After he was drafted, LeBron James talked about lighting up Cleveland ‘like Vegas.’ Four years later, the Cavaliers are bringing a new brilliance to Cleveland. The city is bustling and fans are charged with high expectations as the Cavs get set to officially tip off the 2006-07 season on Wednesday, November 1st at 8:00 p.m. […]
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Pre-Season Bumps
13 WHAM.COM out of Rochester reports that the Buffalo Bills got a reprieve Thursday. Local sports radio had a new villain – LeBron James and his Cleveland Cavaliers.“Many fans, whether they want to admit it or not, were sold a bill of goods,†said Hot Talk 1280 WHTK host John DiTullio. Rochester fans dethroned King […]
Maccabi Elite – Not So
Maccabi Elite is one of the most successful basketball clubs in Israel. The final score in Tuesday night’s Cavaliers victory certainly did not help to sway those that might not feel it was worth shelling out the price of admission for a Non-NBA team. The final score was 93-67. Last year however Maccabi became the […]
Washington Wins Pre Season Game
Antonio Daniels scored 15 points and the Washington Wizards ended the game on a 37-18 run to beat LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers 93-89 in a pre-season game Saturday night. It was the first meeting between the teams since last season’s Eastern Conference playoffs, won by the Cavaliers in six games. The Cavaliers led […]
Tait Is Here To Stay
 The Cleveland Cavaliers today have extended the contract of long-time radio announcer Joe Tait through the 2008-09 season.Tait is entering his 35th season as the voice of the Cavaliers, including the last 13 years for WTAM-AM handling both play-by-play and color commentary. The Cavaliers fired their TV play-by-play announcer of 12 years, Michael Reghi, in […]
Boozer ready to roll but is still cautious
The Desert News.Com is reporting that “Around this time last year, the Jazz were giddy about the tip-top shape in which big-man Carlos Boozer reported to training camp. Â Â Â Â Â Boozer gloated, too. Â Â Â By the end of the first week, however, the would-be front-line starter was down and out with a bad hamstring […]
USA Team 5-0
A 53-point win over South Korea wrapped up a perfect Asian exhibition tour for a star-studded U.S. team on its way to the world-championship tournament.LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers scored 23 points Tuesday to lead the Americans to a 116-63 rout of South Korea in their final tuneup. The U.S. team, which went 5-0 […]
Team USA on a Roll
With Carmelo Anthony back at full strength, the United States had little trouble with Lithuania. Anthony, who hyperextended his knee and left in the second quarter of a victory over Brazil last week, scored 19 points Sunday as the United States cruised past Lithuania, 111-88, in a tuneup for the world championships. Anthony set the […]