Hammon and Kaman aren't traitors

Families had this sort of problem in the Civil War, but I’d never heard of it in sports until now. Chris Kaman, Los Angeles Clippers center and third-generation American, is playing for Germany in the Olympics. And his father was rooting for him to lose. LeRoy Kaman is the offended father who thinks that patriotism trumps blood. When Kaman accepted Dirk Nowitzki’s offer to apply for a German passport and join Mannschaft Deutschland, LeRoy told his son, “You're not German, you're an American citizen.”... [read full story]