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By Ana Veciana-Suarez
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LeBron.
By any other name, King James. Rah rah rah!
I don't know about you, but me, I've had my fill and then some of LeBron James, the newest basketball god to descend from hoop heaven. The hype and hysteria surrounding his signing with the
For the past few days I've been both mesmerized and repulsed by the barrage of pseudo-news. Weary of depressing stories from
TV programs have been interrupted with bulletins about James' love-me-love-me-not decision. Radio has crackled with the latest updates, and my own employer Twittered and Facebooked the topic to oblivion. For the first time ever, an
But people, please: A little perspective.
Last time I checked, LeBron James hadn't discovered the cure for cancer. He hadn't figured out how to cap the Deepwater Horizon well, reverse global warming or feed the homeless. He had yet to negotiate a
James plays a game -- an activity that involves balls, buzzers and refs. He plays it incredibly, fantastically, inspiringly well, but it is a "game" nonetheless. You wouldn't know it, however, from the media's coverage or the embarrassing behavior of people who should know better.
In the aftermath of "The Decision," the jilted
Unfortunately, the LeBron James story got new legs -- oh no, please no! -- when the Rev. Jesse Jackson issued a statement claiming that Gilbert displayed a "slave-master mentality" and that the
But enough already! This is overkill of the worst kind, and it saddens me that a diversion I enjoy should turn so commercially, manipulatively crass.
I've been a longtime fan of all things athletic, a woman whose late husband, a
Am I excited about the
But in the end, games, no matter how fast-paced or exciting, don't change our lives. They bring joy, a sense of community, a touch of pageantry, yes, but nothing more, nothing less. To imbue players and their teams with anything else is to set them up for failure -- and to guarantee us bitter disappointment.
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The Psycho 100: Baseball's Most Outrageous Moments
© Ana Veciana-Suarez
One More Thing About LeBron James: Enough Already!