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LeBron Accepts His Role As A Villain

December 4, 2010 By Devon Alexandre Leave a Comment

The King did it.

LeBron James returned back to his Cleveland throne, and in stellar fashion, dropping 38 points in 30 minutes, including a 24-point 3rd quarter, as he wiped out the Cavaliers. He ignored each and every boo he heard, ignored the t-shirts, signs and hate from everywhere. And he did it all with a few smiles, chuckles, jumpers in front of the Cavs bench, and sideline celebrations.

Yes, LeBron has passed the toughest emotional hurdle he’ll have this season.

But what now? He didn’t curse back at the Cavs fans, he didn’t flip the bird to anyone. He let his game speak, and it spoke louder than ever. But what exactly did his game say?

It said: he is accepting his role as one of the most hated and loathed players in the NBA. He has accepted his role, as the villain.

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Filed Under: NBA Tagged With: 23, 6, cavaliers, cavs, Chris Bosh, Cleveland, Dwyane Wade, fans, Heat, lebron james, Miami, Mo Williams, NBA, return, South Beach, the decision

The Anticipation Is Over: LeBron Returns Home

December 1, 2010 By Devon Alexandre 7 Comments

The time has arrived. The Miami Heat, and the small forward who bears # 6, will arrive into Cleveland for the first, and only time this season.

Though the Heat’s season has been somewhat of a disappointment, with coach Erik Spoelstra having his job on the line, Wade and LeBron not being on the same page, and the injury bug looming, we still find someway to hype this up. And with much reason…

The Ohio-native returns; the King of Akron is about to have a not-so-homecoming party. Not in wine and gold, but in red and black.

LeBron James, is returning to Cleveland.

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Filed Under: NBA Tagged With: cavaliers, cavs, Chris Bosh, Cleveland, Dwyane Wade, erick spoelstra, Heat, lebron james, Miami, NBA, return, South Beach

Top 5 Reasons Why I Still Love LeBron

November 11, 2010 By Devon Alexandre 2 Comments

I’m going in fellas. I’m going to go into that conversation that has filled up the internet ever since the crucial, and NBA changing “Decision”. The conversation that has made so many in Ohio filled with hatred. The same conversation that has transformed the state of Florida into the ultimate basketball state.

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Filed Under: NBA Tagged With: cavaliers, charles barkley, Cleveland, hate, lebron james, Miami Heat, NBA, Nike, the decision

LeBron James and the Revolutionary War/GQ Interview

August 25, 2010 By Steve Kubitza Leave a Comment

Cleveland has been a sour place ever since LeBron left. The Indians are in last place and the Browns are still the Browns. And LeBron left the Cavaliers a basketball team in disarray. They have a shot to be good but, they will have to work ten times harder this year and for years to come.

LeBron is leaving behind a nasty legacy in Cleveland. It all started with the ill-advised “Decision” on national television that was a slap in the face to all Cavs fans and Clevelanders alike. This resulted in Dan Gilbert’s infamous letter that riled up most of Cleveland.

This letter split the people of Cleveland into two sides. One side believed in the words of Gilbert. His putdown of LeBron was loved by this side of people. The other side was upset with Gilbert. They believed the letter was out of line. The fact that he is an owner makes this side believe that he can not act as a fan. They clearly do not know Mark Cuban.

This difference of beliefs has been seen before. A specific occasion is the Revolutionary War. However, this was a little more important than an athlete leaving his team (unless you’re Dan Gilbert). There were the Patriots and the Loyalists. Basically, it was Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger versus the Britain.

The question is, what is LeBron in all of this? What does he symbolize? He is everything awful about Britain. Accents, football that is not football, castles, and a Queen. I guess he also represents all the acts placed the Americans during the Revolutionary period.

Enough of the history lesson. LeBron’s interview in GQ is appalling and ironic. Ironic because GQ stands for Gentleman’s Quarterly. Last time I checked, LeBron is not a gentleman. No gentleman would do what he did regarding “The Decision”.

In the interview he also goes on to say how it would make a good story if he came back to Cleveland. I don’t think that many Patriots thought it would make a good story if Benedict Arnold came back on their side. Not as long as Gilbert is there. The whole $17.41 fathead situation shows how much Gilbert does not want LeBron back.

Whether you want LeBron back or not, buying his fathead is a bargain.

Filed Under: NBA Tagged With: Cleveland, Dan Gilbert, GQ, lebron james, Revolutionary War, the decision

LeBron James Goes to Miami: We Were All Witnesses

July 9, 2010 By Devon Alexandre Leave a Comment

News broke folks.

