Charlie Pierce: The Week In Sports

07:03

July 19, 2014

Cleveland sports fans are celebrating the return of LeBron, but will King James really add $500 million to the local economy? (Jason Miller/Getty Images)

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This week, a Bloomberg report suggested that LeBron James' return to Cleveland will pump $500 million into the local economy. Only A Game analyst Charlie Pierce isn't convinced. Bill and Charlie also discuss the "silly" plan to tear down Houston's Astrodome, the princely sum turned down by Alabama head coach Nick Saban, and the Shake'n Bacon Brew.

This segment aired on July 19, 2014.

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