ESPN host 一時停止するd from 無線で通信する show after 支払う／賃金ing for Ohio billboards mocking LeBron James return to Cleveland

  • The billboards were 築くd in Akron, where James lives, and Cleveland
  • They were put up by ESPN 無線で通信する host Dan LeBatard
  • He was booted from the 空気／公表する for two days for the stunt

By Ryan Gorman

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A popular ESPN 無線で通信する host in Miami has been taken off the 空気／公表する after 築くing Ohio billboards 的d at LeBron James.

Dan LeBatard was 一時停止するd for two days after a billboard with a picture of two 選手権 （犯罪の）一味s was thrown up this week in the 出発／死d Heat 星／主役にする’s hometown of Akron. Several more are planned for the Cleveland area.

‘You’re welcome, LeBron. Love, Miami. Paid for by ’ the billboard reads. It 含むs pictures of his two 選手権 （犯罪の）一味s won while with the team, and says it was paid for by LeBatard.

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'You're welcome': These billboards erected across Akron and Cleveland mocked LeBron James leaving Miami, and landed radio host Dan LeBatard a two-day suspension

'You're welcome': These billboards 築くd across Akron and Cleveland mocked LeBron James leaving Miami, and landed 無線で通信する host Dan LeBatard a two-day 中断

Fan acrimony has been high in Miami since King James bolted town to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

ESPN called the billboard a stunt in a 声明 発表するing LeBatard’s two-day 中断, but he 同意しないd.

Dan will be off the 空気／公表する for two days, returning Monday,’ the 網状組織 said. ‘His 最近の stunt does not 反映する ESPN’s 基準s and brand. Additionally, we were not made aware of his 計画（する）s in 前進する.’

LeBatard 同意しないd, 説 ‘I guess ESPN didn’t find it all やめる as funny as I did,’ in a text to Miami 先触れ（する） reporter Greg Cote, a contributor to the 無線で通信する show.

‘The Dan LeBatard Show’ is based out of Miami but 企業連合（する）d 国家的に on several ESPN 無線で通信する (v)提携させる(n)支部，加入者s.


Two-time champion: LeBron James )pictured in 2012 against the New York Knicks) won back-to-back NBA titles in Miami before returning home to Cleveland

Two-time 支持する／優勝者: LeBron James )pictured in 2012 against the New York Knicks) won 支援する-to-支援する NBA 肩書を与えるs in Miami before returning home to Cleveland

Also a reporter for the 先触れ（する）, LeBatard told the paper he 最初 tried to buy 十分な page 広告s in Ohio newspapers ? they 拒絶するd the idea.

The billboards were ‘meant in fun ― which, of course, will turn into Cleveland people getting filled with 激怒（する）, 毒（薬） and irrational 敵意 and want to use those billboards as a guillotine,’ said the 無線で通信する host.

‘Sports are so 広大な／多数の／重要な, the more irrational the better. This is a publicity stunt disguised as a movement… It’s just fun anarchy.’


LeBatard is no stranger to 論争.

He earned a lifetime 禁止（する） from the Baseball Writers 協会 of America earlier this year after selling his Hall of Fame 投票（する） to Deadspin and its readers.

James 発表するd last month in a Sports Illustrated essay that he was returning to the Cavaliers.

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