Josh Howard, a basketball star for the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, is under fire for the way he acted during the singing of the National Anthem at a charity flag football game.
The incident would probably have gone unnoticed if not for a YouTube video in which Josh Howard vocally disrespects the National Anthem. "We got The Star Spangled Banner going on right now but I don’t even celebrate that s*it because I’m black," Howard says.
This is not the first time that Howard has been in hot water. He was arrested in July for participating in a late-night car race and last year he admitted to occasionally using marijuana.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban had this to say about the YouTube video that has troubled Josh Howard fans: "I have explained to [Howard] that cell phone cameras are not your friend and that what you think you said on camera is never what people will hear when it shows up on YouTube or TV." Cuban also said that they will go through "advanced communication skills" at training camp this year.
Source: ESPN
Here is the Josh Howard National Anthem video from YouTube:
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