Shanoff's WUC: Bron, Bama, Buckeyes, 'Boys

Today's Calls: LeBron vs. NYC, Yankees vs. Ticker-Tape, Alabama vs. LSU, Ohio State vs. Happy Valley, Cowboys vs. Eagles, Vince Young vs. Alex Smith, Brandon Jennings vs. Lance Stephenson, Tim Lincecum vs. Jeremy Hermida and More. The Opening Pitch: LeBron may want to play in New York ... but can he keep up? LeBron comes to town for his only appearance of the season at the Garden -- and the requisite heavy-breathing over the inevitability/impossibility that he signs with the Knicks next summer -- on the same day his Yankees get a ticker-tape parade to celebrate their first championship since 2000. You can hate the Yankees. Hate that they spent their way to a title. Hate the convincing argument that their bookend titles make them baseball's Team of the Decade. Hate being reminded how annoying you find their fan triumphalism. (Even LeBron is a Yankees fan.) But say this for them: No team this decade -- in any sport -- was under as much pressure to win a championship as ...