We know which athletes are great, but we know less about what makes them great. To help, FiveThirtyEight is compiling The Greatness Files, a compendium of, well…
James Earl Carter, Jr.: Centenarian Posted on October 2, 2024 It’s time to Break It Down!Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, set a record yesterday, October 1, when he observed his birthday, and became the first American president to reach triple digits. It’s a ...
Lucia Rahilly:The field hockey example is interesting in that there’s an abundance of sports psychology research on the value of preperformance rituals—whether that’s LeBron [James] throwing chalk before the basketball game or Phil Jackson and his Lakota-Zen...
The Boston Red Sox begin their 2024 season tonight, a season that will also celebrate 20 years since the 2004 Sox won baseball’s world championship for the first time since 1918. Those lovable “idiots” (as they called themselves) that “reversed the curse” will live forever in Boston fo...
Millions are reliving Michael Jordan’s heyday with ESPN’s “The Last Dance” miniseries airing throughout the spring. Jordan won six NBA Finals MVP awards, but his fourth in 1996 gave him the most of any player. Magic Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal, Tim Duncan, and LeBron James are tied ...
— LeBron James (@KingJames)May 6, 2020 The reality is thatan unarmed Black has a 1 in 3 million chance of being killed by the police.That means a Black istwice as likely to be killed by a wild animalin any given year. How do we reduce Black deaths?
Wembayama is for real, has the intangibles to become a star —“He’s 1 of 1” On Lakers playoff hopes: “Anytime you have LeBron James on your team, you have a chance to win.” France is ready to compete with USA Basketball —“The gap is getting closer and closer” ...
I love being a leader, and I love being the best. I just want to get better. It's not about being cocky or selfish or anything like that. It's just how I am. — LeBron James 48 I think it's a mistake if people just fall in love and think that that's the only thing you...
How the Suns got here: It had been 11 years since the Suns last won a playoff series, but they broke the streak in just about the most emphatic way possible: beating the defending champs, who happen to be the Los Angeles Lakers, who happen to have LeBron James. As the No. 2 ...
going as well, it is really hard to beat them.They are a really good team. " 1. LeBron James is a great ___. A. baseball player B. basketball player C. soccer player D. tennis player 2. We love LeBron James because of his ___. A. perfect...