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"&lt;img alt=\"0626_amare_01\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/06/26/0626-amare-2.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Knicks&lt;/strong&gt; star &lt;strong&gt;Amar'e Stoudemire&lt;/strong&gt; is owning up to a homophobic message he sent to a fan on Twitter this weekend -- and now wants to publicly apologize, telling TMZ, \"I should have known better and there is no excuse.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amar'e adds, \"I am a huge supporter of civil rights for all people. I am disappointed in myself for my statement to a fan.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The NBA just announced ... Amar'e has been fined $50,000 over the incident -- for what the league called \"offensive and derogatory language.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amar'e sent the message Saturday in response to a bitter fan, who criticized Amar'e for the Knicks' poor finish last season. The fan wrote, \"@Amareisreal you better come back a lot stronger and quicker to make up for this past season mannnnnn deadasss!!!\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amar'e responded in a direct message, saying, \"F**k you. I don't have to do anything f*g.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amar'e apologized to the fan directly soon after, writing, \"I apologize for what I said earlier. I just got off the plane and had time to think about it. Sorry bro!! No excuses. Won&amp;#8217;t happen again.&amp;#8221;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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