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09 Jul 10 - 09:45 PM (#2942732) Subject: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... From: Bobert Unless you have just landed from Mars then ya'll know that Labron James has bolted from his home state of Ohio and more importantly the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team afetr 7 seasons to play for the Miami Heat... Some folks say he shouldn't have left... Some say he should have but should have done it differently... Some say "Don't worry, be happy" (99.9% of those polled in Miami today)... Some say, "Who's Labron James???" So, what's you say... BTW... Seein' as Spawzer is an Ohioian, I'll be especially interested in hearing his take on this thing... B~ |
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09 Jul 10 - 09:50 PM (#2942734) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... From: Ebbie I don't know 'Labron' James, but I am aware of a LeBron' James. Same guy? :) |
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09 Jul 10 - 10:06 PM (#2942744) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... From: Ebbie Hey, friend, that was not meant snarky, OK? |
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09 Jul 10 - 10:09 PM (#2942745) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... From: artbrooks What's he play? |
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09 Jul 10 - 10:17 PM (#2942749) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... From: GUEST,Riginslinger I think there's a covert enemy out there in the shadows trying to direct the American public's attention to professional sports so they won't bother to pay attention to what's really going on. |
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09 Jul 10 - 10:19 PM (#2942753) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... From: catspaw49 Dumbest fucker on the planet. Sure he gets the money but he actuallly thought his Cleveland fans would understand and wish him well. Meaanwhile in Cleveland they are building bonfires out of anything with his name on it and if the guy shows up in Northeast Ohio soon, he will need a police escort! If you know how much Cleveland sports fans hate and detest Art Modell, just figure LBJ is right up there very close to the top with him! Does that explain the "Ohio" point of view? Spaw |
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09 Jul 10 - 10:29 PM (#2942758) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... From: Bobert Well, Spawzer, my late wife Judy was from Yunks'town an' she turned me into a Browns fan and so when ya' throw Art "The Fart" takin' the Browns outta town into the mix on how folks feel??? Hey, with ya' there... Go Cleveland... B~ |
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09 Jul 10 - 10:42 PM (#2942763) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... From: GUEST,Rigninslinger I can understand despising LBJ, but what's that got to do with Cleveland? |
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09 Jul 10 - 11:48 PM (#2942774) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... From: Alice yawn snore |
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10 Jul 10 - 12:12 AM (#2942781) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... From: mousethief What does he owe Cleveland? The days of sports figures playing for the same team all their career is long gone. Get over it. |
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10 Jul 10 - 03:15 AM (#2942801) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... From: Amergin I never heard of him..... |
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10 Jul 10 - 06:42 AM (#2942854) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: catspaw49 I could personally give a shit less but what makes this one so personal to so many here is that he is a born and bred Akron native who even has the word Akron and the 330 area code tattooed on his right arm (along with a shitload of other tattoos). He went straight to the NBA and the Cavs from high school where he'd won every honor available in basketball statewide. It is unbelievable how much the sports superstar affects the local economy and way out of proportion but it is what it is and while Miami celebrates, Cleveland and most of Northeast Ohio are going to take a major hit. Spaw |
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10 Jul 10 - 07:10 AM (#2942866) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: kendall What baffles me is why does anyone give a rats ass? |
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10 Jul 10 - 07:35 AM (#2942878) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: Bobert I read that this is going to cost Cleveland $150M in lost revenues from people coming to see Labron... That's alot of dough for a very depressed area of the country... I guess my beef is more in how Labron did it... I mean, Cleveland has been very good to Labron and paid him a ton of money... I think he should have gone to the owner of the team and told him of his decision... I think that would have shown at least a little class rather than announce his decision from afar... B~ |
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10 Jul 10 - 07:36 AM (#2942879) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: GUEST,Riginslinger Yeah, Kendall, that's my reaction too. |
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10 Jul 10 - 08:29 AM (#2942897) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: Sandy Mc Lean Ditto Kendall! The world needs these overpaid athletes like a dog needs fleas! If a flea jumps to a different dog then another flea will hop on to suck blood as before, so why give a shit! |
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10 Jul 10 - 08:42 AM (#2942902) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: Bobert Well, okay... So ya'll don't like basketball... Great... This thread is about Labron James and not people's interest, or lack there of, in basketball... Kinda like going into shanty sing thread and saying ya hate shanty songs... I mean, why even open the thread if all ya' wanta do is meanmouth the sport??? B~ |
