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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland is awash in influence this week, less than a month after Cleveland was packed with a renewed sense of joy.

Politics shapes the world.

Sports changes your life.

The Republican National Convention nominating a presidential candidate in Cleveland is a big deal, but would anyone this week really want to see a shirtless Donald Trump on a parade float, J.R. Smith style?

Just weeks after casting off a pall built up over 52 years, no one understands the influence of sports better than fans in Ohio.