Lebron Smoked Weed In High School

"LeBron James struggled with sudden fame after appearing on Sports Illustrated's cover as a 17-year-old and admits he smoked marijuana during his junior year in high school (ESPN)."

I wonder when he'll admit that he smokes pole?

Finally A Book That Speaks To Me

If you read this site then you would know nothing scares me more the zombies. It didn't used to be this way. Zombies and I were cool till they had to start hustling. I like slow moving zombies that really can only catch you if you are retarded or get cornered. Then they had to go and make them run crazy, and now I know I got no chance.

"This book details exactly what you need to do to avoid the fate of becoming zombie feed and to start your own organized resistance!" (NuCult.com)

Finally...I can sleep at night.

Manny is a Douche

"The Red Sox took vigorous exception to the details of a soon-to-be-published biography of Manny Ramirez, first reported yesterday in the Herald. The book, written by Shawn Boburg and Jean Rhodes, “Becoming Manny: Inside the Life of Baseball’s Most Enigmatic Slugger,” alleges that when Ramirez shoved traveling secretary Jack McCormick to the ground last June in the visitors clubhouse at Houston’s Minute Maid Park following a dispute over tickets, Ramirez was merely settling an old score. “Jack disrespected Manny for many years and on many occasions,” Gene Mato, one of Ramirez’ former agents, told the authors (Boston Herald)."

Manny...SHUT THE FUCK UP! You pushed an old man to the ground and now you are trying to turn it back around on him. The story goes on to say that the Red Sox protected the old man instead of one of their own players. Well Manny it is really hard to protect a guy who's incident report is a mile long. So when you start pushing elderly people to the ground, it usually will piss some people off. Manny ran himself out of town. I hate it because he was my favorite player, but this guy has a fucking screw loose, and just needs to keep his mouth shut.

“I think we did everything in our power to protect Manny,” Francona said. “At the same time, we wanted him to own up to his actions. We tried to do it privately but also make him understand that there were consequences for his actions. I thought we did the best we could. I think we bent over backward for Manny, like we did many times (Boston Herald).”

We all know Francona would jump in front of a bus for his players. It is your own fault Manny that you pushed it too far. This is why you don't have a contract even though you are one of the best players in the league. This is why the players on your own team voted you out. No one wants to deal with your fucking bullshit.

Beyond Belief

Now that I ride the train everyday, I have needed something to pass the time, so I have been reading (I know shocking). The first book I read was "The Assist", which was a great book, and I suggest everyone reads it. The next book I read was the Josh Hamilton book called "Beyond Belief". It is the true story of Josh Hamilton, and his rise through baseball. The book has a general feel of the movie "The Natural". As a kid Hamilton was known as the kid who was going to be an MLB player, everything seemed to be going along as planned, until he got a $4 million signing bonus from the Rays (who drafted him #1 overall). While in the minors, boredom and lack of supervision over came him, and he ended up doing coke. The story goes on and he becomes a huge mess for a long time. Then it goes on to how he got to where he is today, which is one of the best players in the MLB.

The book overall is very good. The writing is a little shaky since it is written by Josh Hamilton (who didn't go to college), but you can tell what he is saying means a lot of him. The guy has been through so much, that you have to respect him for it. He does get a little Jesus crazy, but it is understandable. I was very pleased with the book, even though it can be a little repetitive, and I think it gives you serious insight into how hard it is to beat drugs. The great thing is that we can relate this book to other people, like Jeff Allison, who is going through a lot of the same troubles.

-BMack

The Assist

Dueling Couches is not known for it's reading of books (or even proof reading our posts), but I have to say that I really enjoyed the book "The Assist". If you are from Boston, like basketball, or enjoy history, you'll love this book. Ccook gave me a copy a couple months back, and I finally got around to reading it. The story centers around a coach from Charlestown named Jack O'Brien. He is a real tough coach, but the story (which is true) goes on to show us the devotion O'Brien had for these young city kids. Knowing how hard it is to escape from city life, O'Brien revolves his entire life to push these kids to be the best on and off the court. The book also goes into the desegregation of Boston schools, and the positive and negatives changes it brought to Charlestown. The story continues to show us that sometimes sports can bring about change in a community, and shine hope where hope seems to be out out of these kids reach. Honestly, it's a great book, and if you liked "Hoop Dreams", this blows it out of the water.

-BMack