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LosFrida
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03 Oct 2009, 10:09 pm

Found this on a news blog I frequent, thought everyone here would enjoy it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOQkfQlw ... PL&index=9


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03 Oct 2009, 11:49 pm

Too bad the kid was not allowed to play as a regular team member. I guess they thought just because he is autistic, he is incapable. I deal with that kind of attitude most of my life whether people know I'm autistic or not.


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03 Oct 2009, 11:50 pm

LULZ that's old skool son! J-Mac! haha. But maybe that didn't get much mention in Canada, but they really overplayed that in the U.S. media. He was even in some nike commercials earlier in the year, and he's got a movie deal lined up for the near future.



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03 Oct 2009, 11:55 pm

Cool! :-)


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04 Oct 2009, 12:00 am

This is the basketball story that made then-president George W. Bush cry in tears because of how amazing it was. It was an epic story when it first appeared in the news.



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04 Oct 2009, 9:41 am

DylanMcKay wrote:
LULZ that's old skool son! J-Mac! haha. But maybe that didn't get much mention in Canada, but they really overplayed that in the U.S. media. He was even in some nike commercials earlier in the year, and he's got a movie deal lined up for the near future.


I believe that he also appeared an an Apple commercial as well.


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