LeBron Poetry Contest
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 9:19 AM
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Download MP3The Cavaliers kick off their season on Wednesday against the Celtics. They'll be a very different team than we've seen over the past many years now that their former superstar has taken his talents to South Beach. Miami's public radio station and the Miami Herald are holding a contest asking people to write short poems commemorating the arrival of LeBron James. It turns out they've gotten dozens of poems from Ohio. The winner was announced on All Things Considered. ideastream®'s Eric Wellman spoke with Dan Grech, the news director of public radio station WLRN.
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