SPORTS STUFF

One afternoon, I was listening to 'The Bull and the Fox,' the sports radio talk show that airs on 92.3 The Fan.  It was June, 2016, and the Cavs had just tied the Warriors with a monstrous Game 6 win to force a Game 7.  The city was buzzing with adrenaline.  It was the first time in 19 years that a Cleveland sports team would play in a game with a championship on the line.  A caller called into the show and passed down a story I will never forget.  He was a middle aged adult male that had lost his father to cancer years ago.  While lying on his death bed, terminally ill, his father passed him down a book with an inscription inside.  It said, "When Cleveland wins a championship, take this book downtown and we'll burn it together."  A few days later, on Sunday, June 19th, 2016, the Cavs would win the championship.  On Father's Day. Something that we will be hearing a lot in coming years, and maybe forever, is how the Cavs managed to win, "J...

It was July 8th, 2010.  Fort Leonardwood, Missouri.  0600 (that's 6am for all you non-military lingo folk).  I was in Advanced Individual Training (AIT; basically just an extension of basic training), eating breakfast in the chow hall.  If you're lucky, you'll catch a glimpse of the 32 inch TV hanging up in the corner of the room that had the morning edition of Sportscenter for about 10 minutes, until you had to haul ass outta there and get started with the rest of your day.  Not a lot was going on at this time of the year.  I had two weeks to go until I headed home for the first time in five months, so my mood was pretty positive. Until I glanced up at the TV.  The red 'Breaking News' alert was flashing on a loop on the bottom of the screen.  LeBron James was leaving the Cavaliers with the intention of joining the Miami Heat.  It became official at 9:28 pm that night.  It was a major punch to the gut.  I remember operating a bulldo...