“King James”
“The Choosen One”
“The Akron Hammer”
Michelle Beadle, ESPN SportsNation (Photo Courtesy of Michelle Beadles Twitter Account)
One of those nicknames for Cleveland Cavalier LeBron James does not belong. Can you guess it? If you picked “The Akron Hammer”, you are correct. Well, in my opinion.
But one sports personality thinks otherwise.
MICHELLE BEADLE, co-host of “SportsNation”, a show on ESPN2, came up with the “Akron Hammer” nickname and believes that should reign supreme. I had the chance to interview Michelle yesterday about the nickname and we had a fun debate with it.
Michelle may have Jalen Rose and John Anderson, both who are with ESPN, on her side, but I have ESPN NBA reporter Chris Broussard, Michelle’s co-host Colin Cowherd, and ESPN personality Skip Bayless on mine. Will both these lists grow?
And will this come down to a shootout between Michelle and I? If I win, Michelle is banned from calling him the “Akron Hammer”. And if she wins, I will wear a sandwich board with “Akron Hammer” written on it and wear it around Quicken Loans Arena before a game.
Bottom line, does “The King” like it? I asked LeBron if he likes the nickname after the Cavs/Timberwolves game last night, and he told me “Haven’t heard of it”.
Click the play button below to listen to the interview.
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Who cares about those guys. Cavs4Champs is against that stupid nickname. pffft like Jalen Rose has anything on me
The only reason anyone needs: Michelle Beadle likes the nickname. That makes it awesome.
if she takes her top off I will jump ships
You’re getting off easy. I think you should have to “always” refer to James as “The Akron Hammer” every time he’s mentioned by you…just a thought.
Maybe that will be a part of the deal as well.
We will see.
Any other suggestions?
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good question about Austin Carr…I always thought she piggybacked on AC’s nickname…and nice work asking LeBron last night!
hey Brendan where were you on Wednesday? weren’t you supposed to host the show?
what? no show tonight either?
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