< Allen Iverson is a famous basketball player from the Philadelphia 76'ers. His nickname is "AI", which stands for Allen Iverson. He is one of the best players at his position, and he always leads the league in steals every season he is there.

Allen grew up in the projects as the son of a 15-year old single mother. Their house in Hampton, Virginia lay on top of the city's sewers. Whenever they burst, the floor would be coated with sewage. Iverson's biological father Allen Broughton who stayed in Connecticut, where the family lived before Allen was born, never played any role in his life, and earlier this year, pledged guilty to stabbing a former girlfriend. Shortly after being born his maternal grandmother - often the pillar in an inner-city family - passed away as well.

Iverson's mom early saw Allen's basketball skills as a ticket to get out...