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Article: Powe is a proven rebounder Rookie overcomes childhood adversity on his way to NBA
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 29, 2006
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CopyrightCopyright 2006 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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OAKLAND, Calif. - Just before the Celtics' team bus arrives at The
Arena in Oakland for tonight's game against the Golden State
Warriors, Leon Powe will look across the street at the Coliseum flea
market and catch a glimpse of his past. Powe spent a considerable
amount of his childhood at the flea market, helping his mother,
Connie Landry, sell trinkets, toys, and used clothing from the back
of a van. That was how the single mother supported six children after
a fire burned down the family home and before Alameda County Child
Protective Services placed Powe and his siblings in foster care.
At the time the agency knocked on the door, the family lived in a
crowded, one-bedroom apartment in ...
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Article: Powe, C's say goodbyes.(Sports)
The Boston Herald;
July 2, 2009 ;
700+ words
... ... anyone with a heart naturally pulls for Leon Powe. Doc Rivers was so shaken in April by news that Powe would need a third knee surgery, the Celtics ... agent market, have decided to part ways with Powe. That, at least, was the impression given ...
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