LeBron James is now going to my home in South Florida.

More precisely, Miami.

Does that do anything for me? No. Without a doubt.

I’ve been a Cavs fan since I can remember, but this one goes down as a defining moment in sports history, and it has two sides, the beautiful, and the ugly.

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Filed Under: NBA Tagged With: 2010, akron, bosh, cavs, Cleveland, Dan Gilbert, espn, fans, free agency, Heat, lebron james, Miami, NBA, ohio, pat riley, the decision, wade

What LeBron Means to Cleveland (Video Version)

July 4, 2010 By Devon Alexandre Leave a Comment

LeBron James defines Cleveland sports at the moment.

Heck, LeBron could someday define Cleveland sports, period.

I’ve never seen or heard of an athlete as advanced, bodied, and talented as LeBron in any sport, ever. Sure, he’s not the best player ever a la MJ, or even the best player currently a la Kobe; I will be the first to say it. He doesn’t have the 6 rings, or any of that.

But, can it happen? Could LeBron achieve all of that?

Why not?

And this is why LeBron James means so much to the city of Cleveland, and the rest of Ohio, not only financially, but emotionally too.

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Filed Under: NBA Tagged With: 2010, cavaliers, Cleveland, fans, free agency, free agent, lebron james, NBA, ohio, videos

Witnessing the Fall of the Cavaliers Empire

June 7, 2010 By Devon Alexandre 1 Comment

May 13, 2010.

The date which could be known as the final day of the Cavaliers as an elite.

The day that hell broke loose in every media outlet, and the day that Twitter had sprung at least 3 types of trending topics which included either LeBron, Cavs, Cavs suck, and plenty of others surrounding the LeBron/2010 hoopla.

But since then, basketball has been played. The Magic were vanquished, as were the Suns, and the Finals was set. Set in great fashion it was, with the two most historic franchises in NBA history; the Lakers and Celtics.

But this is not about that, this is about how the Cleveland Cavaliers are falling apart. In a way, it much resembles the Roman Empire.

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Filed Under: NBA Tagged With: cavaliers, Cleveland, Dan Gilbert, danny ferry, fired, lebron james, mike brown, NBA

Two More Reasons to Love Ozzie Guillen

May 27, 2010 By Jerod Morris Leave a Comment

And if you don’t love Ozzie, well you’re a f–king a–hole anyway, so f–k you and go to another f–king site.

There, glad that’s settled.

Now, since I complimented a Cubs fan this morning (I still need to shower to feel clean again) it’s time to counterbalance that with some love for someone from the South Side.

Luckily, the White Sox are managed by the incomparable Guillen, who somehow finds a way to do laudable things even in the midst of one of the more disappointing 50 game stretches of White Sox baseball I can remember over the last 10 years.

He recently did two that deserve recognition. And since no one slurps the Ozzie Guillen bathwater more unabashedly than me and KVB, I had to post about them.

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Filed Under: MLB Tagged With: Chicago White Sox, Cleveland, joe west, lebron james, mark buehrle, ozzie guillen

Legacy of LeBron Takes a Huge Hit

May 15, 2010 By Devon Alexandre 10 Comments

For the first time in my life, LeBron James finally seemed human.

Maybe it was his elbow. Maybe it was because, as ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser said, “…he looked like he had his bags packed already…”, or maybe it was just because the King clamped up at the time the light shined on him most.

Whichever conspiracy theory you may want to believe, there is one simple fact:

LeBron did not shine in his biggest moment.

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Filed Under: NBA Tagged With: cavaliers, cavs, Cleveland, lebron james, NBA

Re: LeBron – The Difference Between Coverage in New York and Chicago

May 14, 2010 By Jerod Morris 3 Comments

Two articles that I read this morning, one by a writer from Chicago and the other by a writer from New York, illustrate why I am so proud to align myself with my home in the Midwest…and why I can so emphatically tell The Big Apple to kiss my lilly white, corn-fed ass.

As you know, I have not been a big fan of ESPN’s pretty obvious agenda to get LeBron James to go to New York. Sometimes I feel like ESPN New York should be rebranded as ESPN Go To New York LeBron.

Here is the most current example, by none other than Ian O’Connor, who has never met a moment that couldn’t be seized upon to pontificate about the inevitability of LeBron going to NY:

Across the way, LeBron was sitting in a chair at his locker, soaking his feet in a tub of ice. He eventually showered, threw on a black-and-white sweatsuit and headed for a postgame podium to praise the Celtics, acknowledge that his elbow “limited me some” and declare he’s “going to approach this summer with the right mindset.”

