SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR: LEBRON JAMES
https://vault.si.com/vault/2016/12/19/sportsperson-year-lebron-james IN 2016, NORTHEAST OHIO’S FAVOURITE SON USED HIS INCOMPARABLE SKILLS TO DELIVER A TITLE TO A SUDDENLY REVITALISED CITY, WHILE USING HIS VOICE TO HAVE AN EVEN WIDER IMPACT By LEE JENKINS, Sports Illustrated India, Jan-Feb 2017, Vol. 8, No. 3 AFTER MIDNIGHT, WHEN the kids are down and the streets are still, LeBron James asks his wife if she wants to go on a cruise. That’s the term he uses, and because Savannah has been with him since high school, she knows he is not referring to a yacht in the Caribbean. They head to the garage, grateful somebody can watch the children, and select one of the more inconspicuous cars from their fleet—usually the pickup or an SUV. And as Northeast Ohio sleeps, they turn out of their gated mansion 20 miles south of Cleveland and continue another 20 miles down Interstate 77, through the darkness and into the past. The cruise does not follow a defined route. It can start in ...