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Midsummer 2013: The State of Things
Happy Fourth of July! Okay, I’ll be honest. I’ve neglected my blog for most of this year. Last year, inspired by the exciting political pageant of the Presidential Election and touring with my very...
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ObamaCare & Italy & Everything Else — Blog 2013: The Fourth Year In Review.
For my family and me, 2013 ended on an upbeat note with “Mr. Olsen’s New Year’s Rockin’ Neighborhood” — a raucous, sold-out celebration of comedy and rock & roll at 27 Live in Evanston, Illinois....
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The (Not So) Favorite Son Returns?
As a Clevelander who never blamed LeBron James for taking his talents to South Beach, let me add my own column space to the ten million blogs currently weighing in on The Decision Part Two: I’d love to...
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Blog 2014: The Fifth Year In Review.
2014 was the fifth year for this blog — and though I have to admit I was a relatively infrequent blogger this year — there were a handful of events I could not let pass without trying to say...
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My Mid-Season NBA Prediction.
Mark the date, NBA fans. Today I’m announcing that the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los Angeles Clippers will face each other in the 2015 NBA Finals. Full disclosure: I was born and raised in Cleveland...
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Small Ball? Please. The Cavs Go Big. Big Time.
Please pardon this Clevelander for crowing – but the Cavaliers have had a very good offseason so far. After taking the Golden State Warriors to 6 games in the 2015 NBA Finals without Kyrie Irving or...
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One Cleveland Boy’s Take on the 2016 NBA Finals.
Okay. It’s the NBA Finals. Starting tonight — Thursday, June 2nd — the battle between the Eastern Conference Champion Cleveland Cavaliers and the Western Conference Champion Golden State Warriors will...
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A Post-Victory Look at My Earlier Take on the 2016 NBA Finals.
I wrote this post before the Finals started. And when the Cavs were down 3 games to 1 after Game 4, it might have seemed like I would have to eat crow. But, somehow, I never lost faith that LeBron and...
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LeBron James & the NBA Finals = Must-See TV
Today, LeBron James will play in his eighth straight NBA Finals. King James and his Cleveland Cavaliers will face the Golden State Warriors for the fourth year in a row. LeBron and the Cavs are the...
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LeBron James Comes to Los Angeles: It’s Good vs. Evil.
Those who follow this blog know that I’m a Cleveland, Ohio boy, born and raised – and a LeBron James fan. Just as I was a Jim Brown fan in my boyhood days. What else can you possibly be when the...
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