Justin Lada

Justin Lada

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About

Justin suffers from Homer-itis. A condition which means no matter how bad his teams are, he always has optimism and always knows that soon enough he will get to see a championship won in his liftime by his teams. Condition is rarely developed outside of Cleveland, Ohio, only when the individual is an Indians, Browns or Cavs fan, and in some cases Buckeye fans. .
On a more proffesional note. I was an intern writer and assistant sports editor at TheLakeCountySentinel.com, as the Indians, and Cavaliers beat writer, part time Browns beat, columnist and NFL Pick 'Em writer. I also covered the Lake County Captains (Low Class A affliliate of the Cleveland Indians) doing feature stories on players in the Indian minor league organization.
I am currently enrolled at Lakeland Community College as an aspiring Journalist with plans to transfer to the University of Akron. I write for the Lakelander and am a sports talk host on Lakeland's campus.
For 2 years I also worked for WELW 1330 AM in Eastlake, Ohio on a Sports Central and Captains Central (Captains pregame show) and a color anyalist for High School basketball in northeast Ohio.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    LeBron James, Zydrunus Illgauskus, Delonte West, Grady Sizemore, Victor Martinez, Fausto Carmona, Kellen Winslow, Joe Thomas.

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Cavaliers, Ohio State Buckeye, North Carolina Tarheels basketball

  • Favorite Coaches

    Mike Brown, Jerry Sloan,, Mike Hargrove, Joe Torre, Connie Mack, Charlie Manuel

  • All Time Sports Moment

    The day the Cavaliers drafted LeBron James, Tony Fernandez's 11th inning HR in 1997 Game 7 ALCS

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    The Indians comeback win in 2001 over the Mariners, Game 4 of the 2007 ALCS

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Joe D's 56 game hit streak, Pete Rose's all time hit record, Brett Farve's games played streak.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth, he was way ahead of his time for a hitter.

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana, rings count.

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Bill Russell has all the rings.

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky, the way he became the face of the NHL during his time was amazing

  • Pele or Maradona?

    I know it's soccer, but I couldnt tell ya who's who.

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer with that wicked serve

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger, just the way he intimidates everyone on the course.

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Earnhardt, same as Tiger, just the itimidation factor.

  • ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

    The best there is Big 10!

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  • Nick Carlo posted 1094 days ago

    Nick Carlo

    Who do you think will win the AL Central? http://bleacherreport.com/articles/125113-mlb-predictions-al-central?just_published=1

  • Dave Morrison posted 1164 days ago

    Dave Morrison

    Hey Justin—Dave Mo here, a Bleacher Report Community Coordinator.

    I've been spending time on our Indians page and read a couple of your old articles. Really on-point analysis...you do good work.

    Given that you haven't written in a while, I thought I'd check in and see if you're interested in picking up your coverage again. What do you say?

    If not, it would be great if you could give me some feedback on why you decided to stop writing and what we could have done to better serve you. If you wouldn't mind, please shoot me a line at dmorrison@bleacherreport.com with any thoughts.

    Thanks so much,

    Dave Mo