Are the Cleveland Browns Kings of Ohio?

July 17, 2010   ·   Erik Landau   ·   Jump to comments

Last Thursday, LeBron James decided to leave the Midwest for the sunshine in Miami, and with that, changed the entire landscape of professional sports in Ohio.
The Cavaliers, or more importantly James, had become the heart of the professional state. They had reached the 2007 Finals, had the best regular season record two straight seasons, and the best player in the respective sport.
For Cincinnati, basketball has not been as relevant since the days of Oscar Robertson and the Cincinnati Royals. Therefore, I write this view not from a basketball perspective, but a whole "sport-state" perspective.
The state currently has seven professional sports teams, which includes:
Cincinnati Bengals, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Cavaliers, Columbus Blue Jackets, and the Columbus Crew (MLS).
With LeBron now gone from the picture, there are truly only two franchises that can currently take claim at this time to being the Kings of ...

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