Growing up

Here's a youngster down Fresno way who is getting 'it' and blossoming:

Central's 'Rocky,' his coach reflect on ride
Andy Boogaard
The Fresno Bee
February 15, 2010

A basketball is also referred to as a "rock," and because Rakim Brown often was seen with one at a young age, he earned the nickname "Rocky."

Now it brings multiple meanings, for there is no other way to describe the Central High star's three-year relationship with coach Loren LeBeau.

"Quite honestly," Brown says, "after some games when he'd yell at me, get in my face and sit me, I'd go home and say, 'Mom, I don't want to play anymore; it's not fun...'"

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