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I realize that this is not a sports blog, but it will be today. If you are not interested in my opinion on the LeBron James story, you’ve got a 123 other entries to choose from. If you are looking for a little love with your white wine, try this one: http://myjourney-unemployed.blogspot.com/2010/02/book-of-love.html Or if you are looking for something sweet, give this a spin: http://myjourney-unemployed.blogspot.com/2010/03/one-degree-of-separation.html Ok, now to our lead story: Dearest LeBron, I cannot remember the last sports story that brought out this much emotion in me. And honestly, I’m not really sure if I can truly connect with those emotions. But I’ll give it a try. On one hand, I applaud you for making winning your #1 priority in choosing Miami over Cleveland.   Or New York.   Or Chicago. If that’s in fact what you really did. On every other hand, I am disgusted by you. I must disclose that my mother comes from Cleveland, so there is no question that I speak from a ...

When it comes to sports, I’ll put my knowledge and passion up against anyone. Well, almost anyone. I worked at ESPN for seven years and there are literally hundreds of people working there who have forgotten more about sports than I will ever know. But I’ll still say I’m ahead of the curve. Except when it comes to lacrosse. That’s one game I know VERY little about. A couple of weeks ago, I got a call from a fraternity brother who said he was coming to town for a national college lacrosse tournament. And he was bringing his 19-year old son. Who was playing in the event. Wow do I feel old. My fraternity brother has a son old enough to be in a fraternity. What’s next, my daughter is going to high school. Oh wait, that’s next year.  Ouch. So I headed up to the event, where the top schools from all over the country were here to determine the national champs. If you’ve never seen the game of lacrosse, it’s kind of like if soccer, hockey, rugby, football and basketball had a baby. We watc...

In 1984, when I was a Freshman in college, I wrote an amazing term paper on the birth of Cable Television.  I got an A.  I really did my homework on that one, contacting all the big players in the business at the time -- MTV, ESPN and CNN. It was so good, I used the same exact paper again as a Sophomore and Junior. I think I got an A on those too. Why waste a good thing, right?  I was green before green. Well, little did I know at the time that cable TV would be responsible for putting food on the table for my wife and kids. Little did I know at the time that I would actually have a wife and kids. After working for eight years in local TV, I spent the next 17 years working behind-the-scenes for the top cable sports networks in all of the land. Talk about dreaming the impossible dream. Unfortunately that dream came to a crashing halt a year-and-a-half ago, but yesterday I made my triumphant return to cable TV in a much different role -- in front of the camera. I was on air...