Sonny Delight

Sonny whipped Carlo's ass. I've seen hundreds of movies over the years. Like everybody else, I have a list of personal favorites--the Godfather being one of them. One of the all-time classic scenes from the Godfather trilogy was when Santino "Sonny" Corleone rolled up on Carlo (his sister's husband) hanging out with his boys and kicked his ass up and down a street for beating on his sister (Carlo's wife). Infused in our DNA as men is a gene that triggers violent behavior for assaulting a sister or mother. Like Homey D. Clown, we don't play that!

Lebraun was fresh off of a month long suspension for failing to pull himself together academically. At the time of his suspension, Lebraun was failing the easiest class offered at the college and a Basic Reading course. He's 21 years old...

With his basketball career hanging in the balance, Lebraun managed to pull his grades up within a month from D, C, F, F to B, B, B+, C. I honestly didn't expect that sort of turnaround after he was suspended. Most Bubblees give up when faced with adversity. Lebraun, on the other hand, debunked this stereotype and earned his spot back on the team. I was happy to reward his renaissance.

One of the unfortunate aspects of being in "the Bubble" is the Hollywood-type drama that seems to always find them. Knowing this, it wasn't surprising that Lebraun had a serious dilemma to deal with upon returning to the team. He called me before his 10 a.m. course for some advice on how to proceed with the drama that was suddenly unfolding around him.

Lebraun: I need some advice, Coach.
Me: (thinking, what else is new): what's going on?
Lebraun: iight so this basketball thing is real important to me so I don't wanna do nothin dumb
Me: what would make you do something dumb?
Lebraun: so my sister been seein this dude and he chased her down the street last night, and said he'd kill her.
Me: Ohh
Lebraun: Yeh. so he been messin with her for awhile and I'm not havin it no more.
Me: So this isn't the first time he's gotten out of line?
Lebraun: Nah. She actually put a restraining order on him but she keep on goin back to him.
Me: What are you thinkin of doing now?
Lebraun: I'm ready to fuck this nigga up but I know he sells drugs and stuff which means he has guns. If he has somethin on him that means I gotta be ready too.