'Inspiring . . . An absorbing chronicle of talent, character, pluck, and luck' <B><I>Wall Street Journal</I></B><BR/><BR/><B>THE <I>NEW YORK TIMES</I> BESTSELLER <BR/><BR/> The first definitive biography of basketball legend LeBron James, by the acclaimed author of <I>Tiger Woods</I>.</B><BR/><BR/> LeBron James is <B>the greatest basketball player of the twenty-first century </B>and vying with <B>Michael Jordan</B> as<B> the greatest of all time. </B>The reigning king of the game, LeBron wears the crown like he was born with it. Yet his ascent has been anything but effortless and predetermined. <BR/><BR/> As a child, he was a scared and lonely little boy living a nomadic existence in Akron, Ohio. Destitute and fatherless, one year he missed almost 100 days of school. Desperate, his mother placed him with a family that gave him stability and put a basketball in his hands. <BR/><BR/> Bringing home Cleveland's first <B>NBA champions