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10M of You Watched LeBron's 'Decision'

Congratulations on time well-spent

(Newser) - The Nielsen Co. estimates that 9.95 million people watched LeBron James announce on ESPN that he's leaving Cleveland to play for the Miami Heat, making it the third-most-watched program on cable television this year. The Decision that aired Thursday night ranks behind the 12.3 million who watched the...

LeBron Mural Coming Down in Cleveland

10-story-tall Nike ad just doesn't make sense anymore

(Newser) - Cleveland is moving on with life: Workers today began removing an enormous mural of LeBron James from a downtown building, reports CBS4 . The Nike ad is 10 stories tall and has been a fixture of the Cleveland skyline for a few years. It's so big that workers will spend all...

LeBron Made a Costly 'Decision'
 LeBron Made a 
 Costly 'Decision' 
Nate Silver
Jul 9, 2010 1:55 PM CDT

LeBron Made a Costly 'Decision'

Unpopular move could cost James lots of sponsorships

(Newser) - Maybe LeBron James really does only care about winning, because if he cares about his money or his image, he’s made a really big mistake. LeBron’s Q rating, which measures how many people know and favorably view a person, was a stratospheric 34 until the decision to leave...

LeBron Shows World Everything Wrong With Sports

Hour-long ego trip lays bare pointless pastime

(Newser) - As the news broke that LeBron James will join the Miami Heat , fans whose teams lost out were disappointed, "but mostly they were flabbergasted by the tone deafness of the whole enterprise," Will Leitch writes for New York . Worse, the hour-long display of cluelessness surrounding the announcement exposed...

How to Write About Tweets Without Saying 'Tweet'

Observer pokes fun at Times ' Twitter story

(Newser) - The New York Times forbids the word "tweet" (in the Twitter sense) from its pages, as the Awl noted a while back. So when the paper wrote a story about LeBron James' doings on Twitter, the New York Observer wondered how in the world it would manage. Here are...

LeBron James Picks Miami
 LeBron James Picks Miami 
'the decision'
Jul 8, 2010 8:41 PM CDT

LeBron James Picks Miami

Sorry Cavs, Knicks, and Bulls

(Newser) - LeBron James is leaving Cleveland for the Miami Heat. Or as the Miami Herald puts it: "The King is coming." The Cleveland Plain Dealer takes a dimmer view: "Legone," as does the New York Daily News , which hoped for a new Knick: "Burned!" James...

Miami Heat Season Tickets Gone Amid LeBron Rumors

But he's not making any announcement until tonight

(Newser) - A lot of people in Miami are going to be very disappointed tonight if LeBron James announces he's playing elsewhere. Amid speculation that James will choose the Miami Heat, season tickets (some for as high as $6,000) sold out this afternoon, reports the Miami Herald . The team held back...

C'mon LeBron: Get a Little Media Savvy
 C'mon LeBron: 
 Get a Little Media Savvy 
opinion
Jul 8, 2010 1:03 PM CDT

C'mon LeBron: Get a Little Media Savvy

It's a circus, but it's not big enough

(Newser) - LeBron James is taking plenty of flak over tonight's big announcement in the who-does-this-guy-think-he-is vein. (Witness Drew Magary's rant at Deadspin , where he refers to James as a "self-aggrandizing sack of shit" and doesn't think much better of ESPN.) But Phil Rosenthal at the Chicago Tribune thinks James...

LeBron Leaning Toward Miami

Odds for Knicks, Cavs plunge

(Newser) - LeBron James has pretty much decided he’ll be joining Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami, sources tell Chris Broussard of ESPN . Of course, James won’t make any announcement before his special tonight at 9pm Eastern—which just happens to be on ESPN—so there’s time for...

LeBron Guessing Game Ends Tomorrow Night

In an hour-long special on ESPN

(Newser) - Well, that was fast. LeBron James will announce the winner of the battle for his affections tomorrow night in an hour-long special on ESPN, according to an ESPN report . (Yes, journalism fans, ESPN reporter Chris Broussard has “learned through independent sources” that this is going on, but network brass...

