LeBron Day 2008

It's the most wonderful time of the year and for the fifth consecutive December 30, Corey and I and a few friends closed it out with a raucous celebration of LeBron Day. If you're unfamiliar with this most holy of days, every December 30, the faithful are compelled to make a pilgrimage to Akron, Ohio to visit the sites of LeBron's youth. After that, it's back to Cleveland for a LeBron Day party, i.e. watching the Cavs play the Heat, and the LeBron Olympics!This year we honored many of the ancient LeBron Day traditions, dating all the way back to 2004, and started some new ones we hope catch on in the coming years. You can check out our previous celebrations for 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.Since LeBron Day fell on a Tuesday this year, our normal group of LeBron Day pilgrims was decimated by something described to me as "work". Even Corey's record four consecutive pilgrimages-made streak was snapped. Nevertheless I, along with Friends of the Mistake by the...