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Xavier Henry opens up

By Elena Bergeron
ESPN The Magazine

Friday, April 17, 2009

We've got a thing for Xaviers. Such a cool name. Gives us an excuse to wistfully click on this link. And this one, too. But ESPNU's third-rated senior informs us that it's "Zah-vee-yay." Oh. After the phonics lesson, Henry is quick to point out that he might not even be the most gifted athlete in his house. Both his mom (Barbara) and dad (Carl) played basketball at Kansas, where an earnest grad assistant named John Calipari toted Larry Brown's clipboard. Big brother C.J. was the Yankees' 17t ...

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