Mutombo almost goes ape

During a pre-season game last week in Orlando, Houston Rockets center Dikembe Mutombo had to be restrained from going into the stands after a court-side fan shouted "Dikembe, you look like a big monkey!"

This is exactly like the relationship black soccer stars have with fans in Europe. Only Dikembe would have been pelted with bananas and instead of charging the stands he would have been responding with sarcastic hitler salutes.

When I set the clocks back on the weekend I noticed that it's 2006. Could have fooled me.