Embarrassing.
No other word is more applicable to describe the comments by Ron Artest in response to new teammate Yao Ming’s wishes that Artest refrain from entering into any pugilistic activities with fans as a member of the Houston Rockets. While Ming could have found a better foot to get off on with his new colleague, what Artest countered with is both disrespectful to his associates with the Rockets and his cultural peers.
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Have Yao Ming and Miley Cyrus ever met each other? I don’t know. Is that relevant for this article? Not really.
What matters is that Yao Ming is 27 years old. Roger Clemens was 28 years old.
Miley Cyrus is 15 years old, so was Mindy McCready. Cyrus sings country music, so did McCready.
Are you disgusted yet? If the thought of the 7-foot-6, square-headed Chinese basketball player cavorting with the diminutive smiling face of the youngest generation’s #1 star doesn’t disturb you just because of the logistics of their two diverse body types and appearances, the thought of their age gap should be enough to make you shudder.
