LeBron James Deserts Cleveland: Burn On, Big River, Burn On

Posted: 9th July 2010 by Ian Chaffee in NBA
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"Even after 40 years, maybe the most surprising thing about the June 22, 1969, Cuyahoga River fire is that it is remembered at all. "The fire—a brief Sunday afternoon flare-up of oil-soaked debris likely ignited by either molten steel or a spark from a passing rail car—was doused by local firefighting tugboat crews. The story barely made the newspapers the next day. "But the effect of that two-hour flare-up has lasted four decades." — The Cleveland Plain Dealer, 6/22/09
"And so I sat there watching the marvelous spectacle.
I had the feeling that something was missing.
I don't know what, but when it was over,
I said to myself, "Is that all there is to a circus?" —Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller, "Is That All There Is?" If last night's "LeBron-A-T ...

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