Ethically, is it right for a professional athlete to have sexual relations with a teammate's mother? We ask because it is debate that is ripping up the NBA at the moment. No one really understood why the Cleveland Cavaliers tanked so completely last week against the Boston Celtics. Well all this week, the word from the Cleveland gossip mill is that the Gloria James, mother of the god of Cleveland LeBron James, has been having an affair with Bron-Bron’s teammate Delonte West.
Doubtful? Listen to former NBA great Calvin Murphy waxing poetic on the subject on Houston radio.
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]Can you imagine a similar scandal engulfing, say, the Offaly hurling team? Strangely, so can we. Pushing the boat further was US sports journalist Jason Whitlock, who tweeted his own frank opinion this afternoon:
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