Cleveland Worries LeBron Will Take Economy With Him

King James has been a boon for downtrodden city

(Newser) - Before LeBron James, there were thousands of empty seats for most Cleveland Cavaliers games and downtown was silent after dark. With him, every game is a sellout and nearby bars and restaurants bustle. As they face the possibility of losing the free-agent NBA superstar, residents wonder if the man they...

LeBron Sweepstakes Begins
 LeBron Sweepstakes Begins 
Jul 1, 2010 7:39 AM CDT

LeBron Sweepstakes Begins

And with it the biggest free agent summer in history

(Newser) - The scramble over the richest free agent class in NBA history officially tips off today, and all eyes are on one man. LeBron James won't be traveling to visit his suitors. The King will hold court at home in Akron, where first the Nets, and then the Knicks, Bulls, Heat,...

Cops Seek Foiled Robber in Lakers Uniform

LA man tries to rob security guard wearing team's uniform

(Newser) - A would-be mugger who attempted to rob a security guard shouldn't be that hard to find, police tell the LA Times : He was wearing a Lakers uniform. The man asked for directions, then pulled an assault pistol and ordered the guard to the ground. He demanded and got the guard's...

7-Foot, 7-Inch NBA Legend Manute Bol Dead at 47

One of the tallest players ever to grace the NBA

(Newser) - Manute Bol, one of the two tallest players in NBA history and a shot-blocking legend, has died at age 47. Bol, who measured just a hair under 7 feet, 7 inches, was drafted by the Washington Bullets in 1985, but his exotic and unusual story began years before—and thousands...

Lakers Win NBA Finals
 Lakers Win NBA Finals 
Jun 18, 2010 6:40 AM CDT

Lakers Win NBA Finals

Celtics beaten 83-79 as Lakers claim 16th title

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Lakers have won their 16th NBA championship, dramatically rallying from a fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Boston Celtics 83-79 in Game 7 of the NBA finals. Kobe Bryant scored 23 points despite 6-of-24 shooting while winning his fifth title with the Lakers, who repeated as NBA champions...

Charles Barkley Calls Out Jordan Over Hitler Mustache

'I don't know what the hell he was thinking'

(Newser) - Charles Barkley does not have a filter, not even if he’s talking about good buddy Michael Jordan. In an interview this week, spotted by the folks at Sports Grid , Barkley said exactly how he felt about the mustache Jordan sports in the latest round of Hanes ads—you know,...

Anita Baker Sings Anthem Like 'Dying Cat'

She was all over Twitter, but not in a good way

(Newser) - Anita Baker sounded less like an eight-time Grammy winner and more like a “dying cat” when she sang the National Anthem at Game 4 of the NBA finals last night. Poor Baker became a trending topic on Twitter, the New York Daily News reports, as shocked fans tweeted things...

The Worst Calls of All Time
 The Worst Calls of All Time 
Jun 4, 2010 12:29 PM CDT

The Worst Calls of All Time

Don't feel bad, Armando, you're not alone

(Newser) - In honor of Armando Galarraga's perfect one-hitter, Salon decided to compile a list of some of the biggest blown calls in history. And we decided that it would be more fun to watch those blown calls than to read about them. So check out this video gallery, and get ready...

Obama to LeBron: How About Chicago?

President talks hoops, shills for home town with Marv Albert

(Newser) - If LeBron James decides to go to Chicago, he'll have some good teammates in place—and an exceedingly famous No. 1 fan. President Obama wants the King to sign with his hometown Bulls, he told Marv Albert in a recent interview. “You know, I don't want to meddle,”...

How Kobe Killed Hightops
 How Kobe Killed Hightops 
May 19, 2010 10:19 AM CDT

How Kobe Killed Hightops

Once-dominant fashion has gone by the wayside

(Newser) - In case you hadn't noticed, hightop sneakers are on death's door. You can thank big stars like Steve Nash, who's worn low-tops all his life, and Kobe Bryant, whose switch to low-tops last year prompted four of his Lakers teammates to follow suit. Of course, they're not alone. Eighty percent...

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