Your Black World: Josh Howard Disrespects the National Anthem

By Steven A. Gilley
Stevengilley15@aol.com

Dallas Mavericks' forward Josh Howard has been in the news a lot lately. Unfortunately, most of it has been bad after he admitted that he smokes marijuana during the offseason and was arrested for drag racing.

Now a video is surfacing around on Youtube where Howard openly disrespected the National Anthem while it was being sung at an Allen Iverson Celebrity football game. Howard says, "Star-Spangled Banner going on right now. I don't even celebrate that (expletive). I'm black."

Maverick owner Mark Cuban has stated that the organization already knew about the incident and addressed it when it occurred in July. He told the Dallas Morning News the issue has been dealt with.

"I have explained to him that cellphone 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 told the paper.