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TGIS: Thank God It's Schadenfreude! (181) . . . The Sequel!

This week's bonus joy in the misfortune of others comes courtesy of the Boston Globe Olympics Blog (from Wednesday, August 20; link good at time of posting):

After the USA men's basketball team blew out Spain recently, the majority of the Spaniards wanted nothing to do with the American media. Considering how Spain got drilled after expecting to be competitive against the U.S. and the racist ad its players were recently involved in depicting themselves as stereotypically Chinese by making their eyes slanted, it was probably best that they kept their mouths shut.

But Spain guard Juan Carlos Navarro, formerly of the Memphis Grizzlies, did come out to talk to the Spanish media for about five minutes in the mixed zone interview area. After he was done with his home country folks, I asked him a question. He responded by saying, ?My English not very good.?

I told him, ?Well, it was really good when you were playing for the Grizzlies. I interviewed you once by your locker.?

Navarro was stunned when I called him out and I could see that he understood every word. If they beat the Americans, I?m sure his English would have been better than mine.

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Full post as published by Infamy or Praise on August 22, 2008 (boomark / email).