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Cool story about Odell visiting a young boy with cancer...

Keith : 7/23/2017 2:37 pm
Beckham, 24, who spent this offseason training in Los Angeles, saw a plea last Tuesday from teammate Weston Richburg's father, Danny, on Twitter to "reach out (to) this young man" who calls Beckham his "hero."

"How could I make it happen?" Beckham tweeted back.


Beckham was at the hospital a few days later. Stories like this aren't as popular as the ones that cause controversy, but Odell is a good human being. He often shows that he cares about people.
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Great story.  
Dave in Hoboken : 7/23/2017 2:41 pm : link
Wish more folks were like this.
Um shouldn't he be working out?! Jesus this guy is unreal  
Vin R : 7/23/2017 3:09 pm : link








Kidding, great story :)
But but but...  
Larry in Pencilvania : 7/23/2017 3:19 pm : link
He's a diva and the GIANTS should trade him. Very nice thing for obj to do
Great  
AcidTest : 7/23/2017 3:19 pm : link
story. Thanks.
Whatever  
B in ALB : 7/23/2017 3:33 pm : link
Ephraim and Randall could do that too. Trade him.
Nice  
ctc in ftmyers : 7/23/2017 3:38 pm : link
Thanks
Fuck cancer.  
PetesHereNow : 7/23/2017 4:42 pm : link
Good job, Odell! The Giants are usually very good with causes like this. Hopefully, this young boy can get a miracle remission and be Odell's guest at the.Super Bowl.
Trade  
EddieNYG : 7/23/2017 4:56 pm : link
him!

J/K
Honestly,  
McNally's_Nuts : 7/23/2017 5:07 pm : link
He's such a malcontent.

We need more players who take their vitamins and say their prayers to be quiet honest.
It's a shame the article has to start  
TommytheElephant : 7/23/2017 5:40 pm : link
"Who spent the offseason in Los Angeles training"

Whether intentional on sarcasm or contradictory- I don't feel this article is the place of it...

Anyway - proud Odell Beckham Jr is a Giant and hope Jayro
Beats the shit out of cancer

RE: But but but...  
John from Atlanta : 7/23/2017 7:03 pm : link
In comment 13536712 Larry in Pencilvania said:
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He's a diva and the GIANTS should trade him. Very nice thing for obj to do
You got to be kidding. A diva cant visit a kid with cancer?

ODB has so far defined a diva. Visiting a kid with cancer is a nice thing but irrelevant from him being diva.
RE: RE: But but but...  
Sonic Youth : 7/23/2017 7:06 pm : link
In comment 13536942 John from Atlanta said:
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In comment 13536712 Larry in Pencilvania said:


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He's a diva and the GIANTS should trade him. Very nice thing for obj to do

You got to be kidding. A diva cant visit a kid with cancer?

ODB has so far defined a diva. Visiting a kid with cancer is a nice thing but irrelevant from him being diva.
Sarcasm bro...
Whoops, or not  
Sonic Youth : 7/23/2017 7:06 pm : link
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It's a sign of the times  
LCtheINTMachine : 7/23/2017 8:03 pm : link
That there are much fewer comments on this story than the trade Beckham post.

It's amazing how the kids just love Beckham, I have never seen it with any other athlete. I went to the mall for one of those Steiner sports autograph sessions and it was packed with kids. Beckham has his issues but he's probably the greatest role model in sports for kids.
There was a 0% chance this thread would not contain  
Overseer : 7/23/2017 8:14 pm : link
some version of the unbearably unoriginal trade Beckham joke. Sorry, "joke".

Make-A-Wish is awesome and here's hoping the little guy pulls through. Beckham is indeed wildly popular with youngins, even non-Giants fans.
Great story  
Les in TO : 7/23/2017 8:22 pm : link
Beckham seems to really enjoy interacting with kids. He's done quite a bit of work with camps and genuinely likes to make them happy
Absolutely 0% chance overseer posts something  
B in ALB : 7/23/2017 8:59 pm : link
That doesn't feed his overinflated ill-informed ego.
I indeed confess that it is challenging to stifle my desire  
Overseer : 7/23/2017 9:46 pm : link
to lament the enduring presence of Mencia levels of unoriginality on this website. But hey, continue to beat that now rotting dead horse if it suits you.

That is however the extent to which I’ll return fire since I kinda like you (mostly your work on Christie).

Trade him  
OdellBeckhamJr : 7/23/2017 9:57 pm : link
-grizz
I've criticized Beckham when he has done dumb things so  
Giant John : 7/24/2017 4:03 am : link
I will give him props when he gets it right. This kind of act makes the world a better place. Very good of you Odell. Thank you.
nice of him to do that.  
Victor in CT : 7/24/2017 8:23 am : link
he made that poor kid's year
...  
annexOPR : 7/24/2017 9:58 am : link
guess we should sell high before this locker room cancer rips this franchise apart?
RE: I indeed confess that it is challenging to stifle my desire  
Gatorade Dunk : 7/24/2017 10:20 am : link
In comment 13537053 Overseer said:
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to lament the enduring presence of Mencia levels of unoriginality on this website. But hey, continue to beat that now rotting dead horse if it suits you.

