Friday, January 25, 2008

Son of ex-NBA/Alcorn State guard, Phelps now a headline act

The phone rang and the caller politely identified himself to a reporter. "This is Michael Phelps, Jonathan's father."

Man, have times ever changed.

Michael Phelps, the former Vicksburg High and Alcorn State star and NBA guard, is no longer the most-recognized basketball star in his own family. Not that it bothers him even a little bit. "Just watching him play, putting the team on his shoulders and doing whatever it takes kinds of puts me back in those days," Michael said. "But one of the reasons we named him Jonathan was because we wanted him to have his own identity,"

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Schools like Alcorn, Jackson State, Mississippi State, Grambling and Western Kentucky have shown interest in Phelps, who may play for a junior college next season.

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