At just 18 years old, LeBron James was offered an incredible $10 million from Reebok while still in high school at St. Vincent-St. Mary. Consequently, LeBron was taken aback by the offer, having grown up in the projects of Akron with a rent of only $17 a month. Nevertheless, despite the tempting offer, LeBron decided to hold out, exhibiting his business savvy. Subsequently, this decision later led to an even better deal with Nike, which included a seven-year contract worth $93 million and a lifetime contract worth an estimated $1 billion. Read More...
RaceLettersRotherham and our race relationsThere is absolutely no comparison between the hugely offensive term "Paki" and the Hindi word "goreh" (How racist is Britain, G2, January 23). The former is purely abusive and is only used to be derogatory and insulting.
The word "Paki" is used to instil fear in, and degradation upon, Asians, regardless of whether or not it is an abbreviation of Pakistani. No one who has ever hurled the phrase my way has first checked to see whether my ancestry is indeed Pakistani, or whether I just happen to have brown skin. Read More...
