Cleveland Cavaliers

LeBron James has been taking his lumps in this seasons the 2008 NBA Playoffs. His mother wanted to come to his aid after Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics pulled a move straight out of the WWE. The Cleveland Cavaliers superstar didn't want his mothers aid and told her to "sit her a-- down"

Like a good son that King James knew he did wrong and apologized after the game saying:

"I told her to sit down, in some language I shouldn't have used," James said. "Thank God today wasn't Mother's Day. All I could think about is her. ... I know my mother. It's fine, we're good."

The Cavaliers, of course, won game 4 of their series with the Celtics with the series resuming tomorrow night in Boston.

Here is the video clip of LeBron telling his mom Gloria that he can take care of himself?

Get your video cameras ready! Cleveland Cavalier LeBron James has teamed up with Cub Cadet to launch a new contest, the Trick Shot Challenge, looking for the country's best basketball trick shot. Basketball afficianados are encouraged to upload a video of their best trick shot for a chance to compete one-on-one against James, as well as fill up their garage with $5,000 of the Cub Cadet equipment of their choice.

Videos should be uploaded at LeBronsTrickShotChallenge.com by June 28, 2008 to be eligible. All of the videos entered will be available on the website where fans can view and vote for their favorite trick shot.

If trick shots aren't your thing, you still have a chance to win some cool prizes. Anyone over the age of 13 that registers on the site is automatically entered to win $5,000 in cash or signed LeBron James merchandise in a sweepstakes drawing to take place August 4, 2008. Every day you log into the site and cast a vote, additional entries will be submitted, increasing your odds of winning.

Once the videos have all been uploaded, a team of judges from Cub Cadet will select the nine best videos as semi-finalists. Fans will then vote on their favorite trick shot, narrowing it down to three finalists.

Papa John's estimates that they sold an estimated 75,000 pizzas on Thursday in Ohio during a promotion that offered pizza lovers the chance to snag a pie for just 23-cents. More than 80 Papa John's locations in Cleveland, Akron, Youngstown, Toledo, and Columbus took park in the one-day special.

The promotion netted more than $17,500, with all proceeds going to the LeBron James Family Foundation. Papa Johns also donated an additional $10,000 to James' foundation, as well as another $10,000 to the Cavaliers Youth Fund.

Paja Johns offered the promotion to Ohioans after backing the wrong team in the playoffs, and giving away t-shirts making fun of "cry baby" LeBron James. After numerous complaints, Papa Johns decided on a 23-center special, taking inspiration from LeBron's #23.

Obviously more than just Cavs fans showed up for the special deal, and throughout the day there were reports of long lines, traffic problems, and complaints about long waits.

What do you get when you fool a blind man? Well, Overstock.com likes to reward the most despised NBA player in Cleveland, signing him today to a 4 year contract to help hawk their goods and services. If you are new to the Cleveland sports scene you may have no idea what I am talking about. If you follow Cavaliers basketball there is little doubt that you know that I am speaking about Carlos Boozer, who betrayed Cleveland and the team's then-owner Gordon Gund, who is legally blind, by shaking on a contract. Here is what ESPN wrote in 2004 of the situation:

The Cavaliers had an option year remaining on Boozer's contract at the bargain-basement price of $700,000. But Boozer averaged 15.5 points and 11.4 rebounds last season. Acknowledging he was worth way more than that, Cavs general manager Jim Paxson supposedly shook hands with Boozer on a deal in which the team would forgo the option and let Boozer become a restricted free agent. In exchange, Boozer would sign with Cleveland for $41 million over six years.
Shortly afterward, however, the Jazz stepped in with an offer worth $27 million more, one the Cavs couldn't afford to match. Boozer accepted that deal and the debate began: Did Paxson get bamboozled, and if so, was he at fault for taking the player's word? Did Boozer act with malice by breaking his promise? And was there a promise made to begin with?

