subject: Port charlotte, fla-- Prior to Monday's game against the Yankees, B.J. Upton addressed Sunday's incident involving fan directing racist comm [print this page] Port charlotte, fla-- Prior to Monday's game against the Yankees, B.J. Upton addressed Sunday's incident involving fan directing racist comm
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Prior to Monday's game against the Yankees, B.J. Upton addressed Sunday's incident involving click here: jordan 6 retro fan directing racist comments his way.
"Yeah, it was pretty clear what he said," Upton said of the fan, who was ejected from Charlotte Sports Park. "I heard what he said, but I was more worried about my at-bat at the time."
Rays manager Joe Maddon, who said there s no place for such remarks, called for security to remove the fan from the ballpark.
"Yeah, it's not the first time," Upton said. "A lot of the times, it happens when I'm in the outfield of a visiting stadium. Even I've heard it at home, too. I think it was just a situation where everyone heard it [on Sunday]. Put it this way click here: cheap jordan 2011 -- it's not too far-fetched to hear it."
According to Rays policy, offensive language is one action from which the club reserves the right to deny entry, eject and trespass any individual from the stadium and stadium property.
A veteran New Hampshire sports reporter pleaded guilty Friday to running a prostitution business in Massachusetts featuring women who had auditioned for him and to intimidating a witness in an effort to prevent her from testifying against him.
Kevin Provencher was immediately sentenced to state prison on two counts of deriving support from a prostitute,click here: jordan 3 retro two counts of procuring a person into prostitution, two counts of solicitation for prostitution and one count of witness intimidation, prosecutors said. Each charge carries a penalty ranging from one to 2? years in prison. The sentences are to be served concurrently.
Provencher worked for the New Hampshire Union Leader for 23 years. He no longer works there.
He could not be reached for comment Friday. It was unclear who his legal representation was.
Provencher has won four New Hampshire Sportswriter of the Year awards from the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.
Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na has begun to focus on promoting PyeongChang's 2018 Winter Games bid.
The honorary ambassador of the bid committee gave a welcoming speech at Tuesday's opening of the annual meeting of international sports journalists in Seoul.
Kim was not originally planned as a speaker for the 74th International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Congress which kicked off at COEX Convention and Exhibition Center, Tuesday. She was to compete in the Tokyo world championships this week, which have been called off in the wake of the earthquake in Japan. The International Skating Union (ISU) announced on its official website Monday that the Japan Skating Federation (JSF) informed them to decline hosting the event.
