LeBron's elbow; confessions of rooting against the Browns; and the downfall of Michigan football

Sports bloggers discuss how much of a factor LeBron's elbow was in the team's early exit from the playoffs, Kelvin Sampson as the next Cavaliers' coach and make Cleveland sports confessions.

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View full sizeJoshua Gunter | The Plain DealerWhile LeBron James' effort in the playoffs was questionable, the health of his elbow was a very obvious issue as well.

Cavaliers

Cavs HQ: "With all that has been written about LeBron James over the past two weeks - people calling him soft, people saying that he lacks the killer instinct to be an all-time great player, people questioning his leadership - it is easy to believe that LeBron is not the player that we thought he was. I respectfully disagree. The LeBron James I watched in the Boston series was not the same player that I have watched for the last seven seasons. And rather than believing that he was hiding a major, damning character flaw behind his splendid play over the last several years, I choose to focus on the only single, easily-identifiable factor that could have caused all of LeBron's problems in the series - his injured elbow." » Read more

Cavs: the blog: "The point is that I don't care what Sampson did or didn't do with his conference calls or whatever it was when he was at Indiana. When he's coaching the big boys, that stuff won't matter in the slightest. On the other hand, I don't really know his body of work as a head coach. I like that he's been tutored by the Spurs and served as an assistant with the Bucks, both of whom have solid on-court systems. My gut reaction to Sampson is that the Cavs could do worse, but they could also do a lot better." » Read more

Browns

WaitingForNextYear: "I rooted against the Browns once. It was the Seattle game right after they let Bernie Kosar go. Todd Philcox started at QB for the Browns and quickly fumbled a ball that the Seahawks returned for a touchdown. I went crazy. Probably made myself hoarse cheering. I don't cheer or root for my teams to lose games in order to secure better draft picks. I'm like Herm on that front - you play to win the game. That was the one and only time I've rooted for the Browns to lose." » Read more

College football

LeBrowns Town looks at the downfall of University of Michigan football.