Keep Your Head Up Cleveland

Cleveland fans, proceed with caution as this blog post may result in deep stated depression.

Sports pick us up when our team wins, and crush our spirit when our team loses. Sports are where celebration and heartbreak meet and no city has dealt with more heartbreak than the city of Cleveland. From Ernest Byner's fumble on the 3 yard line in the 1987 AFC Championship game to Lebron's decision to take his talents to south beach. The city of Cleveland hasn't won a championship since the 1964 Cleveland Browns, the longest drought in professional sports, unless you include the Cleveland Indians from the 1989 film Major League.



With the Baltimore Ravens deciding to only pay Joe Flacco and the Pittsburgh Steelers aging 5 years in the offseason, 2013 was supposed to be a big year for the Browns. Another year with Brandon Weeden as the signal caller and Trent Richardson running over everyone, the Browns were thinking playoffs for the first time since 2007 when Derek Anderson lead the team to a 10-6 record, and that was before he got serious. During week two, Brandon Weeden left the game with an injured thumb and then the team decided to trade star running back Trent Richardson, which infuriated the fan base once again. Then they turned to home-grown Brian Hoyer who lead the team to back to back wins, before succumbing to an ACL tear in his third start. Despite all of these things, there is still hope for you Cleveland. And for the silver lining, we turn to the same thing we all turned to when we were kids, Walt Disney Movies.

The Mighty Ducks trilogy is easily the best trilogy ever distributed by Disney. If you don't know what the Mighty Ducks are stop reading this blog and go watch the movies. Actually, keep reading while watching the movie, because we need readers. The head coach of the Ducks is Gordon Bombay, a former rising NHL prospect who loses his touch, but not his love of alcohol. He started coaching (court ordered) a local pee wee team and lead them to the District Championship, before he grew the courage to give one more shot at the NHL. He was playing well and it was only a matter of time before he would be scoring goals in the NHL, until his career was cut short by a knee injury.
He came back home to Minnesota and lead the Ducks as team USA to the Junior Goodwill Games Championship.

Brian Hoyer's career is starting to look a lot like Gordon Bombay's, he finally got the chance to prove himself in front of the hometown fans before he suffered a season ending knee injury. So for Cleveland fans everywhere, let's hope the similarities don't stop there. If tearing his ACL ends Brian Hoyer's career like it did for Bombay, hopefully he will start coaching a Pee Wee Football team and ultimately give the City of Cleveland the Championship they have long been waiting for.

When Keeping up with the Kardashian's Goes Wrong

In today's 21st century where social media is expanding by the minute, it seems as though fame and fortune are the only things that matter. Everyone wants to be someone who people talk about. Those people are willing to do just about anything to get recognized. Whether it's Charles Ramsey saving lives or Felix Baumgartner jumping from outside the stratosphere, being famous is the driving force behind our actions.

If I asked you who Lamar Odom was in 2008, I'm betting 80% of you would have no idea. Fast forward to 2013 and Lamar Odom is probably the most recognizable name in professional basketball. The one thing that led to his worldwide fame is also the same thing that ruined his life, the Kardashians.

Pre- Kardashian Lamar was a sensational basketball player. At 6'10, he wasn't the proto-typical big man. He could stretch the floor with rain-dropping threes and guard just about anyone on the floor.  He was a steady and reliable presence wherever he played. But it all changed in 2009 when Lamar married OJ Simpson's daughter, Khloe Kardashian.

After they got married, Lamar really went downhill. Rob Kardashian made him lazy because all he did was sit around and play video games while eating Taco Bell every day. Kris forced Lamar to sit out the 2011-2012 season because she didn't approve of the Mavericks jersey color and style. Khloe would consistently and habitually yell at him and would even physically abuse him. His dad is constantly mooching, always asking for more money or a new car. The one person who actually helped Lamar, was the other athlete who was ruined by the Kardashians. Bruce Jenner won the 1976 Decathlon at the Olympics and was even drafted by the NBA's Kansas City Kings. He really taught Lamar what it took to be a champion and then he got out of there before he was forced to start doing drugs with the rest of the clan.

Sure marrying into the Kardashian family made Lamar Odom the most famous basketball player in the world, but it also ruined his life. Once they finally get divorced, Lamar will be able to turn the page and move on to bigger and better things. The best case scenario would be for Lamar to retire to Hawaii with Bruce where they can live free and enjoy the company of the one thing neither of them have had, a good father for Lamar and a stud athlete son that Bruce can be proud of.