens silver medal winner had to be restrained by teammates and later went on to win a bronze medal match.

But the row continued at the medal ceremony as he only grudgingly mounted the podium and after receiving his medal made a point of taking it off and leaving it in the center of the competition mat.

Swedish fans in the arena disagreed strongly with the original decision, jeering the judges, while coach Leo Myllari also weighed in.

“It’s all politics,” he said.

The medal was later returned to the sport’s governing body.

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Boy do I feel dumb!

So I hear that those rascals, the Spaniard Basketball Federation, are in some hot water for a photo they took where it certainly looks like they are mocking their kind Chinese hosts in Beijing.  Poor form, friends, poor form!

Well call me Curly, but when I first saw the pic, I thought it was the Chinese team making fun of the Spaniard team!  Boy, do I feel dumb!  And I evidently am a seething, hateful bigot to boot!  You learn something new every day!

Special thanks to my friend Jenny for sending me this Fox News story!

Spanish Hoopsters in Hot Water Over Olympics Ad

Spain might have high hopes of bringing the Olympic flame back to the Iberian peninsula in 2016, but the country that played host to the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 is sporting a public relations black eye today.

The Spanish Basketball Federation took out a full-page ad in the country’s largest sports newspaper, Marca, wishing the men’s and women’s teams good luck in the Beijing games. The photo accompanying the ad, however ”showing all team members making a slant-eyed gesture” raised eyebrows and sparked international outrage.

The heavily favored Spanish team, the reigning world champions, took the court Tuesday against China, and was greeted with typical Chinese polite applause and mixed with a rare sprinkle of boos. Spain went on to win in overtime, 85-75.

The Guardian newspaper reported that no one from the federation felt the ad was inappropriate, and that no offense was intended.

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