Ohio. Whatzamattuh you?

Don't look now, but when it comes to professional sports teams, the entire state of Ohio seems to have become, shall we say, mentally handicapped.

The Cleveland Indians, loaded with talent and not far removed from a World Series championship -- can't seem to get out of their own way. At last look, they were only a .500 team in, by far, the weakest division in Major League Baseball.

How long has Marvin Lewis been the head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals? 15 years or so? He can't get his team to win a playoff game, let alone compete for the Super Bowl? Fifteen years of this bumbling, losing nonsense and he's still there? What gives?

The Cincinnati Reds are the worst team in MLB -- and it't not even a close call. They stink. So what was their latest move? Trade for a pitcher, one Matt Harvey, who is not only clearly on the decline, but also has an attitude/ego problem. Even though he's getting lit up on the mound like the proverbial pinball machine lately, he still thinks he's great. He's not. He stinks.
What were the Reds thinking of bringing this guy in  -- if they're capable of thinking at all?

Yes, the Cleveland Cavaliers are heading back to the Eastern Conference NBA Finals -- again. Lebron James has become a one-man show, much like he was in his earlier stint with the team. But even if they get by the Boston Celtics to go to the Finals -- no given -- they have little to no chance of beating whoever comes out of the Golden State/Houston series in the West. Forget that.

But they have a duh problem as well, and it's name is Tyronn Lue. Their head coach.

Not long ago dear Ty took a medical leave of absence for mysterious reasons. Maybe because the team wasn't paying any attention to him. Alas, the mental strain of it all. While gone the team went 9-1. Since he came back, they've looked rather ordinary. Besides, it's long appeared as if James is a player/coach and quite capable of running the on-court show.

So here's the question -----

Why are the Cavaliers paying Lue millions of bucks every year when the team has shown they play better without him around? They went from clueless Mike Brown, to even more inept David Blatt, and then hired THIS guy? Who might be next? Judge Judy? Caitlyn Jenner? A Kardashian? Could they be any worse?

It's gets even sadder in Cleveland. Consider the plight of the long woeful Cleveland Browns. Their head coach (Hue Jackson) is a pitiful 1-31 over the last two seasons. ONE AND THIRTY ONE and he hasn't been fired? What other team/town in what other state would put up with such bottom feeding? Hue, Lue, Lew, whatever, it's pitiful.

Straighten up Ohio. Yeah, I know it's pretty much a boring state, especially to drive through, but c'mon, you gotta be able to do better than this in the world of sports.

Keep this up, and next thing ya know, your pro teams -- and coaches -- might be as sorry as your Michigan neighbors to the north.

And how absolutely humiliating would THAT be?