i love sports, and i spend too much time and emotion in sports-related matters, but dave zirin REALLY inflates the importance of sports. he's a good writer and his coverage of labor disputes in sports leagues is top notch. been reading dude's stuff since he was writing for local DC/MD publications.
but damn breh. people wanting durant to win and/or lebron to lose has nothing to do with where stern wants nba teams.
going by zirin's history, you can expect an article imploring everyone to root for the thunder because lebron deprived a blue collar working class city of a potential championship.