England has hoop dreams too
Published 4/26/2008 at L.A. Times - Basketball
Ian McCabe, 23, loves the Lakers despite being born and raised in the heart of soccer country.
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LONDON -- He has never been to the United States. He knows no other Lakers fans. He gushes about the Lakers to fellow Brits, whose blank expressions indicate he might as well be speaking Urdu.
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