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May 29, 2015Could this be a sign of good things to come? A huge LeBron James fan was named co-champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday. Gokul Venkatachalam outlasted the competition to finish as co-champion (along with Vanya Shivashankar) when the competition ran out of words.
The 14-year-old Venkatachalam — his name is no spelling cakewalk, either — backed up his fandom with more than just talk. He wore a navy LeBron jersey under his button-up shirt while on stage.
.@KingJames Cavs jersey on Gokul Venkatachalam. He says Cavs will win in 6. Will he win @ScrippsBee? #spellingbee pic.twitter.com/6jgQLpNnW8
— Kaylee Hartung (@KayleeHartung) May 28, 2015
The Chesterfield, Missouri native showed his LeBron fandom before the Bee, too, when he invoked James’ famous “taking my talents” line in a pre-contest video — again while wearing a James jersey.
https://twitter.com/silviakillings/status/604081049971335168
Venkatachalam spelled nunatak — definition: an exposed, often rocky element of a ridge, mountain, or peak not covered with ice or snow within (or at the edge of) an ice field or glacier — correctly to become co-champ. This year’s Spelling Bee was the second competition in a row with co-champions.
WFNY has yet to do a deep dive on the statistical correlation between Spelling Bee champions’ NBA Finals predictions and the actual results, but this can only be a good thing.
The next challenge for young Gokul: Can he spell Dellavedova?
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Hopefully this offsets Lil B’s curse against us.
No curse thanks to quick work of Shump!
I’m still trying to figure out who Lil B is.
Don’t bother
Co-champions? Can we do that?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_B
FIFA says yes! 😉