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Look Out USC, Lil' Romeo Is Coming To Campus
Look Out USC, Lil' Romeo Is Coming To Campus
Hey USC Trojan fans, do you think you'll have had enough of the circus atmosphere by the time OJ Mayo leaves campus next April? There will be no rest for the weary, because guess who will be next? That's right, Lil' Romeo . Lil' Romeo, aka Romeo, aka Percy Miller Jr. is among other things an actor and rapper. But the rising Senior is also a point guard at Beverly HIlls High School who ...
6 Comments
  • KidUterus KidUterus
    +1
    C'mon, this happened in April. 3 month old news makes the front page of BallHype now?
    Posted 8/6/2007 respond (flag)
    • lioninoil lioninoil
      +1

      As an FYI, the article and quotes were published in yesterday's LA Daily News. 

      Posted 8/6/2007 respond (flag)
  • KidUterus KidUterus
    +1
    But...it is still a 3 month old commitment...all the people linking it seem to think this is new...including deadspin, which linked to this exact news on April 15th.
    Posted 8/6/2007 respond (flag)
    • Jason Jason
      +1
      Sure, some people may have missed or forgotten the original announcement.  But getting dissed in the press by his teammates is new (and the focus of most of the links).
      Posted 8/6/2007 respond (flag)
  • meech.one meech.one
    +2

    Personally, I'm open to any basketball story that doesn't involve the Celtics.

    I just wish someone would do a follow-up to see if "Romey" still owns the Bugs Bunny Benz from his 2003 episode of CRIBS

    DYK -- The best friend of 76ers crappy guard Louis Williams is none other than Romeo rival, Lil' Bow Wow?

    Posted 8/7/2007 respond (flag)
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Monday links
100% Injury Rate — ... Lil' Romeo is going to be going to USC. And he sucks at basketball. [Lion in Oil] ...

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The Big Lead — ... USC-bound Lil’ Romeo, dissed by teammates. (Lion in Oil) ...

The August 6 Hot Link Orgy
Guyism » humor — ... ] --Lil Romeo is invading your editor's alma mater, USC. He's not good at basketball, but on the basketball team. Damn you Master P and the power you wield...Make 'Em Say Ungggggh was like 12 years ago. [Lion in Oil] --Cindy Crawford had an owwy. [ ...

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SPORTSbyBROOKS — ... . • LION IN OIL kicks out the jams, as a young rapper is bringin' his mad b-ball skillz to da SC, G . —

You Create The Caption #55
AwfulAnnouncing — ... Lil' Romeo Already Getting Clowned at USC (Lion In Oil) ...

Is This What Tim Floyd Signed Up For?: Lil Romeo, Undersized, Shoot-First Point Guard
Deadspin — ... It won't be quite as enjoyable for USC fans, but it's still worthy of a few extra glances in the Trojans' direction: Lil Romeo is now officially playing for USC this year. Well, "playing" maybe isn't the right word: Even his old teammates don't think he'll be very good. ...

BLOGGAS BE TYPIN
You Been Blinded - Now in Dazzling HD — ... Lil Romeo’s current teammate says Romeo is weak sauce. Courtesy of Lion In Oil ...

_____________________________ World outside the Pe...
the Pig Pen — ... Does USC want Lil' Romeo, or is it just Romeo [LionInOil] ...

Hoop Links
Big Smoke Sports — Back from the cottage, hung over as fuck. I didn't get a chance to do any fishing, just an extremely strong amount of beer consumption. I'm feeling it very, very hard right now, which is rare for me. As such, don't expect much intelligent material out of me tonight. Instead, I'll just paste together a bunch of links, and go back to lying down with a wet towel on my forehead. - The only man bigger and better than OJ Mayo at USC? 'Lil Romeo - Keeping in line with All-Star players bitching about their teams after signing long contracts: ...

Michael Irvin To Join Dan Partrick In Radio Free Oblivion
SPORTSbyBROOKS — ... . More from our daily rounds: • Intrepid SbB reader Mike follows up on our link to LION IN OIL's piece about future USC basketball ...

Spanning the Blog: Tim Floyd Likes Them Young
Just Call Me Juice — ... Tim Floyd continues to recruit them young, as Lil' Romeo looks like he's heading to USC (Lion in Oil) ...

Happenings and Mishappenings: Meh
Nyjer Please — ... People are already badmouthing Lil' Romeo about basketball. - Lion In Oil ...

FanHouse Top Five: The NBA, Mapped!
FanHouse — ... is not good at basketball. (Nor, I suppose, at rap.) But that won't stop him from playing for Tim Floyd's increasingly unwieldy USC basketball program. ...

'Lil Romeo has a 'Lil Promiscuous Posse
Hugging Harold Reynolds — ... Bad enough the 'lil dude don't like to pass, now he's gotta deal with his 'lil posse running rampant in the pants of his 'lil Hollywood gal pals. ...

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