Cleveland Browns cornerback Brandon McDonald had another opinion on T.O. signing with the Bengals, which you can read below:

Tell us how you really feel Brandon.

Well, I had the chance Sunday morning to ask Owens about the McDonald comment and just overall players running their mouths on Twitter. This is what he had to say:

We all know that Owens knows who McDonald is. And you can say Owens it taking the high road in this one, but not without at least throwing one little jab at McDonald.

The Browns play the Bengals twice (October 3 and December 19). I’m sure there will be some trash-talking leading up to the game, but in all honestly, who wants to be compared to Ronald McDonald?

DSS #071 - July 17, 2010

“The Dugout Sports Show” was live from Ganley Volkswagen/Subaru in Bedford, Ohio on July 17th. I was joined by Tony Mazur from the Cleveland Sports Report.

We were also joined by AM 850 WKNR sports talk show host Sabrina Parr.  She joined our show right after purchasing one of the many great vichles at Ganley Volkswagen/Subaru in Bedford. She came on and talked about LeBron leaving Cleveland, the impact on the city, and also a little Cleveland Browns and Ohio State football.

You can listen to the Sabrina Parr interview podcast here.

We hit on the wackiest MLB disabled list stories that hit the news recently as well as the great ones from years past.  The passing of George Steinbrenner was discussed including the million dollar question…what if “The Boss” took over the Cleveland Indians back in the 70s?

PROGRAMMING NOTE: On July 31st, we will have our “DSS Listener Appreciation Day” at Ganley Volkswagen/Subaru from 10am-2pm ET. We will be broadcasting outside, Wii HR Derby will be out, and prizes to go around. So make sure to come on out! Great times, great food, and prizes! And more importantly, it’s the chance for us to say thank you to the listeners! More information will be posted!

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Daniel Gibson spoke up for Cleveland fans on LeBron James leaving and he also spoke about Byron Scott and his camp coming up in Cleveland in a couple weeks.

As you may or may not know, Cleveland Cavaliers guard Daniel “Boobie” Gibson wrote a blog post on his website concerning LeBron James decision to leave Cleveland.

“Boobie” followed up the blog post with an interview on the “Sean and John” show on AM 1560 KGOW The Game in Houston, Texas. He discussed everything from his letter, LeBron James leaving, Byron Scott, and his camp coming up in Cleveland in a couple weeks.

You can check out the “Sean and John” show here. They are live every weekday 3-6pm CT.

The NBA has gone soft. Antawn Jamison just proved that point saying he "hopes LeBron gets a championship" down in Miami.

Since LeBron James has announced he was signing with the Miami Heat, a lot of people not only in Cleveland but around the country have expressed their anger and hate towards the “King”. But one of his former teammates is happy for LeBron.

Current Cleveland Cavaliers forward Antawn Jamison recently told a TMZ photographer “I’m happy for him. I hope he gets a championship.”

You can watch the video clip here. (Courtesy of TMZ)

What?!? Hopes he gets a championship? Are we not in the same league? Are you not competing for the same goal and prize? But yet you are wishing another player on another team you hope he gets a championship.

Granted, Jamison is stuck with the Cavaliers after being basically a rental player to win a title last year, but this is not the mentality I want on the Cavaliers.

You think Michael Jordan or Larry Bird hoped Magic Johnson gets a championship? Hell no. I miss the old days where players hated each other.

Former Cleveland Cavalier Jim Chones had some choice words for LeBron James. (Katie Brinager/DSS)

We had former Cleveland Cavalier and current radio personality JIM CHONES on our July 10th show live from Ganley Volkswagen/Subaru in Bedford. Our main topic was Jim’s reaction to LeBron James leaving to play for the Miami Heat.

Chones had some choice words on the situation. He also hit on the state of the Cavaliers roster and what the Cavs should and could do to improve their chances for next season.

Jim played with the Cavaliers from 1974 to 1979. He was a part of the “Miracle at Richfield” in during the ‘75-’76 season. Jim went on to win an NBA Championship with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1980. Jim now does postgame analysis on WTAM 1100 following Cavs games and does some analyst work for the Milwaukee Bucks.

