It’s “the most important decision in history” and “the reasons why spew forth by the hour on ESPN’s LeBron Tracker, Deadspin and Esquire’s LeBron Watch, The Plain Dealer’s daily LeBron Rumors section, and the neighbor guy cutting his grass.”

But Scene magazine writer Vince Grzegorek says enough.

In an article titled “Let Him Go,” Grzegorek argues the groveling and the speculation and the posturing is hurting Cleveland’s image. Maybe more than “The King” ever helped it.

“LeBron in Cleveland validates our place on the map; LeBron anywhere else wipes us out,” he writes, “It’s sad, but no more so than our false belief that the guy ever loved us in the first place.”

To which he adds, hilariously, “even if LeBron departs, we’re stuck with ourselves.”

Read Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy’s ode to Cleveland here.
-KG

Cleveland has been named the host of the Gay Games in 2014.

Boston, Cleveland and Washington D.C. were competing for the chance to host the games, which are expected to bring $60 million in investment.
The announcement was named today in Colonge, Germany.
From On Top Magazine:
Cleveland’s 2014 Gay Games IX Sports & Cultural Festival will take place August 9 – 16, 2014 and feature 30 sporting events, including a gay rodeo.
Cleveland’s bid for the event was assisted by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame which threw a bid party. The bid’s …

According to this column on thesweetscience.com, a boxing web site, one of Youngstown’s most well known natives, boxer Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik, has had a disappointing downturn in his once-promising career.
I know nothing about boxing, but according to this piece, it doesn’t look good.

“How does someone go from being one of boxing’s most celebrated fighters to a forgotten man in less than a year?” the web site asks. “Ask Kelly Pavlik. He should have more than a few pointers for how to run a career into the ground.” Ouch!
For some …

  Last night was a rough one for fans of the Cleveland Cavaliers, who took a thorough drubbing from the Orlando Magic to end their championship hopes. Cleveland, in case you weren’t aware, entered the tournament with the best record in the league, the N.B.A.’s Most Valuable Player and Best Coach. The team won the first eight games of the playoffs by more than 10 points each.
  It was hard to tell last night, however, as they fell to a sharp-shooting Magic 103-90 in a one-sided match.
  For Cleveland fans, this kind of disappointment …