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I'm looking forward to "Through The Fire," ESPN's documentary about the life of Sebastian Telfair during his senior year of high school. It won Best Documentary Feature at the 2005 Urbanworld Film Festival, the Audience Award for Best Documentary at 2005 AFI Fest, and was a Spotlight Selection at the 2005 Film Festival. More »
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The Portland Trail Blazers released a formal statement today about guard Sebastian Telfair's Saturday night whoops!-I'm-carrying-a-handgun incident when he attempted to board the team plane with it en route from Boston to Toronto. He will face a fine from the NBA, the release said. After an "extensive" investigation it was revealed that Telfair did in fact accidentally grab his girlfriend's handbag which just happened to have a handgun inside it. When Telfair noticed the mistake, he stuffed the handgun inside a "handmade pillow" he had on board, which was subsequently discovered by the plane's staff during initial prepping. According to the press release, Massachusetts authorities bought his excuse and did not charge Telfair with any crimes. His girlfriend does have a license to carry. There is no explanation about the handmade pillow, however. More »
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