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I agree. And how amazing is it that the man who's done this is from Akron? Unbelievable. Dan Gilbert, a professional? What a dildo. LeBron just played America's NATIONAL media for a week! Crazy! Go Zips! Go Akron! Go 'Bron-'Bron! EVERYONE involved in this situation acted like a junior high schooler. LeBron "Everyone look at me!" James, Dan "How could he do this to me" Gilbert, Maverick "I'm gonna ride this guy's coattails" Carter. Oh, and ESPN is the guy that gives the attention whore the attention she craves so he can get in her pants. I agree. The only compelling thing about last night is I am compelled to vomit.

If he keeps going the arrogant direction he is going, not many are going to have his back. The people of Akron are decent people and they will turn their back on continued displays of LBJ 24/7, produced by ESPN. He needs to fire the person who is giving him the advice that everything is about him.

-3 Please expand. Sorry. I'll try, but I'm not very motivated. 1) I'm not a Browns fan, but I'm only guessing the emotional effect of the Cavs/Browns fan has the same punched in the gut feeling this morning. The disappointment may be bigger with the old stuff, but the hatred is greater now. I think most of the sports world hurts for Cleveland fans this morning. 2) Winners find a way to win, losers find a way to lose. Montana winner, Browns losers. 3) Worse economy today. 1. As a Steelers fan, I can only describe how I felt after the Fumble and Drive and project that level of joy into the level of misery Browns fans felt. Let's just say, after the Drive and Fumble, I could only be described as "glowing as if I had just had sex with a super model....twice a day......for a month". The level of misery for Browns fans those days had to be horrible. Those were sudden gut punches after three hours of exciting playoff football. People could at least see the LBJ thing coming. 2. The Browns may have lost those games, but they weren't losers. It's sort of like being a Steelers fan in the 70s. If a couple of plays go differently in a couple of Super Bowls, they don't win as many. That wouldn't have made the Steelers losers and it didn't make teams like the Cowboys losers either. The Cowboys just had a few plays go wrong for them. 3. I'm still not convinced the economy of Cleveland is going to collapse or even depends on the Cavs. The Cavs can still be good next year and maybe fans will back a gritty LBJless Cavs team. If they are good and the fans don't back them, they should take back all of the loyalty crap that has been spewed the past couple of months. The Cavs organization has done nothing wrong during this period and if they produce a playoff team next year and the fans don't turn out, shame on the fans. It's the winter in Cleveland, what else is there to do other than go to Cavs games and have a few beers downtown. They aren't going from 20,000 per game to even 3,000. The Cavs will have solid crowds next year and if they can remain a playoff team, they can have big crowds into the future. Their management needs to get on the stick.

LBJ has plenty of time to be "loyal" to whatever anyone thinks he needs to be loyal to. Let's say he has 10 years left in his career. He will be around 35 when he steps aside. He will then have about 60 years to be "loyal" to Akron. Scholarships, foundations, community centers, etc wold be a good way of showing how loyal he is to Akron. They would be lasting monuments to his loyalty. I wanted LBJ to stay because I like the Cavs. Now that he is gone, I'm not too upset. It's his decision to make and he made the decision he felt was best for him. I don't think there is malice in his heart, but I do think this whole episode (ESPN special, waiting to make his decision, etc) put him in an unflattering light. He is overexposed in a way that the public is starting to dislike him. I'm just sick of hearing about it and he needs to take himself out of his own spotlight for a while.

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LBJ leaving Cleveland doesn't come close to the trainwrecks that were The Fumble, Drive and Shot. Or even the way in which the Marlins won. The Cavs made the finals once with LBJ and they were run out of the gym in four games. I'm convinced that if the fumble doesn't happen and the drive doesn't happen, but Browns win the Super Bowl or at least had a better shot at winning than the Cavs did in the finals. For those of you too young to remember, the Browns were as good those two years as the 49ers were with Montana. They had it all going on. The Indians were on the edge of winning the World Series and blew it. The Cavs were just as good the year of the Shot if not better than the current Cavs team. LBJ leaving doesn't measure up to these disasters. This whole thing has been blown out of proportion. The Cavs can win without LBJ. The economy of Cleveland is not going to get any worse because LBJ is leaving. The economy of Cleveland is not going to fold because some factory in China is now making Miami jerseys in lieu of Cavs jerseys. The economy of cleveland is not going to fold because a couple less parking attendants are not working. It is all such nonsense.

Have barf bag ready while reading....

I thought this was going to be over at 10 PM. Can someone please make it stop.....?

I'm not sure why. One of the greatest things about being an American is freedom of choice. If you don't like it, don't pay attention to it. Plenty of other options. It's like the guy that hates Rush Limbaugh or Howard Stern, but listens to him every day and complains how much they hate him. I've been telling you for years that ESPN has "jumped the shark" Why would this event cause shame? Millions of people watch numbsculls "sing" on American idol and then vote (more than a presidential election), that's a true "national disgrace." I like the term LeBronukkah. I don't disagree with a word you said. We should still feel a level of shame. Maybe shame isn't the right word. Embarrassment is maybe the right word. I'm embarrassed for the people who will waste one hour of their life watching this nonsense tonight. I'm embarrassed for any respectable sports reporter who has been dispatched to cover this nonsense. I'm embarrassed for a one time "news" provider (ESPN) both creating and covering the news. I'm embarrassed for LBJ who is starting to make a fool of himself during this period. I would be embarrassed for the NBA except David Stern has no shame at all. At least it's the NBA and everyone will forget what happened by 10:15 tonight after LBJ declares he is staying with Cleveland.

