Chicago Tribune: "Toughen Up, Cleveland"

By on Thu, May 20, 2010 at 4:00 pm

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The folks at the Trib in the Windy City thought the "We Are LeBron" video was not only lame, they thought it was desperate. They decided to send a gift basket full of hilarious gag gifts to Governor Strickland and film themselves putting it together, clearly wanting to stay out of the desperate and lame fray of cities begging for LeBron and media outlets begging for pageviews.

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Vince Grzegorek

Vince Grzegorek has been with Scene since 2007 and editor-in-chief since 2012. He previously worked at Discount Drug Mart and Texas Roadhouse.
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