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	<title>Comments on: Stephen Jackson apologizes for threatening Serge Ibaka</title>
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		<title>By: progress2011</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/09/stephen-jackson-apologizes-for-threatening-serge-ibaka/comment-page-1/#comment-147447</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[progress2011]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slurperplus....

Obviously you can&#039;t read ....comprehend or both !

1. I&#039;m not talking about, checking someone into the board....I&#039;m talking about the hockey THUGS taking off their gloves, the ref clears out and the two square off and fight like ANIMALS. 

2. You attempted to clean it up or didn&#039;t comprehend what I said or you don&#039;t know that FIGHTING is not an official part of the rule book in hockey. aka  Boxing or MMA. 

3. Football, Rugby even soccer are also &quot;contact sports&quot;  where guys get checked. 

4. Please tell me you do know the difference between a hand check, body check etc vs a right cross. 

5. But then again, maybe you don&#039;t know the difference or you have trouble admitting, hockey players are biggest THUGS in any other sport....they just don&#039;t get stereotyped as such....hmmmmmm !

Why the double standard !!!!   No need to answer, it&#039;s really not a question !]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Slurperplus&#8230;.</p>
<p>Obviously you can&#8217;t read &#8230;.comprehend or both !</p>
<p>1. I&#8217;m not talking about, checking someone into the board&#8230;.I&#8217;m talking about the hockey THUGS taking off their gloves, the ref clears out and the two square off and fight like ANIMALS. </p>
<p>2. You attempted to clean it up or didn&#8217;t comprehend what I said or you don&#8217;t know that FIGHTING is not an official part of the rule book in hockey. aka  Boxing or MMA. </p>
<p>3. Football, Rugby even soccer are also &#8220;contact sports&#8221;  where guys get checked. </p>
<p>4. Please tell me you do know the difference between a hand check, body check etc vs a right cross. </p>
<p>5. But then again, maybe you don&#8217;t know the difference or you have trouble admitting, hockey players are biggest THUGS in any other sport&#8230;.they just don&#8217;t get stereotyped as such&#8230;.hmmmmmm !</p>
<p>Why the double standard !!!!   No need to answer, it&#8217;s really not a question !</p>
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		<title>By: letangusespertplus</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/09/stephen-jackson-apologizes-for-threatening-serge-ibaka/comment-page-1/#comment-147387</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[letangusespertplus]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First off hockey is a contact sport. Basketball in no way touches the physicality involved in hockey. It&#039;s not even close. This is a sport where touching a person in the shooting motion is considered a foul. 

It&#039;s not fair to compare a man getting checked into the boards at a high rate of speed to someone putting their finger on your forearm when you are throwing a ball.

Second. Jackson had no involvement in the situation with Artest and Ibaka, so what is he even talking about? Plus he didn&#039;t do anything before so what makes you so sure he would do something now? 

Third. Jackson is a bitch. He grew up on the mean streets of Houston. I&#039;m sure its comparable to the Congo.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First off hockey is a contact sport. Basketball in no way touches the physicality involved in hockey. It&#8217;s not even close. This is a sport where touching a person in the shooting motion is considered a foul. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s not fair to compare a man getting checked into the boards at a high rate of speed to someone putting their finger on your forearm when you are throwing a ball.</p>
<p>Second. Jackson had no involvement in the situation with Artest and Ibaka, so what is he even talking about? Plus he didn&#8217;t do anything before so what makes you so sure he would do something now? </p>
<p>Third. Jackson is a bitch. He grew up on the mean streets of Houston. I&#8217;m sure its comparable to the Congo.</p>
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		<title>By: matthiasbeezy</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/09/stephen-jackson-apologizes-for-threatening-serge-ibaka/comment-page-1/#comment-147365</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[matthiasbeezy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Glad he posted an apology but you know how the old saying goes, &quot;You can take Stak 5 out of PA, but you can&#039;t take the PA out of Stak 5.&quot;



By the way, by &quot;PA&quot; I&#039;m referring to Port Arthur, TX, not Pennsylvania. Ain&#039;t no real G&#039;s in Pennsylvania.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Glad he posted an apology but you know how the old saying goes, &#8220;You can take Stak 5 out of PA, but you can&#8217;t take the PA out of Stak 5.&#8221;</p>
<p>By the way, by &#8220;PA&#8221; I&#8217;m referring to Port Arthur, TX, not Pennsylvania. Ain&#8217;t no real G&#8217;s in Pennsylvania.</p>
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		<title>By: progress2011</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/09/stephen-jackson-apologizes-for-threatening-serge-ibaka/comment-page-1/#comment-147353</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[progress2011]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Something about grown men and testosterone !  There will always be fights....that&#039;s our primal nature. 

Ya&#039;ll DORKS can attempt to clean it up all you like BUT the fact remains, over the course of humanity, humans have enjoyed violence. 

