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When Wright Goes Wrong?
Published 7/18/2008 by Rick at WaitingForNextYear
... have found fame and fortune using their unique talents on internet sites. Will Leitch turned his skills into a ‘real’ job, and plenty of bloggers and net savvy writers are at least able to supplement income through their writing. I could name 50 bloggers off the top of my head that would love to have the opportunity and access to cover the Cavaliers for the Plain Dealer. It appears that former Plain Dealer beat writer Branson Wright wanted to have his cake and eat it at the same time. According to Clevescene , Branson was shown the door for double dipping. To everyone’s ...

Cleveland Traitor?
Published 7/18/2008 by Truth About It at Bullets Forever: Front Page Posts
... Our friends over at the Cleveland-related blog, Waiting For Next Year, have come across the story of Branson Wright, former Cavs beat writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Evidently, the beat writer for the Washington Times could not make it to the Wiz-Cavs game in Cleveland back on February 22nd....you know, the game the Wiz blew against a depleted Cleveland team fresh off a blockbuster trade. With the Times beat writer absent, (I assume it was Mike Jones...he did start in mid-season, but it was at the end of January), Mr. ...

Durant Goes Off, and Rhyming Ovechkin
Published 7/18/2008 by Dan Steinberg at D.C. Sports Bog
... , you might want to start. (Fred Smoot's Smack) Will this Cleveland-D.C. hoops rivalry never end? Now a Cleveland media writer is reporting that the Cavs beat writer at the Plain Dealer got demoted for writing a game story in the Washington Times when he was supposed to be on assignment. I believe this was just a plot hatched by Tom Knott to get back at Cleveland for treating us so rudely. ( ...

Two Cavs links
Published 7/26/2008 by Nick (noreply@blogger.com) at Forest City Fanatics
Delonte West headed for Europe? People like to rag on West for lacking the ball skills of a true point man, and I'd agree that ideally he's your sixth or seventh man. Still, the guy can score and he can shoot the three. The Cavs will always need shooters as long as they have LeBron. West and Daniel Gibson give the Cavs some young quality depth in the back court. Hopefully this doesn't happen. Why Branson Wright was canned. Like the guy says in the story, it's funny that Wright was ...