NBA All Star Loul Deng, who moved to London with his family as a refugee from Sudan when he was seven, could face a huge fine for stepping forward at the players' presentation ceremony before the game wearing a simple T shirt with a map of Africa across his chest rather than the regulation team strip for the Eastern Conference which he was representing against the Western Conference. Deng wanted to inspire children from Africa.

"I wouldn't do something that's negative," Deng said. "I wouldn't do that at all. If you look at the T-shirt, it's not of anything. I'm not advertising anything. I just felt like being where I'm from and where I came from, it's something that I always wanted to see as a kid. Now that I'm I here I had a chance (to do that). I'm sure there's a kid out there, or a lot of kids, who really enjoyed it and made them happy to see that."

Bean Soup Times thinks this is 'lame' because it's unfortunate that pro sports players are 'crippled' when it comes to political expression.

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Does this image remind you of the 1968 Olympics with Tommie Smith and John Carlos? This was an incredible moment in sports history. 

This does raise another question that should be addressed. How much of a professional athlete's personal convictions stiffled or suppressed for the benefit of the "team" and is it always worth it?

Thanks to a Facebook post from Supreme Understanding, we snagged this pic of 50 Cent in Somalia. Check out caption. It's important for us to acknowledge positive things that we do. Go ahead 50, maybe the rumors about you getting Floyd Mayweather's teen some a tatoo will go away. :-)

"I'm in Somalia this week to show the world the devastation that is taking place. Children going hungry everyday, even dying everyday from hunger. I am going to keep sending thru images from out here. I need you to take these photos and re-post to your friends. The world needs to see what is going on" - 50 Cent

George Clooney, Richard Branson, Alicia Keys,

Emmanuel Jal, Peter Gabriel, U.N. Secretary General

And Nobel Laureate Kofi Annan And President Jimmy Carter

In "We Want Peace" Music Video

Sudanese Musician, Warchild, And

"We Want Peace" Spokesperson Emmanuel Jal

With Sudan on the brink of a new civil war in January 2011 and the potential for genocide looming, George Clooney, Richard Branson, Alicia Keys, Peter Gabriel, U.N Secretary General and Nobel Laureate Kofi Annan, and President Jimmy Carter appear in Sudanese musician, warchild, and spokesperson for Refugees United and Amnesty International Emmanuel Jal's "We Want Peace" music video.

There are a lot of nuances to this issue and I am not confident that the "hidden hand" has been thoroughly exposed, but I wanted to post this to help foster conversation