You can listen to our “LeBron Shames” show here.

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“The Dugout Sports Show” was live from Ganley Volkswagen/Subaru in Bedford, Ohio on July 10th. I was joined by Tony Mazur from the Cleveland Sports Report.

We were also joined by former Cleveland Cavalier JIM CHONES. He sounded off on LeBron James and his decision to leave Cleveland for South Beach to join the Miami Heat.

You can listen to the Chones interview podcast here.

Most of the show was dedicated to LeBron and the disgust Cavs fans showed towards the former ‘King’ of Cleveland.

You can leave your LeBron James hate on our show hotline. Just call 216.759.9011 and leave your best take. The truly great voicemails will receive a prize courtesy of The Dugout Sports Show.

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We know at least one Cavalier who will be giving it his all next season. (The guy on the right)

“Boobie” Gibson wrote a letter to Cleveland Cavalier fans today on his website. Gibson is the second Cavalier to express themselves after LeBron James deserted the team Thursday by signing with the Miami Heat. Cavaliers guard Mo Williams talked about his feelings on his Twitter account after the announcement Thursday night.

What Up World,

This Message is Directly for the fans of Cleveland from your adopted son, The one and only Boobie G. As you know i was born and raised in Houston, TX. Never once stayed outside the state for more than two weeks and the time I did, that was for basketball. But after two years of college at the University of Texas I decided to make the jump. You can just imagine how fast my mind was racing going to a city so many miles out of my comfort zone not knowing one single person. But I thank God it was Cleveland! Because From day one the city embraced me and made me feel like I was home. My Second HOME. And as time went on I began to see why we connected. Cleveland is a never die city, city of loyalty, hard-workers, passion, desire, and toughness. A lot of the same characteristics I have in me and that inspired me. So I made a promise to myself that every day I stepped foot on that basketball court I would show the world what Cleveland was all about. Leaving everything i had on the court. So no matter what obstacle was placed in front of me, I would bust right through it. No matter how high, I would get over it. Or how wide I would get around it. N I hope I did that and will continue to do that. I said that to say, I know right now emotions are high, and people are confused about the way things went down. But I’m here to say DO NOT FORGET THAT WE STILL HERE. and WE GONE GRIND!!!! The Cavaliers haven’t went anywhere, just lost a piece. Everything in life happens for a reason, Some which we dont understand and never will. Somethings we cant control, But the thing we can control is our passion and our love for city of Cleveland and state of OHIO. And that every single night we take that we floor We Will represent. Blood SweAT and Tears. We will go hard. Just like you. From the bottom to the top, this organization is committed to winning and we wont stop now….. Cant stop now. I LOVE you. We Love YOU. And together We gone make it HAppen. O H I O. Hang in there.

As for me on another note, I’m in LA working on my game so that i may be a key part of this movement next season. The family is doing great. MY wife to be is in the studio every day and night trying to create the best album of her career. Cutting no corners putting her heart in it like never before. With so much new emotion to show the world. My son Daniel Jr. is 4 months now. Everyday he gets bigger. We took him to the doctor yesterday to get two shots. And lil man did not shed a tear. even laughed a little bit. Tough lil dude, something like his daddy LOL. The rest of the fam is back home in Houston working with the DGib Hoops Foundation-Shooting for Success. Helping mainly inner city youth to meet new friends, become more discipline, athletically and academically so that one day they may qualify for scholarships and go on to college and be whatever they want to be. Following a living example. ME… Well thats enough for today, yall stay tuned for my next post and remember if you believe, you can achieve. ANYTHING
Cleveland Stand up
1LUV,
BooBie

You can read comments from Cavs fans on Boobie’s letter here.

Also, check out pictures from inside the Q, where LeBron James individual photo used to be next to the Cavs locker room.

This picture shows where a huge poster of LeBron James, Mo Williams and  I think Anderson Varejao once hung over the team shop at the Q.

