Cleveland Rocks and Deflate-Gate Mocks

It's been a long time, but I thought it was about time I started offering some sports musings again.

CLEVELAND ROCKS-I never thought I'd say I'm happy for Lebron James, especially 6 years ago when he abused every faithful ESPN viewer by holding the sports nation hostage for an hour when he staged "The Decision" to let everyone know he's going to Miami to play for the Heat.  I was fully pulling against him every time I saw the Heat play all four years he was in Miami because it just seemed like he had an ego WAY too big for me to be in the same room watching on TV.  What a difference a change of scenery made.  I gained a lot of respect for him making the choice to return to Cleveland and plan to deliver his home state of Ohio the long-awaited championship without putting together a pricey "big three" and instead lead a group of talented players in Cleveland and make them better.  That's exactly what he did with the Cavs this year and he delivered that title to Cleveland and it made for a good human interest story with a happy ending.  I saw the raw emotion from him on the court right after the win in game 7 at Golden State in the NBA Finals that humanized him again and gave you a chance to appreciate his passion.  It was a great moment for a truly talented, great player which we will not see again for a long time.  He's a once in a generation type player and he earned his place as a legend in Cleveland.

DEFLATE-GATE MOCKS-The fact that we can still talk about Deflate-Gate a YEAR AND A HALF later makes this drama a mockery of the NFL.  If only Tom Brady would just be the bigger person here and sit down for 4 games and take the suspension, we can all move on from this.  We know he wasn't completely innocent with all this, there's proof of his knowledge of the deflated footballs to some degree.  All of us diehard NFL fans will appreciate Brady so much more if he would just do the time so we can move past this.  This on going suspension, followed by an appeal routine is really pathetic at this point and sad.  Brady's legacy is not going to be damaged to the point that we all don't get that he's a very talented QB who constantly shows his greatness on the field every season.  There's a reason the Patriots are in the playoffs every year, because they have great leadership with Brady and Belichick.  No one is going to forget his four super bowl wins and multiple MVP performances, he's way too concerned about his legacy with this.  He's only got a few seasons left in the tank and he would be much better off enjoying them without wasting so much time in a courtroom arguing over cellphones and deflated footballs.  Let's hope the court does the right thing and ends this and puts Brady in the corner for 4 games.   Think about it Tom...you get four games OFF this season.  You're 38 years old, it's not a bad situation for you.  Just ask Brett Favre is he would have liked to have 4 games off in his last season.  You don't need the money either from those four games.  Spend it with your super model wife and your two kids.  Watch the Pats on a huge big screen TV in your massive mancave and we'll see you in October!