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Posted on 04/21/2011 9:57:42 AM PDT by chickadee
Kemba Walker has read a book. You read that right: Walker, the University of Connecticut (UConn) star guard and NCAA Men's Basketball National Champion, Walker has just admitted to finishing his first book "cover-to-cover," in an interview for Sports Illustrated. While for many that is in fact an achievement, for a junior in college who will be graduating this May, who undoubtedly should have read quite a few texts over the years, it is an embarrassment. The incident once again illustrates the fantasy that is the life of a superstar Division I student-athlete.
(Excerpt) Read more at miscellanynews.com ...
Sounds like your daughter didn’t have a jump shot, just a lot of brains. LOL
I always laugh when someone brags about "graduating" in 3 years and it turns out they took dual credit classes in high school but don't count that in for the time put toward their college degree.
WOW! are you right. My son is a Dr. and bright. We looked for scholarships and there were almost none academic ones for a white male.
Here is an excerpt from the book Kemba read.
I can bounce a basketball,
I can bounce it off a wall,
I can bounce it down the hall,
I can dunk it cause I’m tall,
I love my big round basketball.
I tinks afletes only has to have SOME, not mores.
AAAaaaaaacccccchhhhhh! My head explodes.
Well, now he knows that Spot can run, too. Jim Calhoun is a big Democrat. They don’t call it U-CON for nothing.
I daresay that most of the coaches at the top 25 BB schools are Dems / Libs . Why pick on UConn ? You a Butler grad by any chance ? ; )
You have a gift!!
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