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Dear Cleveland: Have Your Fun Tonight, And Then Get Over Yourselves
LeBron returns to town tonight for the first time since signing with another team. We hope it's some closure for the fine folks of Cleveland, rather than just an opportunity to throw themselves yet another pity party....
Miami Heat Plane Has Mechanical Problem Landing In Cleveland
The Heat charter flight experienced plane trouble on its approach to Cleveland early this morning. Sure, if surface-to-air missiles are "plane trouble." [AP]...
LeBronageddon Is Upon Us
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Dan Gilbert Is Going To Boil Someone's Bunny
Per Adrian Wojnarowski, recording secretary of the LeBron Jersey-Burning and Chowder Society: The Cavs "have poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into a high-powered Midwestern law firm" to investigate whether the Heat broke tampering rules while pursuing LeBron James. [Yahoo!]...
The Official Cavs Fan Guide To Taunting LeBron
Yeah, we know, these things rarely work. But we wouldn't endorse these suggested Cavs fans chants for tomorrow's game if they weren't clever and/or funny. Show some heart, Cleveland. [Cavs Chants]...
So, A Drunk Clevelander Laid Out A Small Child For Being A Jets Fan
You can stop emailing us about the 8-year-old who got tackled at the Browns game for wearing a Jets jersey. Our official stance is this: if you don't want your child to get beaten up everywhere they go, don't let them root for the Jets. Simple....
With One Tired Sitcom Punchline, We Lose All Our Sympathy For Cleveland
Yesterday, How I Met Your Mother featured a LeBron James joke. It wasn't like the LeBron James jokes we've seen elsewhere on TV because it was just lazy as all hell and made me realize how tired I am of Cleveland's martyrdom....
Let's Talk Rationally About The Theory That November's SI Kids Cover Is A Cleveland Diss
Rational people of the world, let's be rational together. This month's SI Kids' cover was a harmless rendering of Miami's Big Three as the Three Musketeers, not a malicious stab at the Cleveland Cavaliers and their preteen fan base....
Tom Brady Saw Cleveland Celebrating Like They Won A Super Bowl
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Tom Brady on getting mollywhomped by the Browns....
Cleveland Has A Better Record Than Miami, And Dan Gilbert Does Not Regret A Thing
Dan Gilbert said today that he doesn't regret the open letter he posted for Cavs fans in July. Wise of him. Any middle school girl will allow that it's ill-advised to back down from hate letters written in Comic Sans....
Here's What's Replacing Cleveland's "Witness" Banner
The new banner taking the place of the iconic LeBron image across from the Q? A Sherwin-Williams ad, a tasteful night shot of the city's skyline, showing all four of Cleveland's buildings. [WTAM]...
ESPN Manages To Shit On Cleveland Yet Again
ESPN The Magazine is using Marvel Comics covers to preview the NBA season. A lot of them are pretty neat. But did they really have to cockpunch Cavs fans here too?...
And Now, The Tale Of A Man Who Moved From New England To Cleveland For The Browns
Eric Barr used to get much guff from his Connecticut warehouse pals who just couldn't grasp his amour for the Cleveland Browns. So he left his job — with full benefits — and moved closer to an 11-year-old franchise....
Browns Now Charging You To Walk Through Parking Lot
And not because many Clevelanders weigh as much as a Kia Forte. No, the traditional tailgating spot for Browns fans is now charging money to enter, even if you're on foot....
Byron Scott's Swastika Tie To Become Latest Slap In The Face To Cleveland Fans
During Cavaliers Media Day, new head coach Byron Scott wore a tie that looks an awful lot like it has a swastika pattern and confused many of the racists throughout Cuyahoga county. [SportsGrid; via J]...
Hooking Up At The Browns Game: Not A Tale Of Seneca Wallace And His Receivers
A security guard has turned to Craigslist's missed connections for a woman he spotted in the stands at Sunday's game, for friendship and maybe more. [Craigslist, via Cleveland Scene]...
Did Dan Gilbert Call LeBron James An Asshole Or Not?
Here are two Tweets. You decide....
Clevelanders To Donate LeBron Jerseys To Miami's Homeless
Alt-weeklies in the two cities are collecting Clevelanders' old LeBron Cavs jerseys, and distributing them to Miami's homeless. Any extras should be given to Miami's explosion of bandwagon fans. [Cleveland Scene, Miami New Times]...
A Mixtape For LeBron Is Something We Can Get Behind
Our friends over at No Regard For Human Life put together a mixtape because they've finally decided to break up with LeBron for real this time. Appropriately missing: "I Will Survive" because, well, the Cavs are fucked....
Bernie Kosar Has Taken His Talents to Cleveland Traffic Court
So, former Cleveland Browns QB Bernie Kosar got pulled over by the law a couple weeks back. He apparently struck a cop's motorcycle while U-Turning his Range Rover....