Tuesday Blogdome: Will Obama's LeBron comments make Ohio a red state?

* Obama’s LeBron Comments Could Lead to Turnover in 2012. Did America’s most famous sports fan really just endorse a hoops outsourcing plan? The Marshall Plan rebuilt Europe, Obama’s LeBron Plan would destroy Cleveland sports on a scale rarely seen before in professional sports history. And with just a few words Obama’s presidential advisers slammed their heads into their West Wing desks over and over. The delicate electoral alchemy of winning the state of Ohio in 2012 just got a lot tougher. [AOL Fanhouse]
* White Sox, Indians Mascot Twitter Battle. The team to receive the most Twitter hashtags, #GoTribe or #GoWhiteSox, in support of the respective team wins. The losing team’s mascot will then have to pay tribute to the winner prior to the teams’ next home game. The losing mascot also will treat the fan who submitted the deciding hashtag tweet, along with three friends, to a pregame meal with either a Cleveland or Chicago theme to it depending on the outcome. [It's Black and White]

* Video: Indian Middle Teen Ballers Are 7-4 And 7-2. Jeff Fedotin of Rivals.com profiles brothers Sim and Tanveer Bhullar, who were born in India, grew up in Canada and now play high school hoops in Western Pennsylvania at The Kiskie School. 17-year-old Sim is 7-4, 285 pounds. 15-year-old Tanveer 7-2, 260 pounds. Somehow though, that’s not the best part of the story. Their coach, a guy named Daryn Freedman, is. [SportsbyBrooks]
* Brand Tebow: Counterfeit Jerseys! As soon as it came out that Tim Tebow was the NFL’s jersey-sales king, you knew the Chinese knock-off jerseys would follow. The Feds were apparently ready for it. Let’s take it as a compliment. They don’t make knock-off jerseys for Brady Quinn or Kyle Orton. [Tim TeBlog]
* Herculez Gomez Is A Magic Man. Gomez is one of the offensive stars who hopes to find a spot on the U.S. World Cup roster. If this video, courtesy of USSoccer.com, is any indication of his skills, he can always join the team as pre-game entertainment if the whole soccer thing doesn’t work out. [The Sporting Blog]
* Ten Examples of Bears Being Awesome. When they aren’t stealing pic-a-nic baskets, riding horses, taking dumps in the woods with the pope [citation needed], wiping their bums with rabbits, and mauling environmentalists, bears like to spend their remaining time being undeniably awesome. [With Leather]
* Also: The man, the legend; it’s Frank Caliendo Hat Man … Man ruins perfectly good 1991 Dodge Spirit by painting it with Chicago Blackhawks figures … apparently there’s a superstition about touching the Clarence Campbell Bowl. The Edmonton Oilers are in no particular danger at this time.
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