Day 1 of taking the Witness Sign down. I would say it’s about 15% done and will take a few days to take down completely.

And finally, these individual player shots are located right next to the Cavaliers locker room at the Q. Can you tell which one was LeBron James?

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Before are some videos from day one of LeBron James and his free agency era. The New Jersey Nets and New York Knicks both met with LeBron. Video was shot inside and outside of the IMG building in Cleveland, Ohio on July 1st, 2010. (4 videos all together)

Could LeBron James be headed to the Knicks?

The era of LeBron James officially a free agent started with a bang, as the New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets both came to Cleveland today to meet the the two-time MVP. LeBron James arrvied at the IMG building in downtown Cleveland a little before 11am, with the New Jersey Nets arriving shortly after.

Nets head coach Avery Johnson, rapper Jay-Z, and billionaire owner Mikhail Prokhorov led the Nets group in their meeting with James, which lasted about a hour and 45 minutes.

As the Nets were leaving, the Knicks group pulled in. They needed a cargo van to haul in their presentation. President of Basketball Operations Donnie Walsh led the group and was also joined by Assistant to the President Allan Houston, Knicks head coach Mike D’Antoni, and the Dolan group. Their meeting with LeBron lasted a little longer, going about two hours.

The Knicks then left the building and LeBron departed at around 3:30pm. LeBron will meet with the Miami Heat and L.A. Clippers on Friday.

Below are some pictures from the frenzy that was day one of LeBron James being a free agent.

New York Knicks head coach Mike D'Antoni leaves the IMG building in Cleveland after meeting with LeBron James. (Glenn Moore/DSS)

Current New York Knicks Assistant to the President of Basketball Operations Allan Houston, right, leaves after meeting with LeBron James. (Glenn Moore/DSS)

Free agent LeBron James leaves the IMG building in Cleveland after meeting with the New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets. (Glenn Moore/DSS)

Free agent LeBron James leaves the IMG building in Cleveland after meeting with the New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets. (Glenn Moore/DSS)

Sign outside of IMG building facing where LeBron James exited the building. (Glenn Moore/DSS)

The people behind MoreThanAPlayer.org show support for LeBron James outside the IMG building. (Glenn Moore/DSS)

This is only a little bit of the media/fan frenzy outside the IMG building as people waited for LeBron James to arrive. (Glenn Moore/DSS)

The New York Knicks group arrives at the IMG building in Cleveland to meet with LeBron James. (Glenn Moore/DSS)

Rapper and part owner of the New Jersey Nets leaves the IMG building in Cleveland after meeting with LeBron James. (Glenn Moore/DSS)

Rapper and part owner of the New Jersey Nets leaves the IMG building in Cleveland after meeting with LeBron James. (Glenn Moore/DSS)

Rapper and part owner of the New Jersey Nets leaves the IMG building in Cleveland after meeting with LeBron James. (Glenn Moore/DSS)

Rapper and part owner of the New Jersey Nets leaves the IMG building in Cleveland after meeting with LeBron James. (Glenn Moore/DSS)

Tom Izzo will remain Michigan State’s basketball coach, rejecting the head coaching position with NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers, WDIV Channel 4 in Detroit reported Tuesday night. An announcement is said to be made at 7pm ET, which was also reported by WDIV.

Izzo, 55, has coached the Spartans for 15 seasons with a record of 64-146, and a National Championship in 2000.

There has been a week of speculation on whether Izzo would take the Cavaliers job. Bryon Scott has also been contacted by the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers fired Mike Brown at the end of their 2010 playoff run, in which they were knocked out by the Boston Celtics.

“The Dugout Sports Show” was live from Ganley Volkswagen/Subaru in Bedford, Ohio on June 12th. I was joined by Tony Mazur from the Cleveland Sports Report. We talked about everything ranging from Tom Izzo coming or not coming to Cleveland to coach the Cavaliers, Steven Strasburg pitching against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field. We even had a little baseball trivia with “The Ganley Man”. And finally, we had some burgers courtsey of Ganley Volkswagen/Subaru. All in all, a great show.

