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Media Blitz: LeBron Goes Hollywood - ESPN The Magazine
Media Blitz: LeBron Goes Hollywood - ESPN The Magazine
The Cavs superstar is getting into the TV business. by Sam Alipour LeBron James' star just got bigger by one round, rapping fellow mogul. As reported in the current issue of ESPN The Magazine , the Cavaliers superstar has partnered with O'Shea "Ice Cube" Jackson and ABC for a one-hour drama ...
LeBron James tells The PD's Brian Windhorst he'll consider signing extension with Cavs this summer
LeBron James tells The PD's Brian Windhorst he'll consider signing extension with Cavs this summer
cleveland.com — Tom Mihalek / Associated PressThe Cavs' LeBron James on Saturday told The Plain Dealer's Brian Windhorst that... he is going to consider signing a contract extension with the team this summer, one year before he can become a free agent.... (more) LeBron James tells The PD's Brian Windhorst he'll ...
NBA Player Debate: Michael Jordan vs. Lebron James (Best Dunker?)
NBA Player Debate: Michael Jordan vs. Lebron James (Best Dunker?)
sports2debate.com — Which one is the best dunker, and who will be the King of basketball when Lebron's career... is over?... Debate it! (more) NBA Player Debate: Michael Jordan vs. Lebron James (Best ...
24 Hours of LeBron Programming Schedule
24 Hours of LeBron Programming Schedule
nba.com — December 30th is a special Fan Night presented by Nike. In recognition of LeBron James' 24th birthday,... NBA TV and NBA.com will feature '24 Hours of LeBron' - a full day of around-the-clock LeBron-centric programming featuring games, highlights, ... (more) 24 Hours of LeBron Programming Schedule
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The Big Lead — ... “has partnered with O’Shea “Ice Cube” Jackson and ABC for a one-hour drama based on James’ experiences as a high school hoops phenom. The series, described as “Friday Night Lights-meets-Entourage,” will follow an inner-city 15 year-old prep star who is transplanted to a small town school and forced to come of age while dealing with media pressure, unscrupulous moneymen and the jealousy of his peers.” (ESPN) ...

LeBron James, Ice Cube Team Up For ABC Pilot
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog — ... , More Than A Game, debut in September at the Toronto Film Festival. Lion’s Gate has picked it up for a theatrial release. And, as Sam Alipour writes today, LeBron and Ice Cube are teaming up for an ABC pilot that’s based on James’ life as a high school basketball star. ...

Lebron's Crazy High School Life Gets Ice Cube [LeBron James]
Deadspin — ... From the gang called...wait: "It's a grounded character study of teenage life in small town America, but it's also an exploration of the American Dream and the wish-fulfillment aspect of what his life has become." Oh. [ESPN The Mag] ...

LeBron on the Little Screen
And One — Stop it, stop it, stop it. My heart can't take this : LeBron James' star just got bigger--by one round, rapping fellow mogul. As reported in the current issue of ESPN The Magazine, the Cavaliers superstar has partnered with O'Shea "Ice Cube" Jackson and ABC for a one-hour drama based on James' experiences as a high school hoops phenom. The series, described as "Friday Night Lights-meets-Entourage," will follow an inner-city 15 year-old prep star who is transplanted to a small town school and forced to come of age while dealing with media pressure, unscrupulous moneymen and the ...

The Hoop Doctors Daily Dimes: Where Chris Paul is the most consistent thief in NBA History!
The Hoop Doctors — ... Check it out! Charting out NBA Archetypes Great! We just found out The Hoop Doctors drew Yahoo’s Ball Don’t Lie in the First Round……Is there a consolation prize? Hehe…Check it out, it’s good fun either way! 2008 Busted Coverage Sports Blogger of the Year Tournament Lebron is getting into the TV Business….What took you so long ‘Bron? ESPN Media Blitz: Lebron Goes Hollywood! I guess not ...

The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com — ... Sam Alipour of ESPN.com:  “LeBron James’ star just got bigger—by one round, rapping fellow mogul.As reported in the current issue of ESPN The Magazine, the Cavaliers superstar has partnered with O’Shea ‘Ice Cube’ Jackson and ABC for a one-hour drama based on James’ experiences as a high school hoops phenom. The series, described as ‘Friday Night Lights-meets-Entourage,’ will follow an inner-city 15 year-old prep star who is transplanted to a small town school and forced to come of age while dealing with media pressure, unscrupulous moneymen and the ...

LeBron, Ice Cube to pitch new television show
Ball Don't Lie — Via Mouthpiece Sports and And One, ESPN The Magazine reports that LeBron James and O'Shea 'Ice Cube' Jackson are teaming up to produce an ABC pilot based on The King's life as a high school basketball stud. The series, described as "Friday Night Lights-meets-Entourage," will follow an inner-city 15 year-old prep star who is transplanted to a small town school and forced to come of age while dealing with media pressure, unscrupulous moneymen and the jealousy of his peers. [...] "It's a grounded character study of ...

Details On A Lebron James Sitcom Released
AwfulAnnouncing — ... I mentioned about a year ago that there were plans to develop a sitcom based on the life of Lebron James. Well with the help of one O'Shea Jackson, or Ice Cube as most people know him, that dream will become a reality in 2009. According to ESPN's Sam Alipour, the untitled show will be a cross between "Friday Night Lights" and "Entourage", and will debut in either this Spring or Fall. ...

ABC One-Hour Drama to Star Lebron James
Cleveland Cavaliers News — ... Lebron James mission to become a star is right on track. ESPN The Magazine reported that Lebron James partnered with O’Shea “Ice Cube” Jackson and ABC for a one-hour drama based on James’ experiences as a high school hoops phenom. The series, described as “Friday Night Lights-meets-Entourage,” will follow an inner-city 15 year-old prep star who is transplanted to a small town school and forced to come of age while dealing with media pressure, unscrupulous moneymen and the jealousy of his peers. If the network approves the pilot script, expected in few weeks, production could ...

Why LeBron's TV Show/Movie Will Do Well
FirstCuts — By now everyone is probably aware that LeBron is throwing his hat into the TV business. According to an ESPN the Mag article, he'll partner with Ice Cube on a show about a young phenom baller who moves to a small town and deals with the requisite pressures of stardom, money-chasing parasites, and normal high school drama. It'll be a one-hour drama for ABC, and with pilot script approval perhaps coming soon, the as yet untitled show, which is described as a cross between Friday Night Lights and Entourage, could be on the air in 2009. ...

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