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Athlete Impersonations Reach a New Low: New York Man Claims to be Kenny Anderson [Whimsy]
Athlete Impersonations Reach a New Low: New York Man Claims to be Kenny Anderson [Whimsy]
Michael Anderson has an awful lot of confidence in the basketball knowledge of Long Beach, New York residents to claim that he's Kenny Anderson and expect it to get him somewhere . I can't wait until ten years from now when Floyd Mayweather, Jr. gets arrested for impersonating Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and it actually turns out to be him. A man who on three occasions posed as a New York City ...
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