Thursday night was big for hated athletes

As everyone knows, because ESPN covered it so feverishly, Lebron James returned to Cleveland Thursday night and was booed relentlessly, right up until the Cavaliers started getting destroyed. The security in Cleveland was beefed up with worries of scorned Lebron fans attempting to cause him harm. It wasn't as bad as feared, because Clevelanders are used to constant disappointment.
The perhaps more surprising homecoming was Dany Heatley who returned to Ottawa amid a chorus of boos.

The Ottawa fans were quite vocal in their disdain for Heatley, who begged out of Ottawa to go to San Jose last year. Furthering the fan hatred was that he refused to wave a no-trade clause after demanding a trade.
Another hated athlete was on the field on Thursday, Michael Vick. He's universally hated because....
Oh, no, wait, he's cool now.