I don't think so. I would like to set the over/under on Big Dawg going to the big dawg house in the sky at 55. Agree? Disagree?

WXDX host calls today LeBronukkah. This is a national disgrace. Americans should feel a level of shame about this nonsense tomorrow.

I remember this games as well. If I remember right, he had a punt return for a TD, an int for a TD and blocked a field goal. I could be wrong, but that is how I remember it. Smith was one of those players who was obviously better than everyone else on the field when he played. I would go as far as to say Smith is the best player I have seen play at UofA. JT would be an EXTREMELY close second.

Only if we could get him to regain 200 lbs between now and then so we could all have a good laugh........wait, isn't that guy dead? Seriously, isn't that fat slob that represented all that was holy about the Browns, Big Dog, in fact dead?

Free face time on ESPN. I watch that chubby red headed reporter from ESPN report from outside of the JAR and you would have no idea it was the University of Akron. I have yet to hear one mention of KD in the reporting. There is nothing to say he would be mentioned tonight.

Biggs was the best player of any player that played for JD. While he didn't make the NFL because of size, he was the best player. There is no doubt that his becoming the starting running back directly contributed to turning around JD's first season. He was also the heart and soul of the championship team. We have a long line of losers at UofA....Biggs was a winner.

They are stupid so I'm surprised they didn't have something like this. How much ass kissing is enough? Half the expected crowd showed up to LBJpprecitation Day. Why waste the time and effort on a guy who didn't attend UofA and his only connection to UofA is the coach he played for his freshman and soph years of high school? What would be in it for UofA? On my way home from the gym this morning, a couple of DJs on Charlotte radio were blasting how obnoxious this whole thing has become. It was really funny too because they were discussing how in addition to declaring his team, LBJ is going to explain the origins of the universe during his ESPN special tonight. This whole thing is completely out of control and sickening. I will be glad when 10:00 PM hits tonight so I can turn the TV on without having to listen to it. Good luck LBJ. Stay in Cleveland. You won't find a fan base as willing to kiss your ass as this one.

You forgot Ron Paul. Ron or Rand Paul? Did I not write RON Paul? Actually, his son seems to have his own head screwed on a good bit straighter than his wack job Dad. Ron Paul is a smart man and a true Libertarian. The best part of Rand Paul ran down his dad's leg.

You forgot Ron Paul. Ron or Rand Paul?

From all I can tell, they will only rule Congress for another six months and the White House for another two years.

Sounds interesting to me, one of the few things I enjoyed on tv in the last year was on History Channel. Four modern day explorers take the same route through Africa as Stanley may have followed to find Livingstone. They did it in 30 days. I forget what it was called. Maybe Expedition Africa. I still have your last suggestion to read. Plan on doing so at the end of this month when I take a mini vaca to Long Island. You'll love it. Read Undaunted Courage as well. The primary mission of Lewis and Clark was to map the northwest because the treaty between the US and what is now Canada outlined the northern border that was dependant on the beginnings of rivers which were unknown. Fawcett's first mission was to map unknown areas of South America as many countries didn't know where their country bordered their neighbor. Similar missions, different times. There is an interesting thread in exploration that ties it all together. Many people are actually driven insane while exploring. Meriwether Lewis was largely depressed on their trip and blew his brains out in Kentucky on his way to DC to explain to Jefferson why his book was not completed. Fawcett was obsessed with his trip to the point it made him almost insane during the trips and he took such risks as to be suicidal. Recently, a Russian scientest had to be removed from their space station because the seclusion was driving him insane (they could hear him talking to himself over the radio).

Not so dumb. Our society has become so stupid that really, really, really stupid courtroom programs, Springer and Maurey in the afternoon are displacing really, really stupid programs such as soap operas. If we aren't getting more stupid, how do you explain George W Bush, Nancy Pelosi, Obama, etc?

It isn't about a lost civilization. It is about Fawcett's obsession with exploration, the mapping of South America and the history of exploring that region in the early 20th Century. It is a historical book similar to Undaunted Courage about the Lewis and Clark mapping of the Louisiana Purchase. I hope everyone else out there isn't so closed minded that they won't read this book because the NY Times did not review Levin's book. Levin gets more out of them not reviewing it than reviewing it.

Penn Station is freaking awesome!!!!!! Everyone is talking about there not being a late night place to cure your pot munchies. Isn't Europe Gyro still open? This younger generation has no idea on how to plan a night out. You need to stop at the gyro shop directly before smoking weed, take it with you and you are ready for the munchies a half hour later. Sure, they gyro will be cold when you eat it, but will it really matter? Most people would eat the bark off of a tree after smoking pot...a cold gyro won't matter.

The JAR needs power washed.

The Lost City of Z is the best book I have read in a long time. Buy it and you won't be sorry. As good as if not better than Undaunted Courage. The book is so good it received a glowing review from Michiko Kakutani of The NY Times. Kakutani almost always gives books poor reviews so when a good review is issued, it is a must read. Good books are hard to come by these days because our society is becoming so stupid that we can't handle difficult reading or anything that is slightly interesting. Bookstore visits have recently become almost depressing for the Great GP1, but I am feeling better after reading this book.