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Even Before Game 7, the Transformation of the Q from Sports to Politics had Begun

Ideastream Public Media | By M.L. Schultze,
M.L. Schultze
Published June 20, 2016 at 8:56 AM EDT

Here's the time-lapse image of the start of Quicken Loan's arena's transformation  released by the Republican National Convention's Committee on Arrangements.

https://youtu.be/7G134gGUY-E

It picks up after Game 6 of the NBA Championship Finals. Fans still packed into the place on Sunday for a party to watch the Cavs for Game 7 in Oakland, where they beat the Golden Sate Warriors and won Cleveland's first major sports championship in 52 years.

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M.L. Schultze came to WKSU as news director in July 2007 after 25 years at The Repository in Canton, where she was managing editor for nearly a decade. She’s now the digital editor and an award-winning reporter and analyst who has appeared on NPR, Here and Now and the TakeAway, as well as being a regular panelist on Ideas, the WVIZ public television's reporter roundtable.