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Controversy from an unlikely source in baseball leads off Thursday\u2019s hottest sports news.<\/p>\n
MLB news: Hunter sounds off on black Latino players<\/strong><\/p>\n There are plenty of big mouths in baseball and, while Torii Hunter has always been opinionated, he\u2019s also generally respected and considered one of the nicer guys in the bigs by his peers. That\u2019s what made his comments yesterday so shocking. In a roundtable article about African American players in the majors published in Wednesday\u2019s\u00a0USA Today<\/em>, Hunter was quoted as calling black Dominican players Imposters. Here\u2019s an excerpt:<\/p>\n \u201cPeople see dark faces out there, and the perception is that they\u2019re African-American. They\u2019re not us. They\u2019re impostors. Even people I know come up and say: \u2018Hey, what color is Vladimir Guerrero? Is he a black player?\u2019 I say, \u2018Come on, he\u2019s Dominican. He\u2019s not black.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Gulp. Hunter has spoken out about the article, claiming his opinions were misinterpreted and that \u201cMy whole identity has been about bringing people together.\u201d<\/p>\n Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry ripped Milton Bradley yesterday, claiming that Bradley should stop blaming everyone but himself for his 2009 struggles and that \u201che should look in the mirror.\u201d Bradley had told ESPN earlier this week in an interview that Chicago fans were racist and that he was \u201ca prisoner in my own home.\u201d<\/p>\n NFL news continues: Bryant, LT2 courted by division champs<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh, boy. I know it\u2019s the Bengals but, even by their standards, this is a stunner. Sure, signing Antonio Bryant seems like a decent idea. He\u2019s just a season removed from an 83-catch, 1,248-yard season. But four years and $28 million is pretty absurd for a 29-year-old with two good seasons in eight years. The Bryant deal is complete but the Vikings and LaDainian Tomlinson are still in a courtship phase. They\u2019re hoping he can fill the Chester Taylor role as backup to Adrian Peterson and third-down back. Imagine if you were in a coma for two years and woke up now discover LT2 and AP on the same team? You\u2019d think it was madness, as you wouldn\u2019t realize that LT2 is washed up.<\/p>\n File under \u201cof course\u201d: Larry Johnson may be an Oakland Raider next year. He\u2019s reportedly weighing offers from the Black and Silver plus the Washington Redskins.<\/p>\n NBA news: Nike cashes on LeBron rumors<\/strong><\/p>\n Apparently, Nike has little regard for the emotional stability of Danny Ferry and Cavs Nation. It released a special brand of shoe \u2013 the Nike Air Max LeBron VII Low Rumor Pack \u2013 featuring colors of teams that may sign LeBron James this offseason. Among the color schemes are the Knicks, Nets, Cleveland Browns and CSKA Moscow. Wow.<\/p>\n NCAA Basketball news: Opening-round upsets continue in conference tourney week<\/strong><\/p>\n The first-round upsets just keep coming. The weirdest part is that they\u2019re blowouts, too. Last night, Nebraska pounded fifth-seeded Missouri 75-60 to oust the Tigers from the Big 12 tournament. Brandon Richardson led the way with 19 points as Nebraska pulled the upset despite winning just two of 16 regular-season contests against Big 12 opponents.<\/p>\n Missouri was the defending Big 12 champion.<\/p>\n <\/strong> Sports water cooler headlines and sports gossip for Thursday March 11th, 2010. 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