Josh Howard Trashes National Anthem in YouTube Video

by JeffHuang | September 18, 2008 at 12:26 pm

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Josh Howard, a player for the Dallas Mavericks was shown disrespecting the national anthem at a charity football game. While the star spangled banner was playing, he went up to a camera and says: "'The Star Spangled Banner' is going on right now. I don't even celebrate that (expletive). I'm black.

The battered reputation of Josh Howard took another hit this week when an online video surfaced showing the Dallas Mavericks forward disrespecting the national anthem.

This is just another controversy with the star forward as hours before game 3 of the playoffs, he openly admitted using drugs.

Dallas Mavericks forward Josh Howard brought unexpected and possibly unprecedented attention to himself Friday, just hours before Game 3 of the Mavericks' first-round series with New Orleans, by openly discussing his offseason marijuana use on Dallas' ESPN Radio affiliate.