The World According to TD

I am proud to announce that earlier this week, the boys at Waiting For Next Year came to me with an offer I couldn’t refuse. Put it this way, when it comes to readership, they dwarf me ten times over. So While I will be posting here from time to time, you can find my takes regularily over at WFNY. They do exactly what I was attempting to do over here, and they are an already established brand in the Cleveland Sports Community. It was a no-brainer.

Thanks for the support and continue to check me out over at Waiting For Next Year!

TD

You want his, you got him…Les Levine’s Truth and Reason tonight talks about Lebron’s greatness. Is he the greatest athlete in Cleveland history? Of course.

WKNR AM-850, ESPN Radio in Cleveland has finally pulled the plug on the “Munch on Sports” show in the drive time slot of 3-6. Mark “Munch” Bishop is as nice of a man as you want to meet, but a drive-time sports talk radio talent, he wasn’t. He had been getting trounced in the ratings by the superbly untalented wind-bag Mike Trivisonno of WTAM 1100.

According to the News-Herald’s Bob Finnan, former Cavs Play by Play man Michael Reghi is taking over as host of the show. A one time TWATTD interview subject, Reghi will no doubt improve the show ten-fold. He is as knowledgeable as it comes with regards to all three teams in this town, and actually has an opinion. It’s his tell-it-like-it-is persona that was probably his undoing with the Cavaliers. He refused to be a shill.

We wish him nothing bu the best of luck.

Don’t be mad, Browns fans. Just sit back and laugh. I know I am. Next Sunday, when the Browns still won’t have any idea of who is in charge of their football operations, and have an owner who is beyond clueless, their two “rivals” will meet in the AFC title game with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line. The winner will get to their second Super Bowl since the turn of the century. Meanwhile, your Browns are one of only three non-expansion (Lions, Cardinals, Saints) teams to never play in the game, which is now in it’s 45th installment.

SIDE NOTE: One more thing about Randy Lerner. Instead of meeting the press while they are all in the same room to hear what his new coach has to say, he bolted without saying a word, then held a teleconference from his office in New York, which wasn’t allowed to be record. I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again - if you don’t like the public scrutiny that goes along with being an NFL owner SELL THE TEAM!!!! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Lebron James is the best player in the NBA folks. He showed that once again tonight with a signature performance against the Champion Boston Celtics in the Cavaliers 98-83 win. It wasn’t just the 38 points or the seven boards, or the six assists. His defense on Paul Pierce was Jordan-esque. Lebron played the type of game coach Mike Brown lives for. He was all over the passing lanes, collecting four steals blocking three shots, and spending all night in the Boston passing lanes, wreaking havoc.

He did it all in spectacular fashion. It was one of those games, on the biggest regular season stage, that made me shake my head. We are so lucky to have #23 playing on our team. The Q crowd chanted “MVP…MVP….MVP” when Lebron nailed a halfcourt shot during the Celtics lame “Hack-a-Ben” strategy in the fourth quarter.

Lebron and his teammates were so hyped and wanted this one so badly, it showed in their play during a 33 point first quarter. The defense was [Read the rest of this entry...]

Cavaliers vs. Celtics. January 9th, 2009. We’ve been looking to this date for over a month now. Forget all of these other rinky dink games against the likes of the Bobcats, WIzards, Bulls, etc. Matching up with the NBA Champions on the Quicken Loans floor with 20,000 plus at full throat for their home town team. Lebron and his band of warriors against the big three. The Cavs out to avenge last year’s game seven loss in the Eastern Semifinals. A national ESPN audience. It should be a dandy.

What are we going to be looking for tonight? Well its hard to sit here and breakdown an NBA regular season game, but on the Cavaliers side of the ball, I am very interested to see how many minutes Mike Brown gives to J.J. Hickson in a game of this magnitude and what he exactly does with them. It’s easy for Brown to go with Hickson against [Read the rest of this entry...]

Yesterday, a report surfaced that Ohio State stud RB Chris “Beanie” Wells will declare for the NFL draft. Buckeye fans, this should come as no shock to you. I know you were hoping that Beanie would want to come back, give the Heisman Trophy one last shot, and set all of the school rushing records in the process. That was pie in the sky thinking.

The truth is in today’s NFL, Running Backs don’t have a long shelf life. Just ask Shaun Alexander and Edgerrin James. Two years ago, Alexander was the MVP of the league. This year, [Read the rest of this entry...]