We compared Izzo taking his time in making a decision to LeBron James and his upcoming free agency tour. Tony and I agreed that the Cavaliers should get a coach that has experience at the professional level. Maybe Bryon Scott?

Is Strasburg the real thing or is he just hype? We discussed how big Strasburg could become or how hard he can fall.

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The Indians as an organization did their best in promoting Strasburg’s appearance. Each day during the Boston Red Sox series, they flashed the scheduled pitching matchup between Strasburg and the Indians David Huff.

Ticket sales went through the roof. The only thing that could ruin the day was rain. But the sun shined down as the first pitch was thrown.

I went to the game as a fan. I was able to snatch tickets five rows from the Washington Nationals dugout to get some good pictures of Strasburg and actually see how fast this guy throws.

I wanted to check out Strasburg warming up in the bullpen before the game and knowing that fans can watch the opposing pitcher warmup, I thought this was the perfect chance to get up close and personal with the man they call the greatest pitcher since Walter Johnson.

As I started to get closer to the bullpen, I realized there were a lot fans wanting to catch a glimpse of the big righthander. This did not surprise me, but what I saw next did.

Usually the bullpen grants fans a great view of warm-ups. But it’s kind of hard to do that when three-quarters of the potential views are blocked off by pop and chips.

Pop and chips block off the view of Steven Strasburg warming up at Progressive Field. (Katie Brinager/DSS)

Yes, pop and chips. Now, I do not know if this huge stand of pop and chips have been there all year. But I know when I was a kid, I relished in the fact that I could see David Wells, Roger Clemens, Orlando Hernandez, Randy Johnson, and Brad Radke warm up. To hear the pop of the glove and also catch some chatter between the pitcher and coach is what I looked forward to as a kid.

But not on this day. The only people allowed to see Strasburg warm up were the ones that had seats along the bullpen and the five fans that were able to see Strasburg from the top of the section. I’m sure the grumbling from the fans who could not watch could be heard from Lake Erie.

The Indians could have moved the hundreds of pop bottles and chips for one game. Just one game. To be able to have fans get a close view of Strasburg. But no. The sale of pop and chips are more important. (FYI: I did not see one person get anything form that stand while I was there. Just four workers standing around.)

The 32,876 fans who showed up to the game did not come because the Indians were on a four game winning streak. They came for one man and one man only. Maybe next time, they can do their sales of a $4.25 pop somewhere else.

Kelli Stack, 2010 USA Womens Hockey Team on DSS

On June 5th, DSS welcomed KELLI STACK from the 2010 USA Womens Hockey Team to the show live from Ganley Volkswagen/Subaru in Bedford, Ohio. Kelli won a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

We discussed playing hockey growing up, playing at Boston College, and also at the Olympics. We also hit on her plans for the next few years leading up to the next Winter Games. She told us about what she does in her free time, other sports interests, and also what she would do if she was LeBron James. She even brought her silver medal and hockey jersey on set.

You can watch the interview portion of the show below or you can listen to the interview by hitting the play button at the bottom of this post. You can also check out pictures from her time on the show here.

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“The Dugout Sports Show” was live from Ganley Volkswagen/Subaru in Bedford, Ohio on June 5th. I was joined by Tony Mazur from the Cleveland Sports Report and Brendan Bowers from StepienRules.com. We started the first half hour of the show talking about Danny Ferry resigning from his post as general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers. The discussion then turned to LeBron James and his “Free Agency Tour”.

Kelli Stack, USA Womens Hockey Team 2010

For the last hour of the show, we welcomed KELLI STACK live on set. Stack won sliver medal in the 2010 Winter Olympics while playing for the USA Womens Hockey Team. She even brought her silver medal and jersey with her! We discussed playing at Boston College, in the Olympics, her teammates, and also what she would do if she was LeBron James. You can listen to the interview portion here.

Other topics discussed were the “Imperfect Game”, John Wooden passing away, and where other free agents in the NBA might end up.

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Two of these men are unemployed. That a good thing or a bad thing?

