LeBron James has made his decision and he chose the Miami Heat. Now in earnest the LeBron backlash can begin. In the history of sports perhaps no athlete has destroyed their image in just eight days, barring being arrested. In just 24 hours no sports network has sold their soul to the devil quicker than […]
They ended up with that split-screen of the King’s jersey burned live on his infomercial, as this sad, lost robot sat in a leafy suburban gymnasium with children as props and the world watching, those empty eyes masking a lost, dazed LeBron James(notes). This was the champagne shower for the Championship of Me, an exercise in […]
LeBron James(notes) will join fellow-NBA stars Dwyane Wade(notes) and Chris Bosh(notes) with the Miami Heat. Ending weeks of silence and drama, the two-time MVP said on his ESPN television special from Greenwich, Connecticut on Thursday night that he’s decided to join the Miami Heat and leave the Cleveland Cavaliers after an unsuccessful seven-year quest for […]
With all of this meeting hosting, lawsuit fighting and television show having, LeBron James(notes) must be super stressed-out. It is not easy to be made a multi-millionaire in a matter of minutes, you guys. Ergo, it is easy to understand why he would want to kick back and unwind after this week of figuring out which team is […]
The General Manager of the Cavs took some time to address the public right after his meeting with Lebron James. He tells us that the meeting went well and how the incredible turn out of fans were amazing. The atmosphere was electric hundreds of fans poured out on the streets today, parading around the IMG […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Day Two of the LeBron James pitch meetings are in effect, albeit with less fanfare. The Miami Heat, the team with the most salary-cap space at around $43 million, was the first to meet with James on Friday. The presentation lasted nearly three hours, the longest of the chats James has hosted […]
CLEVELAND —- Miami Heat President Pat Riley was not first but it didn’t stop Riley from getting a head start the daybefore the Heat’s scheduled meeting with LeBron James. The meeting takes place Friday morning at the IMG building on the corner of East 9th and St. Clair in downtown Cleveland. The New Jersey Nets were […]
Fact or fiction . . . or friction Because Cleveland was ground zero for the influx of free-agent news and rumors Thursday, it’s a little difficult to separate fact from fiction. Or should that be friction? But we gave it the old college try. • The New York Post’s Fred Kerber reports that Jay-Z’s pitch to […]
From TheGrio.com: Happy NBA Free Agency! This morning at 12:01AM, teams could officially start pitching NBA free agents. And by free agents, I mean the free agent — LeBron James. Yes, he has no rings to his credit. In fact he’s never even won a game in the NBA Finals. Sure, he’s failed to get the […]
CLEVELAND — The New Jersey Nets are on the clock in their courtship of LeBron James. Nets billionaire owner Mikhail Prokhorov and rap mogul Jay-Z are in Cleveland to make their pitch to the two-time MVP, who became the most celebrated free agent at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. Prokhorov, who intends to give James a global […]