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.

Expanding on last night's post

Let's make one thing perfectly clear... What Lebron James did to the city of Cleveland last night, and has done to sports fans everywhere was infinitely worse than anything that Brett Favre did to Green Bay or fans anywhere (I'm more disgusted with Minnesotans greedily aligned themselves with such a hated rival as though they had engineered some sort of coup in bringing him to the VIkings, but that's for a different time). Let's review
Lebron left in the prime of his career, Favre did not.
Favre won rings in Green Bay, Lebron did no such thin in Cleveland
Lebron was a home town hero in Cleveland, Favre was not in Green Bay
The Packers let Favre go because they had a back up plan, the Cavaliers do not.
Lebron drummed up an insane amount of coverage for himself, even creating an hour long special for his decision, Favre was simply indecisive and basked in the attention that was lavished upon him.
Favre was a nuisance, but Lebron James was ruthless.

I'm so sorry, Cleveland

And oh by the way, the Wolves traded for Michael Beasley of the Heat. There's your acquisition.