Poetry Writing Students Get Cool Dividend From LL

The New York Daily News reports students competing in the Knicks Poetry Slam at Christopher Columbus High School last week went wild when they heard that shooting guard Allan Houston and rap god LL Cool J would be listening to their rhymes. But then LL did them one better. “I’m so proud of you guys,” he said. “In fact, I’m giving the five winners a G [$1,000] apiece.”