Relax, it’s a business boot camp. And say what you want about how cheesy and comic sansy Dan Gilbert is, but I know I’m not the majority owner of anything other than my collection of nerd gadgets.

The name Bizdom U could use some work however. From Cleveland.com…

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Dan Gilbert, the majority owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, announced today that he will bring a non-profit entrepreneurship boot camp called Bizdom U to downtown Cleveland next year.

Gilbert made the announcement while visiting Cleveland to accept the 2010 Ruth Ratner Miller Award from the Downtown Cleveland Alliance. The annual award recognizes people who have made major achievements in advancing and enhancing the center city.

Bizdom U is a four-month to six-month training program in subjects including marketing, sales and finance. During the training process, the entrepreneurs develop plans for businesses that must be located within the urban core. Gilbert founded the program in Detroit in 2007 and plans to open up the first Cleveland boot camp to as many as 20 entrepreneurs in 2011.

As an aside, Gilbert would also like you to know he still doesn’t regret that letter to the fans he posted on the Cavs website at the end of last season, as he told ESPN Radio this morning.

That’s great I say, now write more of them, Dan (why do you think I Googled your name today in the first place?)

(photo via Cleveland.com)

By gawd, the possibilities for capitalizing in wake of ‘The Decision’ seem endless today. That is, if you’re willing to simply castigate the man. Example: the Lebron TP.

Abruptly listed as: This is for all true Cleveland fans that believe in our city!! help us remind Lebron on how much hes worth after leaving us!

Start the bids at $25/ roll.

You know you’re poor at Fantasy Football when your team’s most harrowing performance of the year comes from a middling running back in Week 15 of the NFL Season, or as far as your fantasy team is concerned – the second round robin round of the consolation ladder. Also, you left this player on your bench (where he belonged for most of the season).

Mostly underwhelming all year, Jerome Harrison was truly unstoppable yesterday in the Browns’ win over Kansas City, grabbing 286 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Even more impressive, he shattered Jim Brown’s previous team record of 237 yds. Most impressive, that’s 52 fantasy points. As such, a performance of this magnitude can’t help but make me question: undrafted keeper in 2010?

Conflicted isn’t the right word, but it’s the first word that comes to mind.

Wish You’da Had Harrison Huh? (AZ Star)

Fantasy Football Wrap: Jerome Harrison’s Shocking Explosion (Fanhouse)

WK 15: Jerome Harrison highlights (NFL.com)

(Photo via)

Every game is this game.

And while we’re throwing some jabs the Lions way, fast forward four days in the future from their Doofus Bowl against the Browns…

This Thanksgiving marks the 5th anniversary of Detroit retiring Barry Sanders #20 – and it’s been at least that long since they should be allowed to host a Thanksgiving Day NFL football game. Since that 2004 game that honored Sanders, Detroit is 0-5 on Thanksgiving and has been outscored 179 – 62 by their opponents. The last time Detroit won on Thanksgiving was in 2003 against Green Bay, the team they face this year as a matter of fact. Also, the team that beat them 26-0 in Week 6.

The Thanksgiving games have been been a league tradition since 1920, and Detroit has been a host since 1934. However, what’s more important – league tradition or league integrity?

I’m not a league official, I’m just a guy who asks questions.

For the social media junkies reading this, if you’re aspiring to get something linked on Fark (a veritable cavalcade of referral traffic) take note of the headline for this submission…

If Curtis Granderson had been at Little Bighorn, the results may have been a bit different (with video of “Play of the Year” candidate)

The real star of this clip is Grady Sizmore’s face. Talk about falling under a spell of doldrums upon seeing his would-be game-winning walk-off hyphen-inducing home run robbed by Granderson. Did he promise a terminal cancer kid he was going to hit a walk-off tonight?

According to MLB.com, Sizemore wasn’t available for comment, but Indians’ broadcaster Al Pawlowski’s call pretty much hit on the emotion:

“GONE!!! … No it’s not!”

Hip-Hop’s leading paper chaser turned ESPN.com blogger, Lil Wayne, is now podcasting too. You can check it out here: “Tim Tebow has a chip on his shoulder the size of a funyon,” brace yourself for 5+ minutes of shout outs towards the end.

During the first of the two fresh podcasts put up yesterday, Weezy had a message for favorite Major Leaguer, Manny Ramirez (i’m his number one fan, and his number two fan), saying if Manny goes to his hated Yankees he’s going to dedicate the best song on Tha Carter IV to reprimanding Manny (quote, if he goes blue, I’m off the mane train, mang).

Five-Year-Old Chef Gets His Own Show (NPR.org)
What’s Wrong With The Cavaliers? (Waiting For Next Year)
Top 10 Fictitious Wrestling “Hometowns” and the Athlete Most Likely to Hail From there (Hugging Harold Reynolds)
Five feature films now playing in the NBA (Cuzoogle)
Portland, OR: Ballin in the City of Roses (Fan Foodie)
Celebrity Buddhists Busted (City Rag)
Mickey Rourke Joins Cast of Stallone’s New Flick (via Pop Candy)
Amateur Assistance for Kerry Collins’s Amateur Musical Career (Kissing Suzy Kolber)

This has a been a paid message from the Brooklyn Ministry of Tourism…

A Message from the Brooklyn Tourism Board from jeff on Vimeo.

C/O @sickamore (Thank God I’m Famous)

The Black Hole of Hasselhoff (FRIGHTENING!) (City Rag)
Hold Steady’s Franz Nicolay Plots January Tour (Pitchfork Media)
Don’t stab coworkers. Stab Fred. (9 to Fried)
Cuzoogle’s 10 questions – You will want to get burned (Cuzoogle)
50 Cent Announces Long Island Grandmother as Newest Member of G-Unit (Buzz Pirates)
Almost Forgot (And One)

The Big Lead posted a link to this photo this morning in The Round-Up… god bless him.

The Browns-Palin Paradox (Waiting For Next Year)
No Follow Backlinks on Link Lists? Don’t be a D*ck (The Sports Dollar)
Kung Pu: Learn Judo With Vladimir (Hugging Harold Reynolds)
10 Best Product Placements in Movies (via Pop Candy)
The 2008 Red Sox as Bond Villains (Bugs & Cranks)

photo credit

The Ting Tings were fantastic opening for MGMT on Sunday, and I think I’m in love with their Dublin lass lead vocalist.

…the other band that opened – Black Moth Super Rainbow – was a super waste of my time. See more Tings Tings after the links:

NBC’s Music Lineup For The Olympics (Awful Announcing)
WARREN SAPP ON DANCING WITH THE STARS? (The World of Isaac)
I Hate It When People Say Things (Fire Joe Morgan)
Border Patrol (And One)
Deco: The Definition Of A Dog (Deuce of Davenport)