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Sportswriters Are Obsessed With LeBron's "Maturity"
There was a curious paternalist bent to the LeBron James commentary today, maybe best typified by these two odd Woj tweets, with pundits pushing the idea that going to Cleveland was the correct, grown-up decision (thereby implicitly painting Miami as some four-year lark on the part of a spoiled chil...

Report: Isaiah Thomas To Suns In Sign-And-Trade
With LeBron's signing out of the way, the rest of the free agency dominoes are starting to fall like many predicted. ...

Andre Johnson's Only Way Out Of Houston Seems To Be Retirement
Wide receiver Andre Johnson had been dropping hints throughout the offseason at his displeasure with the current state of the Houston Texans, and it finally came to a head this week when he reportedly asked for a trade. The Texans quickly denied his request....

Deadspin Up All Night: Time To Build My Juice Back Up
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. At least Pitbull stayed in Miami....

The Cavs Are The First Team In Over 25 Years To Have Four No. 1 Picks
With the addition of LeBron James, and assuming that no one is traded from now until the first game (which is obviously not a certainty), the Cleveland Cavaliers will become the first NBA team in more than 25 years to have four number one draft picks playing on the same team....

How Cleveland And <em>Sports Illustrated</em> Won The LeBron James Sweepstakes
As it happens, LeBron James's free agency, conducted under seemingly total radio silence, kicked off in earnest exactly when everyone thought it did: with a Cleveland radio guy reporting that Dan Gilbert's private jet was bound for Miami....

Report: Chris Bosh Stays With The Heat
One piece of the Big Three is reportedly staying in Miami. LeBron's gone, but maybe the Heat aren't totally fucked!...

LeBron James Tells The Sports World Exactly What It Wants To Hear
Shortly after LeBron James announced via Sports Illustrated that he was heading back to Cleveland, Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski fired off this tweet, which, given the stature of his pronouncements at times like this, had the general air of a collective verdict:...

LeBron's Team Requested Extra Police At His Home For Announcement
Remember all the way back to yesterday, when police cars were spotted outside LeBron James's home, leading to all sorts of frenzied speculation? As it turns, the presence of those officers actually wasn't a coincidence—his team requested extra off-duty officers for the Bath, Ohio spread specifically...

Brazilians Are Using Social Media In The Fight To Save Their Favelas
From Dave Zirin's newest book, Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup the Olympics and the Fight for Democracy, available now....

This Is The Best Heat-Fan-Burns-LeBron-Jersey Video
We don't want to spoil the end, but this Heat fan reacts to LeBron leaving Miami in a pragmatic way....

Hundreds Of Ghana Fans Have Sought Asylum In Brazil
According to Brazilian federal authorities, about 200 fans who traveled from Ghana for the World Cup have requested political asylum in Brazil, and another 1,000 are expected to claim refugee status after the end of the tournament....


LeBron's Essay, In Comic Sans
In honor of the now-maybe-forgiven-still-pretty-inexplicable Dan Gilbert letter, here's LeBron's "I'm Coming Home" essay, presented in Comic Sans....

Someone Already Defaced LeBron's Face On A Miami Heat Mural
A Miami Heat championship mural received an unwanted update hours after LeBron announced his return to Cleveland....

Report: Rockets Trading Jeremy Lin To The Lakers (So They Can Get Bosh)
Jeremy Lin is the first casualty in the post-LeBron NBA dogpile. Woj is reporting that the Rockets are closing out a deal with the Lakers to send Lin to the Lakers to clear out cap space to sign Chris Bosh. ...

Loyalty In Sports Is Stupid
This is about hockey. Not that other thing....

Why Your World Cup Stadium Sucks: Arena Castelão, Fortaleza
So I don't really know how to say this, but Arena Castelão was actually completed ahead of schedule and came in under budget. It makes me uncomfortable. ...

I'm Coming Home: A LeBron Tribute Montage For Cavs Fans
Never forget that Cleveland fans maintained an unwavering love of LeBron James these four years. This video is for you, dedicated Cavs fans....