I’m in a Nike commercial!

Well, not me but my video.

4 years ago I was with a million plus of my friends at the Cavs Championship parade.  As usual I had my video camera and posted footage. 

The ad agency for Nike bought the rights to a few seconds of one of the videos featuring LeBron James riding down 9th street (I was about at Superior).

 It’s being used in a TV commercial called The Comeback.  WooHoo! 

My part is at the 36 second mark   Don't Blink

Defend the Land - Go Cavs!

The defending NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers are in the 2017 NBA Finals. If you haven't been down to the Q here are some photos of the banners around the arena. Go Cavs! Defend the Land!

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Glad I didn't use media credentials at Cavaliers Parade

We were offered media credentials for the historic Cleveland Cavaliers Championship Parade on June 22, 2016 but did not apply because we wanted to be part of the people celebrating rather than standing inside barricades. And we are so glad we did.

Watching parade highlights later in the day on TV we were amazed at how what they showed on TV was so different from what we experienced.

TV showed fans behind barricades with the streets wide open as the parade circled the Q and Progressive Field. But on East 9th Street there were no barriers and fans converged from both sides of the street almost meeting in the middle.

Mounted and other Police did their best to keep people back as the parade came down East 9th. But as you will see in the videos it was very close up and very real.

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Dahntay Jones - Cleveland Cavs Championship Parade Part 14

The end of the real Cavaliers Championship Parade from East 9th Street just south of Superior.  Part 14 of 14.   Cleveland Cavs Dahntay Jones.


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Tristan Thompson - Cleveland Cavs Championship Parade Part 13

The real Cavaliers Championship Parade from East 9th Street just south of Superior.  Part 13.   Cleveland Cavs Tristan Thompson.



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Mo Williams - Cleveland Cavs Championship Parade Part 12

The real Cavaliers Championship Parade from East 9th Street just south of Superior.  Part 12.   Cleveland Cavs Mo Williams




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Matthew Dellavedova - Cleveland Cavs Championship Parade Part 11

The real Cavaliers Championship Parade from East 9th Street just south of Superior.  Part 11.   Cleveland Cavs Matthew Dellavedova. Delly, Delly!


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Kevin Love - Cleveland Cavs Championship Parade Part 10

The real Cavaliers Championship Parade from East 9th Street just south of Superior.  Part 9.   Cleveland Cavs Kevin Love.


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RJ and Channing Frye - Cleveland Cavs Championship Parade Part 8

The real Cavaliers Championship Parade from East 9th Street just south of Superior.  Part 8.   Cleveland Cavs Richard Jefferson and Channing Frye.


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Iman Shumpert - Cleveland Cavs Championship Parade Part 9

The real Cavaliers Championship Parade from East 9th Street just south of Superior.  Part 9.   Cleveland Cavs Iman Shumpert.


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LeBron James - Cleveland Cavs Championship Parade – Part 7

The real Cavaliers Championship Parade from East 9th Street just south of Superior.  Part 7.   Akron St Vincent-St Mary band and Cleveland Cavs MVP LeBron James.

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Kyrie Irving - Cleveland Cavs Championship Parade Part 6

The real Cavaliers Championship Parade from East 9th Street just south of Superior.  Part 6.   Cleveland Cavs Kyrie Irving, Timofey Mozgov and Sasha Kaun.

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Cleveland Cavaliers Championship Parade – J.R. Smith - Part 5

The real Cavaliers Championship Parade from East 9th Street just south of Superior.  Part 5.   Cleveland Cavs J.R. Smith and TV weather woman Beth McLeod. http://www.clevelandpeople.com/


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Cleveland Cavaliers Championship Parade –Tyronn Lue - Part 4

The real Cavaliers Championship Parade from East 9th Street just south of Superior.  Part 4.   Shaw High School Band, Dan Gilbert and family, Cavs GM David Griffin and Cavs Head Coach Tyronn Lue.

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Cleveland Cavaliers Championship Parade – MGK - Part 2

The real Cavaliers Championship Parade from East 9th Street just south of Superior.  Part 2. Cavaliers Girls, Mayor Frank Jackson, Machine Gun Kelly (MGK) and County Executive Armond Budish. http://www.clevelandpeople.com/


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Cleveland Cavaliers Championship Parade – Street Level – Part 3

The real Cavaliers Championship Parade from East 9th Street just south of Superior.  Part 3.   Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley, Junior Cavs, wine and gold confetti, Cleveland Browns Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown, the LeBron James Family Foundation and Canton Charge

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Cleveland Cavaliers Championship Parade – Street Level – Part 1

The real Cavaliers Championship Parade from East 9th Street just south of Superior.  Part 1.

Wall to wall crowds, Mounted Police clearing street, a selfie, UFC Heavyweight Champion Stipe Miocic, Ohio State University marching band and Urban Meyer, Thad Motta and AD Gene Smith, Sir CC from the Cavaliers and the Calder Cup champions Lake Erie Monsters.


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Let's Have Another by Dan Coughlin

Let's Have Another is the perfect title for this 3rd collection of short stories from longtime Cleveland sports journalist Dan Coughlin. Many of the stories have some connection to a bar or drinking so 'Let's have another' makes sense.

But just like its predecessor 'Pass the Nuts' the title is a predictor of how you will read the book. Whether salty peanuts or another draft, it's sometimes hard to stop. And that's how reading Coughlin's book is. You read a story, then another, then another. You look at the clock and figure you can squeeze one more in. Then another, then another.

The book is a collection of short stories, in no particular order, so it's like you ran into the author in a bar and listened in on some wild tales. The stories are fascinating - especially for a Cleveland sports fan. Some are funny, some sad and some illuminating.

As a lifetime Cleveland sports fan I thought I knew all the details on Ted Stepien and the Cavs, Mickey McBride, Paul Brown, Otto Graham and the rest of the Cleveland Browns and the Cleveland Indians. But the author gave insights I never knew. How different would things have been if Edward DeBartolo had bought the Tribe?

Some characters return from the first two books, like Junior O'Malley and Dennis Lustig, with fresh tales.

Sports Writers and Characters - Dan Coughlin and Dennis Lustig

Like most Cleveland sports fans I am a Browns, Indians and Cavs guy. Tennis, boxing, cars, horse racing are a distant second in interest but Coughlin tells the stories so well I want to start following the other sports.

Just like the keg in one of his favorite bars, I hope Coughlin isn't tapped out and has another volume or two of these stories ready to go. These 220 pages went way too fast.

Slainte.

Don't miss the official ClevelandSeniors.Com profile of Dan Coughlin from 2011.

Reviewed by Dan Hanson