The Cleveland obsession with L. James continues....

When Iago said these words he was referring to how the seed of jealousy that he had just planted in Othello’s mind would forever change and haunt the Moor – which, of course, it did to the extent that it ultimately destroyed him.

Now there’s nothing particularly Shakespearean about the precipitous tumble the self-titled “King” LeBron James experienced during the NBA Finals, but the events surrounding James this past year certainly contain sizable elements of classic drama.

LeBron’s “Decision” to leave Cleveland and join the Miami Heat has been the biggest sports story in the world since his announcement to do so last July. It has been scrutinized and analyzed to an unprecedented extent by every type of media and with every possible interpretation imaginable – ranging all the way from James as heroic slave who freed himself from the shackles of his plantation master to James as traitorous quitter who betrayed his hometown fans by tanking his final games with the Cavaliers.


http://www.coolcleveland.com/blog/2011/06/the-fraudulent-reign-of-king-james-is-over/

People need to remember that Cleveland was the but of jokes for decades and that this LeBron thing has really bruised the pcyche of most Clevelanders who pay attention to such things...

The city is starting to rebound, pun intended, and the gilting by the self stylized King James will soon wear off, but, well, you know....

Perhaps folks in Cleveland will feel less troubled by LeBron's desertion after they read this.

"Cleveland was the but of jokes"

It is "butt"

And I think they have been the "butt" of jokes since the Cuyahoga River caught fire back in the early 70's.

I took it apart last night and cleaned it well...

But I have to admitt I only typed one T...

The reaction to James leaving is the culmination of decades of frustration and dissapointment of seeing the best and brightest depart. That perhaps the most gifted athlete ever to wear a Cleveland uniform left the way he did simply added insult to injury.

Look back to the late 1960's when it became common place to trade emerging stars -- in this case baseball -- simply to make payroll. From Luis Tiant, Chris Chambliss, and Paul Brown to Carlos Boozer, Jim Thome, Manny Ramirez, C.C. Sabathia, Cliff Lee and Victor Martinez -- (and the The Browns franchise) -- they leave or can't be retained over money or because the teams are incapabable of providing the entire package necessary to win championships.

Gabe Paul took over as the GM for the Yankees.

No Collusion there.

but.. I am a sports fan and my loyalties pretty much go with the Cleveland teams... I did watch "the Decision" with my family and it was appalling. As even a sometimes sports fan - it pissed me off.. and I have never looked at LeBron James the same way. However... I totally get the Othello analogy... at some point... you have to think how much is it about them and how much is it about you...