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LeBron James Donates $41 Million To Send 1,100 Kids To College, Becomes 6th Most Charitable Athlete In The World
By Real News on December 7, 2017
The NBA star is giving back to the community that raised him by partnering with the local university to send 1,100 kids to college!

By: Amanda Froelich/True Activist Basketball star Lebron James didn’t have the easiest childhood. Born in Akron, Ohio, his parents often struggled to make ends meet, which is why they sent him to live with the family of Frank Walker. It is a fortunate thing they did because it was through Walker that James learned of his love and talent for basketball.

Now a professional athlete, James has the ability to help others. And, he’s proven just how loyal he is to the community that raised him by donating a momentous amount of funds to help kids from Akron go to college.

ESPN reports that the star, who often refers to himself “as just a kid from Akron,” partnered with the University of Akron to provide a guaranteed four-year scholarships to the school for students in his “I Promise” program who qualify.

The scholarship will cover tuition and the university’s general service fee – approximately $9,500 per year. All in all, the scholarship should cover the costs for 1,100 kids, which will cost his foundation a total of $41.8 million.

The NBA star announced the good news in June while hosting an event for students at Cedar Point Amusement Park. He said:

“It’s the reason I do what I do. These students have big dreams, and I’m happy to do everything I can to help them get there. They’re going to have to earn it, but I’m excited to see what these kids can accomplish knowing that college is in their futures.”
The criteria to qualify for the scholarship is still being determined, but most likely will entail students needing to graduate high school within Akron’s public school system and achieve standard testing requirements. Applicants will also likely be required to fulfill a community service obligation.

“It means so much because, as a kid growing up in the inner city and a lot of African-American kids, you don’t really think past high school,” said James, who bypassed college to jump to the NBA. “You don’t really know your future. You hear high school all the time, and you graduate high school and then you never think past that because either it’s not possible or your family’s not financially stable to even be able to support a kid going to college.”

Uptown wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

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I don't see this game being very competitive without Paul...Maybe for a half, but no way the Rockets win tonight. I would be stunned!!!

I understand that this is the prevalent style...but when bad, it is excruciating to watch...Houston 7/42 from the 3 with 6 minutes to go in the 4th.

Boring

BRIGGS wrote:

WaltLongmire wrote:Hard to watch the Rockets/Warriors game with the kind of ball they both play. Combined, 50% of the shots in the game are 3's(After 3 periods)

I understand that this is the prevalent style...but when bad, it is excruciating to watch...Houston 7/42 from the 3 with 6 minutes to go in the 4th.

Boring

The nba is terrible right now. Atleast when the nba played the tougher game with lower score-- there was more conept that spread out and chick 30 footers. Why didn't they keep going to Capella?

Sorry - I'd rather watch G State or Houston play than how the game used to be when both teams might score low 80s.

I would agree that maybe they need to tweak things- but no desire to watch bully ball again.

franco12 wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

WaltLongmire wrote:Hard to watch the Rockets/Warriors game with the kind of ball they both play. Combined, 50% of the shots in the game are 3's(After 3 periods)

I understand that this is the prevalent style...but when bad, it is excruciating to watch...Houston 7/42 from the 3 with 6 minutes to go in the 4th.

Boring

The nba is terrible right now. Atleast when the nba played the tougher game with lower score-- there was more conept that spread out and chick 30 footers. Why didn't they keep going to Capella?

Sorry - I'd rather watch G State or Houston play than how the game used to be when both teams might score low 80s.

I would agree that maybe they need to tweak things- but no desire to watch bully ball again.

I'd push back the 3 pt line...maybe even get rid of the corner 3 when you do it.

The game is ugly, and offensive skills for big men are being eroded...sorry, it was not fun to watch.

7/44 from 3 for Houston, and the final % of 3s taken for the game was 50%. This is boring ball, IMO.

Sorry - I'd rather watch G State or Houston play than how the game used to be when both teams might score low 80s.

I would agree that maybe they need to tweak things- but no desire to watch bully ball again.

is watching the rockets brick their way to 86 and 92 points in games 6 and 7 so much better than low 80s?

TripleThreat wrote:

Uptown wrote:So according to your narrative, LeBron is the GM, Coach and Player?! This makes is accomplishments that much greater. Bill Russell was the last player-coach to advance to the finals but Lebron one-upped-him by being the GM as well...He is truly one of a kind...Jordan and Kobe do not have any rings without phil. Lebron won in Cleveland coaching and GMing himself!!!

LeBron James , the individual player, has to work so hard on both ends during the playoffs to compensate for LeGM, The Blithering Idiot. This would be unsustainable if he was not in the gutted Eastern Conference.

Can he drag a team into the Finals in the battered East over and over again? Esp with Nike and the networks and the league pushing every button to get him there for the marketing and ratings? Yes.

But he wouldn't have to drag them if he let a real veteran coach and a real veteran GM do their jobs without the meddling.

