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In a day and age where we are constantly reminded that sports is more about business. That it is less about living out dreams and achieving things that usher in thoughts of greatness. Well we were reminded last night that some people actually care about the true essence of their sport. LeBron James reminded the entire free world that winning is above everything. He reminded us what we had taught him. That being, ...

Welcome back to the "Greatest Ever" series as we continue with a list featuring the top Small Forwards of all time These players are the most versatile because they do a little bit of everything that your team needs from scoring to defending The first great small forward was Paul Arizin who first made an impact, then the likes of Baylor, Hondo, Erving, Bird, Pippen, and James continued their domination in their ...

And the free agency show must go on. Of course, this part of free agency is a tad boring. Gone is the drama of players going back on comments about loyalty (Wade), not wanting to be second fiddle (Bosh) or caring about their legacy (James) in order to make a dream team, thus taking away all form of competitiveness athletes are supposed to have, ruining the reason sports are supposed to be ...

We all know how ESPN rode the LeBron James tidal wave for weeks. "The Decision" was hyped beyond belief. A soap opera could be compared to every sports channel you switched to. LeBron was on all of them. Miami was James' choice, as we're all aware, but was it the right choice? As many analysts would agree, the Chicago Bulls were definitely the smartest pick if he were really a "winner." Reggie Miller ...

LeBron could've taken the easy way out.  It was his decision to make. He a free agent and every NBA team in the league willing to throw anything in their arsenal at him. It would have been simple to stay in Cleveland. If he had announced his return to Ohio, the sports talk shows today would be full of nothing but praise and adoration for LeBron James. Everyone would be talking about how loyal ...

"With the 34th pick in the 2008 draft, the Minnesota Timberwolves select.....Michael Beasley!" What? (you ask). Essentially last night, that is what happened when the Wolves surprisingly acquired (statistically) the second best talent of the entire 2008 draft for a second round pick, which in comparing to that draft, the Wolves took 34th overall, and ironically flipped—Mario Chalmers to the Miami Heat. Basically, if he stays, all it costs the team was a second ...

Hey Dan.   It’s me, LeBron.   Eventually, your now-infamous "open letter" to Cleveland fans navigated its way through my normally impenetrable "narcissism" and into my sphere of awareness.   I read it.   It stung.   Now that I have had the chance to sleep on it, I realize I didn’t handle things as well as I should have. I was unprofessional. I was naïve. I helped engineer the hype machine and just keep chucking fuel into the swirling ...

Sports don’t build character. Sports reveal character. This is as true of athletes as of those involved in the business of sports. A lack of character compelled Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert to rant like a petulant child after he lost superstar LeBron James to the Miami Heat and got nothing in return. Now, Gilbert tells visitors to the Cavaliers website, the Associated Press, and anyone else willing to listen that ...

So Chris Bosh leaves...surprise, surprise... We might never know the exact circumstances, but I would be utterly shocked if this "hook-up" was not planned during the All-Star break, if not earlier. All these years Bryan Colangelo tried to build around the franchise player Chris Bosh, which was a bed of nails for him. Bryan Colangelo is a smart GM if nothing else. He might anticipate his likely departure last season and might put ...

LeBron James worked very hard to build a legacy that would last a very long time in the NBA. He has been a big part of the community he grew up in, and had an opportunity to step into super stardom, and leave a legacy that Cleveland residents and NBA fans in general would NEVER forget. When the hype started around him in high school, many people questioned ...