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DeShawn Stevenson's Father

Heavens knows I've posted plenty about DeShawn Stevenson in this space, usually about his hand gestures and his nicknames and his back tattoo (which now includes a huge numeral "2" in addition to his name, although it's not completely done yet) and other such trifles. But I have to say I didn't really know anything about his father, nor did I know that his first name is evidently Darryl.

Apologies if this is common knowledge, but apparently his father was a promising basketball prospect at the same high school DeShawn eventually attended, but he struggled with violence, was eventually diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, wound up murdering his own mother and then died in prison.

Seriously, this is not for laughs, but it's kind of a wild story if you've got a minute.

By Dan Steinberg |  December 20, 2007; 1:37 PM ET  | Category:  Wizards
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Only thing left is to get the Wizards logo tatted onto his chest and make the jersey complete..


Posted by: prophet | December 20, 2007 2:21 PM

WTF!!

What made you want to share that info today and right before the holidays?

Posted by: ab | December 20, 2007 2:39 PM

It seems as though alot of these NBA & NFL players have disfunctional passes. Such as Gilbert Arenas and Vince Young.

Posted by: Anonymous | December 20, 2007 3:06 PM

I'm with you ab. What a sad and tragic story to read about right before the holidays. Now I'm depressed.

Posted by: ooba | December 20, 2007 3:28 PM

It seems as though alot of these NBA & NFL players have disfunctional passes. Such as Gilbert Arenas and Vince Young.

Posted by: | December 20, 2007 03:06 PM
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And yet, they seem to be a pretty stand-up group of guys. Eccentric? Sure. Insane? Quite possiblt. But good people regardless of their pasts.

Posted by: Atlanta | December 20, 2007 5:01 PM

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