He is his own best friend ( transcendent individual player, no one can take that from him) and his own worst enemy ( de facto idiot GM who can't shut up and coach killer)

It comes down to this, if he got out of his own way more, he'd have more rings. Sometimes the real accomplishment you need is to actually know when to get out of your own way.

Jordan was a petty man, lousy husband, habitual gambler, hit his own teammates, but he was a great basketball player.
Lebron was immature and has made mistakes regarding his public persona.
East is gutted is not on him.
Blame the league and Nike? I see what I see on the court, not the conspiracy.
I see other teams players getting hurt, including the Cav's. Kyrie would break, Love would break, and the rest are castoffs.
"Blithering idiot"? How is that? He wanted Riley when Spo was sputtering. Spo rose to the task. What was the end result, did Lebron grow to respect him?
Do you not ever allow for a man to grow up, earn redemption, make mistakes, grow from it?
Jordan was a socio path narcissist that drove his greatness but made him a bad person. You can forgive that but not Lebron TV special?
Don't get me wrong, I HATED THAT with a passion. Hated the Heatles. Hated his arrogance.
Then the series they beat GSW in Cleveland and saw a force in the game I have not seen since Jordan. I hated Jordan but learned to appreciate what he was doing.
I then decided to just enjoy Lebron for what he is.
Lebron don't knock knicks out of playoffs year in and year out, so I have no beef with him as a knick fan.

WaltLongmire wrote:

Nalod wrote:Nalod saw a Rockets team play a game that Phil Jax would have cringed on. This was the type of chucking he was critical of.
Only GSW has the talent to pull it off and it took a few years to really justify what they do.
When rockets are hot its devastating they can blow teams out with what they do.
Why go away from Capella? The defense was not giving it to them. Eventually they got tired and it all falls a part.
They won 60 games with this and perhaps with a healthy Paul they advance.
That Harden can do this all season long is very impressive.
Nalod does see great validity and admiration for teams that "Lose" the conf. finals. They had a hell of a season and came close. Real close.
Surprised they were as good this season playing that type of ball. Paul made them special.
GSW just has too many weapons. Klay Thompson is amazing shooter and he creates the space for the rest of the team.
Hate them for Durant? I get it. He sprains an ankle in Game one of finals Cav's have a shot.
Vegas has GSW as big favorite. They are.
Fact is Lebron put the cav's in a position to win. That's pretty darn impressive. Lebron has been to finals with 4 different coach's on basically three teams.

Yeah...you are right about Jackson cringing...MDA made no adjustments to compensate for the loss of Paul.

Was this stubbornness on his part? Was it a roster issue...the fact MDA had nobody on the bench he could use to even approximate what Paul could do for the team?

Sucks that Paul was lost for the game, though...doesn't seem right for the basketball gods to do this to him.

I think MDA had few options. Can't tell Eric Gordon to be Chris Paul. You get a 3-2 advantage with HOF PG and a gaudy record when he, Harden and Capella on the floor and you can't replace that. Rockets and MDA had a lead and simply ran out of steam to finish the game in the second half. The game they play looks ugly as hell when the shots stop raining.

Marv wrote:

Nalod wrote:

WaltLongmire wrote:

Nalod wrote:Nalod saw a Rockets team play a game that Phil Jax would have cringed on. This was the type of chucking he was critical of.
Only GSW has the talent to pull it off and it took a few years to really justify what they do.
When rockets are hot its devastating they can blow teams out with what they do.
Why go away from Capella? The defense was not giving it to them. Eventually they got tired and it all falls a part.
They won 60 games with this and perhaps with a healthy Paul they advance.
That Harden can do this all season long is very impressive.
Nalod does see great validity and admiration for teams that "Lose" the conf. finals. They had a hell of a season and came close. Real close.
Surprised they were as good this season playing that type of ball. Paul made them special.
GSW just has too many weapons. Klay Thompson is amazing shooter and he creates the space for the rest of the team.
Hate them for Durant? I get it. He sprains an ankle in Game one of finals Cav's have a shot.
Vegas has GSW as big favorite. They are.
Fact is Lebron put the cav's in a position to win. That's pretty darn impressive. Lebron has been to finals with 4 different coach's on basically three teams.

Yeah...you are right about Jackson cringing...MDA made no adjustments to compensate for the loss of Paul.

Was this stubbornness on his part? Was it a roster issue...the fact MDA had nobody on the bench he could use to even approximate what Paul could do for the team?

Sucks that Paul was lost for the game, though...doesn't seem right for the basketball gods to do this to him.

I think MDA had few options. Can't tell Eric Gordon to be Chris Paul. You get a 3-2 advantage with HOF PG and a gaudy record when he, Harden and Capella on the floor and you can't replace that. Rockets and MDA had a lead and simply ran out of steam to finish the game in the second half. The game they play looks ugly as hell when the shots stop raining.

what about continuing to pound the harden-capela 2-man game instead of setting trevor ariza up for 9 3-point shots, all missed.

and let's not put it all on trevor, harden and gordon were 4-25 from 3pt land and a collective 17-25 from 2 point land.