During Allen Iverson’s flag football charity game, Josh Howard, the forward for the Dallas Mavericks, disrespected “The Star Spangled Banner.”  Howard was caught on tape saying, “I don’t celebrate this sh**.  I’m black God damn it.”  He then ended his rant with, “Barack Obama ‘08.  Obama and all that sh**.”  Check out the youtube clip below.

Mark Cuban, owner of the Mavericks, told the Dallas Morning News that the Howard incident has been dealt with and stated,

That said, we will be going through some advanced communication-skill sessions together this training camp.  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.”

That is so true.  Cellphone cameras are not a celebrities friend, but the media love them!  However, I don’t see how what Howard said can be taken any other way than disrespectful to our National Anthem.  What do you think?