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Jonathan — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:48:23 -0000

that is correct.

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Juba — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:59:03 -0000

In fact I thought it was "we took time off, while other rappers got jerked."

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CitizenE — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:25:23 -0000

It was weak. He's paying for it. He won't make the same mistake twice, and maybe he'll learn from having to go through the motions that it smacked of a kind of childishness most parents would find little patience for in their children.

Losing is something that is part of athletic competition. You play; you will lose. Learning to lose with graciousness is the strongest lesson someone can gain from competitive athletics because in the really big game everyone is bound to be humbled.

He had nothing to be ashamed of but behaved as if he did. He can try to talk his way out of it, but no one is buying. Listen LeBron, we want to tell him, even the great Michael Jordan did not win championships all by himself. Grow up. Go fish.

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Jonathan — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:28:08 -0000

isn't it, "we took time off, so other rappers got jerked"?

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Col. Mike — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:41:54 -0000

I don't mind if he skips the media, although plenty other guys have faced the cameras and the mics after big losses, so why can't he? Not shaking the other guys' hands, though, is bush league and it makes him look like a whiner. He's clearly got some growing up to do, but he's generally been great so far, and he's still so young, so I'm willing to cut him some slack.

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dmf — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:40:55 -0000

"Therefore be not lifted up on account of any skill or knowledge, but rather fear on account of the knowledge that is given you. For the more you know and the better you understand it, the more rigorously you will be judged if you have not lived more holily."

-S. Kierkegaard

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JimNotGene — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:26:25 -0000

I know there is more football than b-ball on this blog, but I see you were speculating about Lebron James going to the NFL (not sure where this thought experiment comes from).

But I thought you might like to comment on this that I just saw on my Downtown Little League site (where I coach my son and my daughter also plays):

http://downtownlittleleague.org/2009/index.php/pca-info/11-pca/72-from-pcas-executive-director-jim-thompson.html

Everything I've seen or heard about Lebron James has seemed so positive until I saw this. I'm not really sure what there is to say, but this is somewhat disappointing. I imagine he didn't make a bit deal of not congratulating the Magic until the journalists stuck the mics in his face after what had to be a disappointing loss. But sheesh.