NBA superstar LeBron James is in Greece, enjoying time with his wife, Savannah. He said the Greek trip was Savvanah’s “push gift” ahead of the birth of their baby girl, their third child after the two sons.
First he took his wife to the isle of Mykonos. “Mykonos Greece is spectacular! Push gift to my wife @mrs_savannahrj! Zhuri hurry up and get here so your daddy and 2 brothers can annoy you! Lol.” he posted on Instagram.
Here he is on the island, courtesy of footage from Mykonos Live TV –
While on the island he revealed the name of his child – “Zhuri hurry up and get here so your daddy and 2 brothers can annoy you! Lol.” (Zuri is Swahili for “beautiful”)
The ice-bucket challenge
Next, LeBron James went to Santorini and got dunked in the ALS ice-bucket challenge. Kevin Durant challenged the basketball great, who in turn challenged President Barack Obama and his sons LeBron Jr. and Bryce. This is the second challenge that Obama has received after he was challenged last week by Robert F. Kennedy’s widow, Ethel Kennedy. He graciously declined but made a White House announcement taht an ALS charity donation would be made.
View a video of LeBron accepting the challenge –
The ALS ice-bucket challenge has already drenched a large amount of celebrity participants – SEE ANOTHER SAMPLE HERE – who have a bucket of ice water drenched over their heads and challenge others to do so within 24 hours. So far $4 million in donations has been granted to the ALS Association between July 29 to August 12 compared with the $1.2 million gathered at the same time last year. ALS contributions are used towards finding a cure for amyoptrophic lateral sclerosis disease, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
“We have never seen anything like this in the history of the disease… We couldn’t be more thrilled with the level of compassion, generosity and sense of humor that people are exhibiting as they take part in this impactful viral initiative,” said ALS Association CEO Barbara Newhouse.
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