The Sports Ocean

LeBron James, the face of the league, and the last of his kind

March 5, 2025 by thesportsocean

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James warms up before an NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

LeBron James was right when he intimated how toxic the discourse is around the game, and how it feels unlikely someone will step forward to become the face of the NBA when he finally walks away. Well, if he walks away. There will be a vacuum of sorts, but at some point we will have … Read more

Rickey Henderson was MLB’s greatest leadoff man, but more importantly, he was a special kind of unique

December 22, 2024 by thesportsocean

Upon hearing of the death of all-time great Rickey Henderson, I first got a little pedantic with myself. The overuse of the word “unique” has become a bit of a pet peeve here. Every single person, by definition of the word, is unique. There are no copies of us and we’re all one of a … Read more