In the matter of a month, the Cleveland Cavaliers have gone from being the favorite to be 2010 NBA Champions to a team without a head coach, general manager, and now living with the surrounding speculation that their star player LeBron James might bolt Cleveland this summer.

With the announcement on Friday that Danny Ferry has resigned from his general manager post just adds to the circus that is currently settled in on the corner of Huron and Ontario at Quicken Loans Arena.

Ferry did all what he could do with this team. He added future Hall of Fame center Shaquille O’Neal to the roster during the off season in hopes of countering Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard in the playoffs. Too bad that plan didn’t pan out.

O’Neal did have a decent season all things considering. He was injured against the Boston Celtics in February and it came at the worst time. O’Neal was hitting his stride, having scored twenty points in the previous two games, including the Orlando Magic.

The second biggest move Ferry made this year was getting Antwan Jamison from the Washington Wizards for basically nothing. Dealing Zydrunas Ilgauskas was painful to Cavs fans everywhere, but getting Z back thirty days later was the feel good story of the year.

While Jamison didn’t play that bad while he was in a Cavs uniform, he did have trouble against Kevin Garnett in the Boston Celtics series.

But O’Neal and Jamison are far from the blame for the Cavaliers demise in the playoffs. It was a whole effort, starting from James to Mo Williams to Delonte West and also the coaching staff.

Ferry also added Anthony Parker and Jamario Moon in the off season but honestly, they didn’t do anything worthy of being mentioned. Parker was beat defensively more times than not and Moon didn’t materialize into the bench player we thought he would be.

The main man behind all of this is James. Without James, the Cavaliers should just bring back the 1995 uniforms, turn the seats blue, and prepare for 20 win seasons. But the Cavaliers are doing everything in their power to give James the power.

But what can we expect to happen next? Trades? Cuts? Anybody not named James, Williams, or Anderson Varejao is pretty much on the trading block.

The beginning of the Cavaliers summer is starting out messy and brutal. Let’s all hope by October we aren’t having flashbacks of 1998.

For almost the past year, eight of the very best in world of NBA blogs get together once a month to discuss everything that is going on in the NBA.

This month, the respectively Conference Finals were the discussion. And also we hit on the news of some free agent…what’s his name…oh yea, LeBron James.

We had a very special guest on the show this month as well. MARC SPEARS from the NBA side of Yahoo! Sports joined us for a few minutes and took questions from the guys.

ENJOY!

Roster For This Month:
Jared Wade of Both Teams Played Hard and eightpointsnineseconds.com
Zach Harper of Cowbell Kingdom and Talk Hoops
Rey Moralde of The No Look Pass
Jeff Garcia of Project Spurs
Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports: NBA
And our final guy is very familiar to the Cleveland scene, which was Brendan Bowers from StepienRules.

You can also check out my interview with Bronson Arroyo from a couple months ago at spring training.

Former MLB pitcher Jose Lima has passed away due to a heart attack.

Former major league pitcher Jose Lima passed away today in Los Angeles due to an apparent heart attack ESPNDeportes.com has reported.

Lima, also known as “Lima-Time”, was known for his wacky antics on the mound but also for his 21 win season back in 1996 while he was pitching for the Houston Astros. He was fourth in Cy Young voting that year.

He made his Major League debut with the Detroit Tigers on April 20, 1994 at age 22. After three lackluster years in Detroit, he was traded to the Houston Astros, where he played for four and a half seasons before being traded back to Detroit in 2001.

He gained recognition for winning 21 games in 1999 with the Astros, earning a trip to the All Star Game that year. He helped to increase his profile by flamboyantly celebrating his victories in the face of opponents. His dominance on the mound gave rise to the phrase “Lima time” whenever he pitched.

A year later, however, Lima surrendered a league-leading 48 home runs, which was only two short of the single season record held by Bert Blyleven, and lost 16 games. Since his stellar 1999 season, Lima has generally struggled to recapture his former success while playing for several different teams.

He was released by Detroit during the 2002 season.

He was only 37.