The mindset of a great entertainer who looked and sounded like he’s on his way to Broadway.

Unfortunately for O’Conner, and in ESPN’s defense, this viewpoint was not shared by all at the WWL last night.

Cavs, Cleveland, and LeBron on the Brink with Game 6 Tonight

May 13, 2010 By Devon Alexandre Leave a Comment

If you’re a Cavs fan like me, Tuesday night’s game not only broke your heart, but it broke your TV, vase, and your cell phone. It might have also included a little throwing up here and there, losing a few brain cells, and getting emotional on Twitter…

Game 5 was disgusting, to say the least.

It pissed me off.

I’m a die hard NBA fan, and I could cover all teams if I felt like it. But the Cavs hold a special place in my heart and when something like this goes down, I feel like I must tear them down.

With the Cavaliers now a single game away from letting down the whole state of Ohio, a single game away from possibly tearing up a team we’ve known for years, and a single game away from losing the greatest player since Jordan, there’s no reason not to tear them down!

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Filed Under: NBA Tagged With: cavaliers, Celtics, Cleveland, lebron james, NBA, NBA Playoffs

MSF Top 10 List: Reactions to the “Quicken Groans LeBracle”

May 12, 2010 By Jerod Morris 12 Comments

There is only one way to accurately describe what happened last night in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland:

WTF?

Perhaps not so coincidentally, the three letters above represent the same WTF number of shots LeBron James made last night.

Really, WTF doesn’t even describe last night’s game. Cleveland and LeBron pretty much rolled over, on their home floor, in a must win game, in a performance that even the Atlanta Hawks would have considered soft.

Every sports news outlet from Bristol to Bangkok will be dissecting LeBron’s poor play last night and assessing what it may or may not mean for his future in Cleveland. I thought I’d throw my two cents in as well, although with a little bit of a difference perspective.

When It Comes to Sports, Cleveland Most Certainly Does Not Rock

October 29, 2009 By Jerod Morris Leave a Comment

I want you to play the song below while reading this post. Try, as best you can, to not be distracted by the vicious, piercing irony of the chorus as it relates to the sports teams of Cleveland.

I know, it’s not going to be easy…especially after the events of last night rubbed even more salt into the (eternally?) tragically open wounds of an entire city’s fan base.

On the same that night that the last two Cy Young Award winners — both of whom were Indians when they won it — faced off in Game 1 of the 2009 World Series, the Cleveland Cavaliers and LeBron James dropped to 0-2.

You might think, well hey, at least Cleveland fans have the Browns game to look forward to this Sunday!

And this sentiment, of course, would be met either with hearty laughter or plaintive cries, all depending on one’s perspective, mood, and current level of sanity.

No, ladies and gentleman, sports in the city of Cleveland most certainly do not rock. Last night was simply further confirmation of this ever deepening and depressing truism.

But don’t take it from me. Scan the Cleveland sports blogosphere. It’s hard to wait for next year when you can barely make it from day to day this year.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Cleveland, Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Cavaliers, cleveland indians

From Fans’ Perspective, Is Joshua Cribbs the Second Most Untradable Cleveland Athlete?

October 16, 2009 By Jerod Morris 10 Comments

The following tweet by our friend Scott from Waiting For Next Year perfectly summed up my thoughts regarding the Josh Cribbs trade rumors floating around right now:

As little underlying support there is, these Josh Cribbs rumors are not fun

He is exactly right.

Who knows how legitimate the Cribbs-to-Miami or Cribbs-to-whomever talk is, but there is nothing fun or exciting at all about the Browns’ clear fan favorite being mentioned in the same sentence as the word “trade.”

All the rumors about Cribbs got me to thinking: is he the second most untradable sports figure in Cleveland?

(I think we all know who the first is.)

LeBron Accepts His Role As A Villain

The Anticipation Is Over: LeBron Returns Home

Top 5 Reasons Why I Still Love LeBron

LeBron James and the Revolutionary War/GQ Interview

LeBron James Goes to Miami: We Were All Witnesses

What LeBron Means to Cleveland (Video Version)

Witnessing the Fall of the Cavaliers Empire

Two More Reasons to Love Ozzie Guillen

Legacy of LeBron Takes a Huge Hit

Re: LeBron – The Difference Between Coverage in New York and Chicago

Cavs, Cleveland, and LeBron on the Brink with Game 6 Tonight

MSF Top 10 List: Reactions to the “Quicken Groans LeBracle”

WTF?

When It Comes to Sports, Cleveland Most Certainly Does Not Rock

From Fans’ Perspective, Is Joshua Cribbs the Second Most Untradable Cleveland Athlete?

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