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Melo Never Stitches

Dec 15, 2006 – 12:05 PM
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I'm a day late on this, but it's so rad it needs a proper airing out here. Holding it down for Henry over at True Hoop, Kelly Dwyer pointed out a rather astounding AP gaff:
Denver Nuggets star and Baltimore native Carmelo Anthony, criticized for his appearance in a street video that warned viewers to "stop stitching," is giving $1.5 million to a youth center in his hometown.

The Carmelo Anthony Youth Development Center, which offers after-school education and recreation programs to about 200 school-age children, will operate under a $1.5 million, five-year grant from Anthony.
Personally, I think it's uncalled for frame this story as "man corrupts youth, then makes up for it." Melo's people told the press that this donation was in the works long before the "stop snitching" fiasco, and it's not like he'd otherwise have no sympathy for kids who grew up on the same blighted streets he did. But the least they could do is not reduce their angle to a joke.

Speaking of jokes, peep the True Hoop comments section for some good ones.
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