"Kobe Bryant, Joakim Noah and Roger McDowell are not any different from many people in our society who use offensive language like that on a daily basis, " said Jarrod Chin of the Society for the Study of Sport in Society at Boston's Northeastern University.

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Under the terms of the ASBO granted on Friday Dickens cannot use abusive, offensive, threatening or intimidating language or behaviour in a public place.

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