Monday Morning Musings on the NBA All-Star Game, or does everybody dig the … – cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio Here in the Slam Dunk City, the popularity of pro basketball was never more clearly demonstrated than on Saturday night. That was when amazing athletic ability and skills learned over many years or, alternatively, a snowstorm and polar cold kept Clevelanders inside, watching a midwinter s night hoop dream. The top TV ratings nationwide for NBA All-Star Saturday Night were Cleveland (7.9), Atlanta (7.7), San Antonio (7.4), New York (7.2), Portland (6.1). • At that moment in time, Cleveland could have claimed to be Indianapolis before the Colts got Peyton Manning a basketball town. Or, maybe, everybody was watching TNT s Saturday Night All-Star contests  instead of The Harder They Fall on Turner Classic Movies because the latter too closely reminded many fans of various Browns quarterbacks. • Anyway, no matter the cause, the ratings were the biggest surprise since I realized people will actually watch the Pro Bowl. Most every All-Star Game in every sport  sort of c
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