WASHINGTON -- There once was a big banner lionizing LeBron James on the Sherwin-Williams Global Headquarters Building on Ontario Street in Cleveland. James, you might have heard, is leaving the Great Lakes for the Lakers, and so they unceremoniously yanked that thing down the other day, with the paint company currently evaluating its replacement options.
No city ordinance exists to insist that this space be utilized to aggrandize athletes. But the powers that be, in their scrutiny of the situation, could do worse than the look at the third-base line when the player introductions before the 89th All-Star Game presented by Mastercard take place and take note of the half-dozen ballplayers with the word "Cleveland" spread across their chests.