The Jeff Benedict interview: What next for the world LeBron built?
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WRITER TO THE GREATS: Author Jeff Benedict Pic: jeffbenedict.com
‘A motorcade of shiny black SUVs exited Westchester County Airport and crossed into Connecticut, meandering along wooded back roads before turning onto a smoothly paved private drive lined on both sides with stone walls and large leafy oaks and maples. In the backseat of one of the vehicles, 25-year-old LeBron James sat beside 23-year-old Savannah Brinson, his soulmate since high school and the mother of their two little boys… It was Thursday, July 8, 2010… The world’s most celebrated player couldn’t foresee that by the end of the night he would be the most hated athlete in all of sports.’
- LeBron (2023), Jeff BenedictÂ
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