Miami Heat NBA Player Drops Antisemitic Slur - "K*ke Bi*ch" - During Twitch Gaming Session

UPDATE March 11th: Leonard has been fined $50,000 and suspended from all Heat facilities and team activities for one week for his "k*ke b*tch" comment on Monday; more here.

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The Miami Heat are reviewing video of center Meyers Leonard uttering an antisemitic slur while streaming his video-game play.

On the video, Leonard can be heard saying, “F------ cowards, don’t f------ snipe at me you f------ k--- b----.”

The slur was uttered in the middle of the two profanities amid video-game play of Call of Duty, a war-simulation video game. A team spokesman said the Heat are aware of the language used by Leonard.

Leonard is currently recovering from January shoulder surgery and is out for the season. He signed a two-year, $19.5 million contract in November to return to the team as a free agent, recently purchasing a home in Miami. The Heat hold a team option for next season’s salary.

Leonard was the lone Heat player to stand during the playing of the national anthem during the NBA’s resumption of last season in the quarantine bubble at Disney World. He said it was out of respect for family in the military, while also noting his abiding respect for the Black Lives Matter movement.

Leonard is married to Elle Bielfeldt, who is Jewish.

Swastika Found at Connecticut Middle School

A swastika was found scratched into the walking track behind the Oxford Middle School this week, and First Selectman George Temple and Schools Superintendent Dr. Jason McKinnon said the town and Board of Education "strongly condemns this symbol of bigotry."

When the offensive symbol was discovered was not disclosed, but the two officials called the act a "painful reminder that anti-Semitism and hatred exist in society," adding that such actions must be rooted out.

"The town stands with the Board of Education in expressing our disappointment and outrage that such an incident occurred," the two leaders said in a joint statement. "We are a town that prides itself in the harmony and camaraderie which has come to represent our community. Such desecration of public property runs counter to the spirit of goodwill that permeates our town."

Members of the town's Public Works Department have removed the offending vandalism, but the incident remains under investigation, and officials said that once caught, the suspect or suspects will be prosecuted.

"We will not allow any group or individual to feel uncomfortable or intimidated by the actions of a miscreant," Temple and McKinnon said.