Before They Were Stars
Happy 18th Birthday Gabby Douglas: Check out the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Before the Fame!
Happy 18th Birthday to Gabby Douglas! Take a look at some of Team USA’s shining stars before they were stars... By Nina Hämmerling Smith
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LeBron James as a Sophomore at St. Vincent—St. Mary in Akron, Ohio, in 2001 and LeBron James in 2012
LeBron James is one of Ohio’s favorite native sons—well, at least he was until that shall-not-be-discussed trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Miami Heat in 2010. Like his Olympic teammate Kobe Bryant, James went straight from high school into the NBA. And like Bryant, James was a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic team that won gold. And although he too is one of the biggest sports stars in the world, James still occasionally gets rejected—Olympic swimmer Lauren Perdue turned down a dinner invitation from @KingJames.
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