Even Boozer's own sports agency, known to have less morals than used auto salesman, washed their hands of Boozer after the deal. Again, quoting the AP story that ESPN ran:

Among the intriguing pieces of fallout was the decision by SFX, the company that represents Boozer, to disassociate itself from the player, a rare move that spoke to the bad public relations it must have received in the wake of the contract. The agent who worked out the deal, Rob Pelinka, resigned from the company, as well.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have lost game one in their playoff series against the Boston Celtics tonight. The Cavaliers superstar LeBron James shot only 2-18 from the floor but Cleveland managed to keep the game close falling by 4 with the final 76-72.

The struggles of James, unarguably one of the NBA's most popular players, came to a climax when he missed a 5 footer with less than 5 seconds to play that could have tied the hard fought game. As the shot rattled out, so did the chances of stealing home court advantage against the team that most pundits predict will represent the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals this season.

Papa Johns found out it is not smart to mess with King James. The pizza chain choose the wrong side in the Washington Wizards-Cleveland Cavaliers series and will now sell pizzas for 23 cents on Thursday. This came after the company gave away shirts that made fun of superstar LeBron James, who had been the subject of hard fouls and trash talk in the series played between the two clubs. Numerous calls, faxes, and letters were written by angry Clevelanders so the the company decided to make things right. Papa Johns released a statement said that they are fans of the Cavaliers and LeBron and wish them the best throughout the playoffs. Looks like another witness has been converted.

Cleveland Cavaliers fans that worried that their team blew the series against the Washington Wizards when they couldn't put them away on Wednesday night had nothing to worry about after all. The Cavaliers brought their A-game and blew out the Wizards 105-86 tonight to advance to the second round of the NBA Playoffs. This was the third straight year the Cavaliers defeated Washington in the opening round of the NBA playoffs

The Cavs will face either the Boston Celtics or the Atlantic Hawks. The Celtics, the favorites in the Eastern Confernce, would hold home field advantage if they were to face the Cavs and can wrap up the series tonight with a victory in Atanta. If Boston prevails tonight, they would meet the Cavs in Beantown on Sunday.

The Cleveland Cavaliers had the chance to seal the deal against the Washington Wizards tonight at the Quicken Loans Arena but fell just short losing 87-86. The Cavs led late in the fourth quarter but failed to hold onto the lead. Lebron James had the opportunity to send the hometown crowd happy but his drive to the hoop as time expired resulted in a miss 5 footer that ended the game. The Cavs let the Wizards score the last 6 points in the last 1:30 to steal the victory. Game 6 will be played in Washington on Friday night.

Lebron James led all scoring in the hard fought battle with 32 points and added 9 rebounds and 7 assists. Caron Butler's 32 points and 9 rebounds led the Wizards.

If you are a Cleveland Cavaliers basketball fan you probably know that there is good chance that LeBron James will be New York city bound when his contract with the Cavaliers expires after the 2009-2010 season. As painful as it is to accept, the fact of the matter is their a lot of money to made in the big apple and his lucrative contracts with Nike and Coca-Cola will probably play a part in his decision to leave the area that he grew up in.

New York fans know this as well and already trying to lure "King James" to play in the worlds most famous arena Madison Square Garden. A fan of the Knicks has started a website called "NYC For LeBron" enticing him to opt out of his contract:

So as New Yorkers we have to put matters in our own hands. Please register so that we can invite you to rallies and special events and raise funds to buy LeBron a New York gift basket (his own suite at Yankee Stadium, additional salary, Gloria James courtside seats, Ferrari, etc.) if he opts out of his contract in July 1, 2010 and comes to New York. Does LeBron need the money? No, but we need LeBron!

LeBron James has completed another advertisement. This time it is for Coca-Cola brand VitaminWater. King James plays a lawyer in the spot and wears a Ralph Lauren suit and black Gucci leather shoes.

The superstar forward told the Associated Press

'You want people to see a different side of you. It would be easy for me to do a commercial on the basketball court, shooting a ball through a hoop. People see me do that everyday and they see the highlights all the time. ''But in my ads you see me doing other things. A company like VitaminWater has always done things differently, so it was easy. I didn't even have to suggest it. They already had it going, so it was easy to fit in.''