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10 Jul 10 - 09:23 AM (#2942918) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: GUEST,Riginslinger It's not just basketball, Bobert. Athletics are fine, but why all the hoopla, and they shouldn't be getting paid more than garbage collectors and secretaries. |
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10 Jul 10 - 10:18 AM (#2942936) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: Bobert Well, okay, Rigs... Granted... Now, can you tailor yer response to this specfic player, por favor, good buddy... B~ |
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10 Jul 10 - 11:26 AM (#2942970) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: GUEST,Riginslinger I'll just say he's a really big guy and leave it at that. |
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10 Jul 10 - 01:37 PM (#2943023) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: pdq Unlike the first one, it looks like this version of "LBJ's War On Poverty" was a huge success. |
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10 Jul 10 - 01:46 PM (#2943028) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: gnu "...and they shouldn't be getting paid more than garbage collectors and secretaries." Ahhhh... they don't entertain millions of people on TV, creating great sums of advertising $. They don't fill hundreds of thousands of seats for big bucks. They don't have short careers doing something they are good. They don't risk serious injury at least five days a week for months every year. They don't spend a lot of time away from family and home. |
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10 Jul 10 - 02:11 PM (#2943044) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: open mike no comment |
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10 Jul 10 - 04:49 PM (#2943117) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: kendall Bobert, my comment was about this one player. It's his life and he should do what he wants with it. To call him a traitor is ridiculous. It's a game, hardly on a level with selling military secrets to Gabon. By the way, why do you care? |
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10 Jul 10 - 05:15 PM (#2943143) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: Bobert Why should you care??? 'Cause it's B-Ball, Capt'n!!! Ain't tidlywinks or polo... It's B-Ball!!! Ain't Parchezy... Ain't shuffleboard... It's friggin' B-Ball!!! (They ain't got no B-Ball in Maine, Boberdz...) They don't??? (Nope... Baskets is fir sea critters like lobsters and crabs... Not for throwin' dumb balls into...) Geeze, Capt'n... I'm real sorry fit ya'll... I mean, no B-Ball is bad thing... But back to Labron... Yeah, it is his life but think about it this way: Larry Byrd never woulda made no secretg deal with Magic Johnson for them both to bolt to another team so they wouldn't have to compete against each other... No, they were old school and they went after each other all their careers... Same with Kobe Bryant... Ya' think he would jump from the Lakers to play for the Celtics??? I mean, yeah, each of these folks has their own life and, yeah, this is a free country but... ... I say, if ya' can't beat the other guy then try harder... Labron, IMHO, has taken the chicken way out... B~ |
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10 Jul 10 - 06:22 PM (#2943178) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: mousethief I read that this is going to cost Cleveland $150M in lost revenues from people coming to see Labron... That's alot of dough for a very depressed area of the country... Coming from other parts of the country? Or is this just Ohio money changing hands but staying in Ohio? |
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10 Jul 10 - 07:06 PM (#2943194) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: gnu Money has to change hands for the economy to work at all. Snow ain't gonna make enough change hands on it's own. |
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10 Jul 10 - 07:45 PM (#2943211) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: mousethief I know that. That wasn't the point of my question. Thanks for playing. |
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10 Jul 10 - 07:51 PM (#2943214) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: kendall I'm just not a sports fan and it baffles me why there is such a thing. Come to think of it, I used to watch boxing. The only time I ever got excited was when Spinks knocked Holmes on his arrogant ass. |
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10 Jul 10 - 08:23 PM (#2943223) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: Bobert Yeah, Larry Holmes needed a good butt whup and Leon was just the right guy fir the job... |
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10 Jul 10 - 09:24 PM (#2943244) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: GUEST,mark-s Should be some game when Cleveland plays Miami! |
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10 Jul 10 - 10:18 PM (#2943273) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: Bobert Unfortunately, Cleveland sans Labron is gonna be like Cleveland before Labron... Miami will kill them... But the two games in Cleveland for Miami are gonna be real hard on Cleveland's fans.... Real hard... If I had free tickets, I wouldn't go... B~ |
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11 Jul 10 - 06:38 PM (#2943639) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: dick greenhaus But you have to admit that The Decision was probably the low-water mark in TV history. |
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11 Jul 10 - 07:21 PM (#2943658) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: gnu Well, the Pats gave up a Hall of Fame kicker and got a better one. Maybe Cleveland did too? Maybe it's a good thing? (Please don't shoot.) |
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11 Jul 10 - 08:44 PM (#2943695) Subject: RE: BS: Labron James??? Yer comment... (basketball) From: Bobert Good thing for Miami Heat... Bad thing for the Cleveland Cavaiers but... ...maybe a good thing fir my Washington Bullets... They might even beat Cleveland a couple times this year... B~ |