I can’t name the roads, but I could drive there.
We lived in Sagamore Hills, so we took Rt.8 to the freeway (I think 271) and it was after Blossom and the Cuyahoga Falls exit, on our right side (west), Richfield exit, now that I’m thinking about it. I think that is where Grover and Sharon live now, in Richfield or Peninsula.
In any event, the last time I was at the Coliseum was for the Mark Price era game with Boston. I remember it vividly because some character made a homemade sign posted right on the exit ramp sign. It said:
“Larry Bird’s last game”....with an arrow to the arena.
And as it turned out, that WAS Larry Bird’s last NBA game!
(my now 76 year old dad refers to that game, btw, as the last great basketball game in the NBA, before the thuggery and playground antics came into the game. The tattoos, the hard fouls, trash-talking, are a turnoff to him now.) He still follows the Cavs but he also enjoys women’s college basketball because it’s more like the original game, he says.
I think we have the same Dad! Mine likes College too. Mine is a 97 year old ex-marine. Wow, he has opinions on everything! He does love LeBron though. I remember how he used to marvel at Jordan and wish we had someone like that, now we do.
He had tickets for the browns when they played at the Rubber Bowl. Wow, have they been a disappointment to him, but he keeps on watching and hoping.
The celtics do play a fairly dirty game. The officials seem to be allowing them to play through the fouls, but Boston plays dirtier. It’s definatly to our disadvantage. I’m definately praying for them tonight!