That is however the extent to which I’ll return fire since I kinda like you (mostly your work on Christie).

Forgive my ignorance, but what are "Mencia levels"?
See, the media loves OBJ  
Jimmy Googs : 7/24/2017 10:39 am : link
too
RE: See, the media loves OBJ  
Keith : 7/24/2017 10:58 am : link
In comment 13537327 Jimmy Googs said:
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too


Is this sarcasm? The story of him missing optional practice in May was everywhere. Every single outlet, site, paper was talking about it and going nuts. Fans were up in arms(cancer, trade him, etc...).

This is a story I just happened to come accross as I was scrolling through daily news online. Nobody is really talking about it and there are 20 posts in a day. The media loves to create controversy and the fans eat it up.
Yes, sarcasm  
Jimmy Googs : 7/24/2017 11:03 am : link
relax man...
.  
arcarsenal : 7/24/2017 11:05 am : link
Googs is kinda like a budget version of me.
RE: Yes, sarcasm  
Keith : 7/24/2017 11:14 am : link
In comment 13537384 Jimmy Googs said:
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relax man...


Was my post too aggressive for you nancy. Nobody tells me to relax...nobody. Especially some cheap version of the already cheap version that is arc.
Just lost my father to cancer  
SethFromAstoria : 7/24/2017 11:18 am : link
and have not for one day thought this kid was anything resembling the asshole the pathetic media made him out to be. They always demand their apologies in their holier than thou tone but when they write articles like this

http://nypost.com/2017/05/26/ben-mcadoo-already-tired-of-odell-beckham-jr-s-me-first-act/

they don't make a f'ing peep to give the kid credit. Instead the article in the Post is written by Jaclyn Hendricks who isn't even a standard sports reporter. At least Pat Leonard had the balls to write something nice about the kid.

Jaclyn Hendricks
@jmhendricks88
Reporter/Producer @nypost + @pagesix. Unapologetic @Giants + @nyrangers fan.

Maybe they can take a break from trying to paint the kid like a villain until he actually does something wrong
RE: RE: Yes, sarcasm  
arcarsenal : 7/24/2017 11:20 am : link
In comment 13537407 Keith said:
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In comment 13537384 Jimmy Googs said:


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relax man...



Was my post too aggressive for you nancy. Nobody tells me to relax...nobody. Especially some cheap version of the already cheap version that is arc.


Exactly!

Thank you.

Wait...

WAIT.

I take that back!
Seth,  
Keith : 7/24/2017 11:28 am : link
I'm sorry for your loss.
RE: RE: I indeed confess that it is challenging to stifle my desire  
Klaatu : 7/24/2017 11:45 am : link
In comment 13537303 Gatorade Dunk said:
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In comment 13537053 Overseer said:


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to lament the enduring presence of Mencia levels of unoriginality on this website. But hey, continue to beat that now rotting dead horse if it suits you.

That is however the extent to which I’ll return fire since I kinda like you (mostly your work on Christie).



Forgive my ignorance, but what are "Mencia levels"?


Most likely refers to Carlos Mencia, a comedian who's been accused by many of stealing other comedians' jokes.
RE: .  
Jimmy Googs : 7/24/2017 6:45 pm : link
In comment 13537394 arcarsenal said:
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Googs is kinda like a budget version of me.


Doesn't sound very flattering, unless your on a budget I guess. I like to think I am a fairly non-conforming arc...
RE: RE: Yes, sarcasm  
Jimmy Googs : 7/24/2017 6:49 pm : link
In comment 13537407 Keith said:
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In comment 13537384 Jimmy Googs said:


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relax man...



Was my post too aggressive for you nancy. Nobody tells me to relax...nobody. Especially some cheap version of the already cheap version that is arc.


Nancy? You just seemed a bit pent up with frustration on this topic otherwise my sarcastic/comedic post should have been so obvious...
Great that he did that  
gersh : 7/25/2017 7:57 am : link
He's clearly a good kid who takes too much crap. But that's the price of being a superstar. In contrast, Richburg had visited this same kid and was the reason OBJ was even there. That is reported almost parenthetically.
Well obviously,  
Pete in 'Vliet : 7/25/2017 8:06 am : link
Odell thinks he is bigger than cancer now too. smh, primadonna.
There's a special amount of entertainment  
SethFromAstoria : 7/25/2017 9:22 am : link
listening to Craig Carton --- Top Attention Whore Pimp, lecture Gary Myers about his embarrassment today. And he was actually right. Myers should retire right now.
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