Friday, November 8, 2002
Updated: July 22, 6:03 PM ET
Time Warner to put James' prep games on pay-per-view
Associated Press
AKRON, Ohio -- Coming soon to cable: LeBron James.
The 6-foot-7 senior at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School is
considered the nation's top prep basketball player. If he decides
to skip college, he most likely will be a top pick in this spring's
NBA draft.
This season, his team's routinely sold-out games will be offered
on pay-per-view in 14 counties in northeast Ohio. Most of his home
games will be played at the 6,000-seat University of Akron arena.
The games will be available to about 600,000 homes for about $4
to $7 a game, Bill Jasso, vice president of public affairs for the
northeast Ohio division of Time Warner, said Friday.
The venture will be a partnership between Time Warner and the
school. Jasso declined to release financial details.
James, Ohio's Mr. Basketball the past two years, has been on the
cover of Sports Illustrated, which described him as "The Chosen
One.''
