"I told her to sit down with some language I shouldn't have used," James said. "Thank God today wasn't Mother's Day, it was yesterday." LeBron went on to say he was concerned about her getting into trouble with the league. "Even though that's my mother, the commissioner doesn't care if it's your mother or your kids or anybody, you can't allow fans and players to get involved like that," he said. "And I can't afford for my mom not to be at every last one of my games."

Gloria has found herself in the spotlight more than once with a rap sheet that allegedly includes; DUI, passing on the right, weaving in and out of traffic, nearly hitting a cop car, disorderly conduct, kicking out the window of said cop car, and giving her son a vehicle (Hummer) that created some controversy before LeBron even got to the NBA. I’m not passing judgment here, and have no idea what kind of smack she was throwing at KG and PP. I do know that LeBron would have preferred she stayed in her seat. He took stern and swift action, basically saying, ‘Come on mom. Just sit down and try to keep your name out of the newspapers this time. You’re killin’ me. I got this.’

LeBron obviously handled the situation correctly, although he probably could have been a little more respectful with his request for her to shut it down. But the last thing the guy needs is his mom fighting his battles for him in the stands on national television. I’ve got four kids, and I wonder how I would react in that situation? I’m guessing I’d be scared to death to mess with KG, and would have let LeBron handle it, but that’s just me. In any case, here are a couple other quick stories you may have missed if you’re not as old as I am.

I envisioned finding a ton of stories on line about famous athletes being embarrassed by their moms, but it just didn’t happen. Turns out, the two that came to the top of my head are basically the only two I could find out there.

As you probably know, I’m from Indianapolis and graduated from a rival high school the same year as Jeff George. So I have been aware of him and his abilities for most of my life. But things took a bad turn when the golden boy with the golden arm was a freshman at Purdue. He was knocked unconscious by a Minnesota lineman and had to be carted off the field. Unfortunately for George, his mother was on the cart with him. Again, what would I have done if it was my kid and I was there? I don’t know. But Judy’s now infamous ride with her son appeared to start the wheels in motion, and as we all know, they quickly fell off. Even though Jeff said she was summoned by school officials, he was labeled a mama's boy - a characterization he was never able to shake. "So many people don't have proper family values and respect for their parents," said George. "If I can be to my son like my mom and dad have been to me, he'll be very lucky."

George had a disappointing NFL career and never lived up to the hype. Rocket arm, but not a great quarterback. You have to wonder if things would have turned out differently if Mama wouldn’t have been on the golf cart that day. If anything else, it set the table for him to basically be run out of town when he was playing for the Colts.

Minna Wilson is the name of the lady you’ve probably seen in bloopers, bashing her son’s boxing opponent's head with her shoe. She chose not to attend the rematch. ''I don't know where I'll be that night, but I won't be at the fight,'' Wilson said at the time. ''I will never go back to one of his fights.'' Wilson's mother opened a cut on his opponent’s head that required four stitches to close. When he refused to continue the fight because of the medical attention required, the decision was awarded to Wilson’s son, a former Olympian for Britain. The British Boxing Board of Control subsequently upheld the ruling, but ordered a rematch.

There are plenty of infamous fathers in sports, with the dads of Todd Marinovich, and Venus and Serena Williams quickly coming to mind. Recently we’ve seen American Idol’s David Archuleta’s dad getting the heave-ho from going backstage. And Reggie Bush’s mom made some news when it was revealed her family was paid a ton of cash when he was in college, but there just aren’t many Moms in the headlines for embarrassing their famous athletic offspring. Michelle Wie’s parents will also be remembered for their involvement in her controversial career, but come on. She was in the spotlight when she turned 13.

Ironically, my wife was watching TMZ last night, and Dean Cain was being pestered about his former alleged girlfriend, Mindy McCready - The country star now in the headlines for a relationship with Roger Clemens that started when she was just 15 years old. Cain, who was trailed by his mother, was playing it cool for the paparazzi, pretending to have no idea what they were asking him about. Unfazed and on cue, his mother chimed in with the reply of something along the lines of “They’re asking you about Mindy.” He immediately spun and embarrassingly screamed “Mom!” Priceless.

I’m sure I’ve missed some good ones though, so feel free to pile on below.