January 13, 2003
Happy Birthday, LeBron
High School hoops star LeBron James recently turned 18, and to celebrate the occastion his mother, Gloria, presented him with a Hummer H2. Pretty nice b-day gift, especially considering they've relied on food stamps and currently reside in subsidized housing. Mom's boyfriend is currently serving time for bank fraud and mail fraud.
Ohio athletic association bylaws state that an athlete forfeits his amateur status by "capitalizing on athletic fame by receiving money or gifts of monetary value.''
Which begs to question whether most mothers living in government housing could just walk into a bank and be approved for a loan to buy their teenager a $50,000 truck. LeBron had better hope that is the case, but I have a feeling it probably isn't.
Posted by blipsman at January 13, 2003 06:47 AMComments
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