If you are a kid who grew up playing competitive sports, no matter when you stopped, chances are you envisioned winning the championship for your home region’s team at some point.
You pictured yourself hitting a ball out of Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. You swished free throws to cut down the Final Four nets in Hartford. You called your own number to lead the Packers to the Promised Land in Sheboygan.
Very few make that dream come true. The select few that do—the LeBron Jameses of the world—are afforded a special reverence.
