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To: Mark Mandel who wrote (1669)	7/10/2010 4:44:40 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2232

LOL...they are tearing down LeBron's mural in Cleveland. He has reached Saddam Status there. sports.yahoo.com

To: Mark Mandel who wrote (1669)	7/11/2010 6:47:57 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 2232

Here's one for the Maury Povich show. Mysterious Man Claims to be Lebron's Father blackamericaweb.com Just as he’s getting ready to announce where he’ll play the coming years, basketball superstar, LeBron James, and his mother, Gloria James, are being sued for a whole-lot-of money by some guy who claims to be the b-ball super star’s biological father. According to TMZ, the man says he attempted to prove that he is LeBron’s biological father, but LeBron and his mother tampered with the evidence to cover it all up … bizarre. Leicester Bryce Stovell, who is 55-years-old, claims in the lawsuit that he met Gloria in a D.C. bar in 1984 and had unprotected sex the night they met. He later found out she was only 15 at the time and he was 29. Wowzers! Get this, he isn’t some crazy old man trying to make a buck, at least he doesn’t appear that way. He’s a Princeton graduate who earned a law degree from the University of Chicago! He became the senior legal advisor for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The details of the lawsuit are tremendous. He says his memory recalls him apologizing for a mediocre performance to Gloria that evening! He also claims that Gloria took her pregnant self back to Ohio but showed back up several months later to inform him she was carrying a boy she named LeBron, but never specified whom the father was. Stovell says he recalls telling the 15 year-old that if it is his to make sure he plays basketball. That was the last the two were in contact. In 2007, the educated man contacted Gloria, telling her how he thinks LeBron may be his son, as he was intrigued with how similar he and the basketball player look. After threatening Leicester to stay away from LeBron’s money, a few days later, he claims LeBron agreed to take a DNA test

To: Mark Mandel who wrote (1669)	7/12/2010 10:25:40 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 2232

Jesse Jackson faults Cavs owner’s LeBron comments (AP)—Jesse Jackson criticized Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert on Sunday, saying Gilbert sees LeBron James(notes) as a “runaway slave” and that the owner’s comments after the free-agent forward decided to join the Miami Heat put the player in danger. Shortly after James announced his decision last week, Gilbert fired off an incendiary letter to Cleveland’s fans, ripping the 25-year-old and promising to deliver a title before James wins one. He called James’ decision “cowardly” and later told The Associated Press he believes James quit during a handful of Cavaliers playoff games. “He has gotten a free pass,” Gilbert told the AP in a phone interview late Thursday night. “People have covered up for (James) for way too long. Tonight we saw who he really is.” Jackson said Gilbert’s comments were “mean, arrogant and presumptuous.” “He speaks as an owner of LeBron and not the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers,” the reverend said in a release from his Chicago-based civil rights group, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. “His feelings of betrayal personify a slave master mentality. He sees LeBron as a runaway slave. This is an owner employee relationship—between business partners—and LeBron honored his contract.” Messages were left Sunday night seeking comment from Gilbert, the Cavaliers and James. Jackson also called Gilbert’s comments an attack on all NBA players and said the owner should face a “challenge” from the league and the players’ association. NBA spokesman Tim Frank declined comment.