EX: I guess the ENTIRE Hockey league is a bunch of &quot;THUGS&quot; !  They fight EVERYGAME and EVERYNITE ....but the clandestine use of &quot;THUGS&quot; is only reserved for the NBA.......hmmmmmmm !

Ancient Romans had gladiator contests where participants fought to the death and human beings were thrown to the lions and other beastly animals. 

That brutal history is rewarded honorably now, with movies, books, statues and monuments that ran those &quot;civilizations&quot;.........guess that&#039;s not barbaric and definitely not &quot;THUGGISH&quot;. 

We won&#039;t even start to discuss the &quot;THUGS&quot; that historically ran European nations.....WOW...talk about &quot;THUGS&quot; ! 

In light of some of the brutal &quot;THUGGISH&quot; history of some of previously mentioned categories.....I&#039;m Rollin with Steven Jackson and his version of verbal &quot;THUG-LIFE&quot; . One where he just talks the part.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Something about grown men and testosterone !  There will always be fights&#8230;.that&#8217;s our primal nature. </p>
<p>Ya&#8217;ll DORKS can attempt to clean it up all you like BUT the fact remains, over the course of humanity, humans have enjoyed violence. </p>
<p>EX: I guess the ENTIRE Hockey league is a bunch of &#8220;THUGS&#8221; !  They fight EVERYGAME and EVERYNITE &#8230;.but the clandestine use of &#8220;THUGS&#8221; is only reserved for the NBA&#8230;&#8230;.hmmmmmmm !</p>
<p>Ancient Romans had gladiator contests where participants fought to the death and human beings were thrown to the lions and other beastly animals. </p>
<p>That brutal history is rewarded honorably now, with movies, books, statues and monuments that ran those &#8220;civilizations&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;guess that&#8217;s not barbaric and definitely not &#8220;THUGGISH&#8221;. </p>
<p>We won&#8217;t even start to discuss the &#8220;THUGS&#8221; that historically ran European nations&#8230;..WOW&#8230;talk about &#8220;THUGS&#8221; ! </p>
<p>In light of some of the brutal &#8220;THUGGISH&#8221; history of some of previously mentioned categories&#8230;..I&#8217;m Rollin with Steven Jackson and his version of verbal &#8220;THUG-LIFE&#8221; . One where he just talks the part.</p>
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		<title>By: broncosfan29</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/09/stephen-jackson-apologizes-for-threatening-serge-ibaka/comment-page-1/#comment-147306</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[broncosfan29]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 07:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[keep on living that &quot;thug life&quot; mr.jackson]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>keep on living that &#8220;thug life&#8221; mr.jackson</p>
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		<title>By: jerdogthompson</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/09/stephen-jackson-apologizes-for-threatening-serge-ibaka/comment-page-1/#comment-147299</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jerdogthompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why apologize I ask?  Why apologize for something u obviously want to do? Makes as much sense as the original tweet. Either do it or not, don&#039;t need your tweet dip. Rather see it on ESPN highlights or should I say low lights?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why apologize I ask?  Why apologize for something u obviously want to do? Makes as much sense as the original tweet. Either do it or not, don&#8217;t need your tweet dip. Rather see it on ESPN highlights or should I say low lights?</p>
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		<title>By: allen227</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/09/stephen-jackson-apologizes-for-threatening-serge-ibaka/comment-page-1/#comment-147290</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[allen227]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wish Serge would whip his a$$... He&#039;s a thug.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wish Serge would whip his a$$&#8230; He&#8217;s a thug.</p>
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		<title>By: jmclarkent</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/09/stephen-jackson-apologizes-for-threatening-serge-ibaka/comment-page-1/#comment-147287</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jmclarkent]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe that is called a &quot;Blumpkin&quot;.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I believe that is called a &#8220;Blumpkin&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: stairwayto7</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/09/stephen-jackson-apologizes-for-threatening-serge-ibaka/comment-page-1/#comment-147286</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[stairwayto7]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jackson is a racist!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jackson is a racist!</p>
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		<title>By: savvybynature</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/09/stephen-jackson-apologizes-for-threatening-serge-ibaka/comment-page-1/#comment-147284</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[savvybynature]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a foolish thing to tweet, and he&#039;s been fined by the team and made to apologize. He isn&#039;t the first athlete to do this, and he won&#039;t be the last.

