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Mail it in? 偷懒耍滑

If you make that kind of promise to a miserable sports city that hasn't seen a championship since 1964 from the Browns, you have to stick by it. And did LeBron stick by it and fulfill this promise? You guessed it, no.

In perhaps his most disappointing playoff performance in his career, James completely mailed it in against the Boston Celtics. In the last three games of 2010 Eastern Conference Finals, James shot a miserable 33.9 percent from the field, averaged just 21.3 points, and committed 19 turnovers.

Coincidentally, the Cavs lost all three of those games to Boston.

He looked as if he didn't want to play and it translated into his poor performance. James had finally decided to put away with all the pressure, played a weak series, and probably knew, at that exact moment where he was walking off the court, which team he was going to that summer.

- Down with the King: Top 10 Reasons Why We Hate LeBron James, by Anthony Rizzuti, BleacherReport.com, June 15, 2011.

2. There is one trait in anyone who communicates for a living that is invaluable. It separates stars from those soon to enter the sales end of the business. It is authenticity, and ESPN’s Stuart Scott knew that better than anyone.

Scott died yesterday at the age of 49 because there is a disease or beer truck for each of us – regardless of how hard we battle.

When Scott came to ESPN for the launch of sister network ESPN2, he was exactly the same guy that stood on the stage at the ESPYs six months ago to share his love of life and capacity to refuse to accept defeat as he battled cancer. That was his genius – knowing that his best chance at success was to represent exactly who he was.