Okay this was sent to my mother and I by
my aunt. We have then forwarded it to our
address books... And my mom was hoping I
could paste it on my forums. I'm even
probably going to ehealth with this. I am
in the middle of typing up a humungous
email to both the writer, the editor, and
the cheif of staff of the newspaper.
Ok so I got the name of the man who wrote
the article and the name of the editor of
the paper. His name (sports writer) is
brent schrotenboer his email is
brent.Schrotenboer@uniontrib.Com
and his number is (619)293-1368. The
editor of the paper is karin winner at
(619)293-1201. This man does not deserve
the attention he is getting. Please pass
this along to whomever you think may also
call.
Please please please read this article.
This story is of a local college football
player. Who was raised solely by his mom
till he was 2 then she remarried and she
still works hard strggles and what not
even with the help of her new husband.
The man in this article is his biological
father. That is all. He has never payed
child support, spent any time with his
son, or even acknowledged him. This whole
article is a medical question pity party.
Boo hoo he turned his back on his son
"because back when he was 20 he wasnt
ready to be a dad" and said that all this
sons talent "he got from him although not
able to teach him its pure raw natural
talent"
thats caca! I am pissed that paul even
claims zachary saying he sees him
regularly he hasnt seen him in months and
has told me he never plans on seeing him
agian.
This is a slap in the face to alllll
hardworking mothers out there!
So please whether you're a single mom, or
a married mom, whether you believe this is
wrong, or even just a pissed off football
fan! Please email or call and complain!
Please
heres the site:
http://www.Signonsandi
ego.Com/sports/college_football/20051209-9
999-1s9bushdad.Html
distant relative
reggie bush sr. Watches from shadows
while son he barely knows runs to daylight
at usc
by brent schrotenboer
union-tribune staff writer
december 9, 2005
k.C. Alfred / union-tribune
reggie bush sr. Wears a t-shirt with "a
proud father" and a picture of himself and
biological son reggie bush.
Inglewood – about seven miles from the
los angeles coliseum, where usc running
back reggie bush was dazzling 92,000 fans
last weekend against ucla, an unemployed
man watched the game on tv with some
friends.
The man is 40 and collects an $800 monthly
disability check from the government.
Unable to work since hurting his back in a
1990 car accident, he lives with roommates
in a neighborhood where steel bars protect
storefront windows from theft and
vandalism.
His name is reggie bush sr., a
fleet-footed running back at hawthorne
high in 1982-83. He is the biological
father of tomorrow's probable heisman
trophy winner in new york.
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"i want the world to see where his talent
came from," bush sr. Said. "it was just
raw, natural talent. It wasn't taught to
him."
the elder bush said he is a "proud father"
and wears a t-shirt that says so. When he
takes his sunglasses off, his resemblance
to his son is striking: same smile, facial
features and build.
Despite all the attention his son has
received in the past year, the spotlight
has escaped reggie bush sr. When a
reporter showed up to interview him at a
friend's office near hollywood park, it
was a special event. He invited family
and his estranged wife, shelia, with whom
he has two daughters, ages 10 and 13. He
also brought mementos of his son,
including pictures and a glass-engraved
likeness, and had a friend videotape the
interview.
But his role in his now-famous son's life
has been limited for various reasons. He
didn't raise his son or provide for him,
in part, he said, because of his health
and financial situation. His son's
upbringing became the responsibility of
reggie's mother, denise, and the man she
later married, lamar griffin.
"he made mistakes early in life, and those
are things you have to live with," said
fred boehm, bush sr.'s coach at hawthorne.
"but he's got to be proud of his son and
grateful for the fact that he was brought
up by good people. Those are all
positives, but at the same time, we could
all imagine that if we had a son out there
someplace that ended up being reggie bush,
who didn't spent a lot of time with us,
we'd be a little troubled in a way."
bush sr. Said he and denise split up in
1984 because they weren't getting along.
Then a few months into her pregnancy,
denise moved from los angeles back to her
mother's home in the skyline area of san
diego.
Bush sr. Was 20 – the same age bush is
now – when bush was born in san diego on
march 2, 1985.
Handicapping the finalists
projected percentage of votes for the
three heisman finalists, according to
stiffarmtrophy.Com:
reggie bush
usc running back
52.5%
vince young
texas quarterback
30.2%
matt leinart
usc quarterback
11.5%
"i wasn't ready for a child," bush sr.
Said.
Denise raised reggie alone until she met
griffin when reggie was about 2. Court
records show denise went to court in 1989
to get bush sr. To pay child support.
Bush sr. And his father-in-law, peter
turner, said bush sr. Tried to stay
involved in his son's life as much as he
could, given his health, plus the distance
and delicate feelings between bush's
family in san diego and bush sr. In los
angeles.
"big reggie could have been a better
father, but he did the best he could do,"
turner said.
Denise declined to discuss bush sr., as
did griffin, who did say, "he made a
choice and turned away."
reggie bush refers to griffin as his dad.
Asked about his biological father, the
running back said he talks to him
periodically.
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regarding his younger years, bush said,
"my mom is a hard worker. I think that's
where I get my work ethic, because when we
were young, it was just me and her. She
was working her butt off to put food on
the table for me. Even still today, she
works 12-hour shifts (as a deputy sheriff
in san diego county)."
bush sr. Was born in indianola, miss.,
but grew up on the chicago's south side,
where he said he and his mother moved when
he was 3 months old. He said his mother
moved the family to california in 1979,
and he started high school at crenshaw
before transferring to hawthorne.
"he was a quick kid," boehm said. "i sort
of had a nickname for him, 'the dancing
man,' because he was always looking for
the breakaway, sometimes losing 5 yards
when he tried to make 2."
bush sr. Himself was the product of a
broken home: he said he didn't meet his
father until this year. Bush sr., who
said he worked in construction before his
accident, also said he has followed his
son's football career since little reggie
was about 10. To prove it, he shows a
video. He and friends are working on a
"documentary" video that features pop
warner and helix high school highlights of
his son. He also said he is planning a
book.
"i want to let the world know i've been
here, and i've been a father," bush sr.
Said.
He plans to watch the heisman ceremony on
tv tomorrow with friends.
And the article. Please. I dont care if
they acknowledge hes a distant reltaive..
Stand up !