I get the criticism, but don&#039;t understand the focus on grammar. A threat is a threat regardless of grammar, dialect or spelling, and some of the comments, including Brett&#039;s insinuation that Stephen Jackson is incapable of making a grammatically-correct statement, seem ignorant. How many people really use proper grammar when there is a character limit anyway?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was a foolish thing to tweet, and he&#8217;s been fined by the team and made to apologize. He isn&#8217;t the first athlete to do this, and he won&#8217;t be the last.</p>
<p>I get the criticism, but don&#8217;t understand the focus on grammar. A threat is a threat regardless of grammar, dialect or spelling, and some of the comments, including Brett&#8217;s insinuation that Stephen Jackson is incapable of making a grammatically-correct statement, seem ignorant. How many people really use proper grammar when there is a character limit anyway?</p>
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		<title>By: savvybynature</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/09/stephen-jackson-apologizes-for-threatening-serge-ibaka/comment-page-1/#comment-147283</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[savvybynature]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spurs just took the initiative to fine Jackson a reported $25,000.

This puts the lie to the idea that your opinion on the Spurs organization is relevant.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Spurs just took the initiative to fine Jackson a reported $25,000.</p>
<p>This puts the lie to the idea that your opinion on the Spurs organization is relevant.</p>
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		<title>By: 32magicman</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/09/stephen-jackson-apologizes-for-threatening-serge-ibaka/comment-page-1/#comment-147275</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[32magicman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#039;Im going in his mouth&#039;...... Going to the toilet?! Wtf]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;Im going in his mouth&#8217;&#8230;&#8230; Going to the toilet?! Wtf</p>
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		<title>By: jmclarkent</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/09/stephen-jackson-apologizes-for-threatening-serge-ibaka/comment-page-1/#comment-147272</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jmclarkent]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When comparing the two tweets, it&#039;s amazing how his spelling and grammer has improved.  Either...

A.  He was drunk when he posted the first one.
B.  Someone in PR wrote that and e-mailed it to him with a subject line reading &quot;Post this NOW!&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When comparing the two tweets, it&#8217;s amazing how his spelling and grammer has improved.  Either&#8230;</p>
<p>A.  He was drunk when he posted the first one.<br />
B.  Someone in PR wrote that and e-mailed it to him with a subject line reading &#8220;Post this NOW!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: michaeljordanseviltwin</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/09/stephen-jackson-apologizes-for-threatening-serge-ibaka/comment-page-1/#comment-147271</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[michaeljordanseviltwin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apology not accepted.  Words mean nothing when not backed up by actions.  I hope the Spurs release him so he can go back to runnin da streetz]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apology not accepted.  Words mean nothing when not backed up by actions.  I hope the Spurs release him so he can go back to runnin da streetz</p>
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		<title>By: adeedothatswho</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/09/stephen-jackson-apologizes-for-threatening-serge-ibaka/comment-page-1/#comment-147267</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[adeedothatswho]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love that he added &#039;only a man can admit when he&#039;s wrong&#039;. Good to praise yourself when apologizing for being an idiot.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love that he added &#8216;only a man can admit when he&#8217;s wrong&#8217;. Good to praise yourself when apologizing for being an idiot.</p>
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		<title>By: dgforreal</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/09/stephen-jackson-apologizes-for-threatening-serge-ibaka/comment-page-1/#comment-147264</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[dgforreal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Artest always does that weird stuff like he did with Ibaka the other night. Ibaka was trying to get away from him and Artest held him trying to start some ****.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Artest always does that weird stuff like he did with Ibaka the other night. Ibaka was trying to get away from him and Artest held him trying to start some ****.</p>
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		<title>By: letangusespertplus</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/09/stephen-jackson-apologizes-for-threatening-serge-ibaka/comment-page-1/#comment-147260</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[letangusespertplus]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apologized before He had to face him again. Dude is bitchmade. Artest only throws blows to people not looking. See The back of Hardens head for evidence of his child like toughness. Glad Jackson sticks up for his butt buddy Artest. Maybe they go in each others mouths.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apologized before He had to face him again. Dude is bitchmade. Artest only throws blows to people not looking. See The back of Hardens head for evidence of his child like toughness. Glad Jackson sticks up for his butt buddy Artest. Maybe they go in each others mouths.</p>
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		<title>By: surly1n1nd1anapol1s</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/09/stephen-jackson-apologizes-for-threatening-serge-ibaka/comment-page-1/#comment-147259</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[surly1n1nd1anapol1s]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The apology is bare minimum.  But when bad actions continue for years it is hard to consider it sincere.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The apology is bare minimum.  But when bad actions continue for years it is hard to consider it sincere.</p>
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		<title>By: roseann894</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/09/stephen-jackson-apologizes-for-threatening-serge-ibaka/comment-page-1/#comment-147257</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[roseann894]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This puts the lie to the idea that the Spurs are such a highly &quot;professional&quot; organization.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This puts the lie to the idea that the Spurs are such a highly &#8220;professional&#8221; organization.</p>
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		<title>By: captainwisdom8888</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/09/stephen-jackson-apologizes-for-threatening-serge-ibaka/comment-page-1/#comment-147256</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[captainwisdom8888]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Serge would smash Stephen Jackson...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Serge would smash Stephen Jackson&#8230;</p>
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