LeBron and the Cleveland curse...

Two days ago a city was rocked to its core. That city was Cleveland. LeBron James decided to leave his hometown Cavaliers to be on the same team as two of his Olympic teammates; Dwayne Wade and the luckiest man alive Chris Bosh. While Cleveland inevitably melts down over his decision and his hideous decision to destroy his hometown on a prime time special on ESPN (which has become the worst thing for sports ever, but that's another topic for another time), there must be some navel gazing by Clevelanders on why this keeps on happening to their city. It's been called "the mistake by the lake," and at times hasn't been the cleanest city in the world (see Cuyahoga river, burning of), but what could be causing this lack of karma towards a simple city like Cleveland? It's been destroyed in sports over and over again, and for a city like Cleveland where hope is not always easy to find... it's a bad omen to see the shining light of your town seemingly leave without a morsel of regret. The amount of acting that LeBron James used to say that it was a "hard decision" was Oscar worthy.

But why? Why is this city so cursed? Why "The Drive" and "The Fumble" and "The Decision" and "The Shot" and Jose Mesa... Why? The reason is relatively simple. There's a reason why Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, the two closest cities to Cleveland in size and location, have had major sports successes and Cleveland hasn't.



THAT. Cleveland supports the most embarrassingly racist logo in the history of American sports. There's political correctness run a muck, there's charges of racism where there's none to be found, and then there's full on you should be ashamed of yourself Mel Gibson style racism. With a karmic albatross as large as Chief Wahoo, Cleveland will never ascend to to any sort of greatness. But what about Braves and Chiefs? There's at least a hint of respect being shown. What about Redskins? Redskin is bad, almost at the same level as the N-word... but there's no big karmic path of destruction in the city of Washin... okay, so maybe there is. Notice that the only time the Atlanta Braves won a World Series was when they faced the Indians?

It gets to a point where there's no defense. In the past, I've asked a couple of Clevelanders on the subject and their response was "It's a Cleveland thing, you wouldn't understand." They were right, I don't.



Let's put this on a hat and then act all surprised that things don't turn out the way we want them too. It's your choice Cleveland, get rid of Chief Wahoo forever or just remain the mistake by the lake.