THE SPIN ROOM — The spin room is the type of place where middleweight boxing champ Kelly Pavlik can pass five feet from Rev. Jesse Jackson, and neither will so much as glance at the other.
Yes, Youngstown native Pavlik is prowling the spin room, a little inexplicably, wearing a suit and holding court with the few reporters that recognize him, wryly guarding his own endorsement like a super-delegate. …
This article appears in Feb 27 – Mar 4, 2008.
I admire Pavlik for being an athlete who understands there are worlds beyond his sheltered bubble. Good for him! I’d like to see more Cleveland athletes follow his example, and realize there are more constructive things they can do – off the field – than strut up and down the Warehouse District every night like egocentric dopes.