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Shakeia Taylor: Why the Michael Jordan-LeBron James GOAT debate is the most unwinnable of all time

CHICAGO — People can’t let things go, even when there’s no clear right or wrong answer (except in Chicago). Last weekend I joined friends to watch college football at a bar. After the game, two of them got into a pretty lengthy debate about whether the Big Ten or SEC was the superior conference. But it didn’t end there, morphing into a Michael Jordan-versus-LeBron James argument. It was such ...
Michael Jordan and LeBron James hug after the presentation of the NBA 75th Anniversary Team during the 2022 NBA All-Star Game at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on Feb. 20, 2022, in Cleveland, Ohio.

CHICAGO — People can’t let things go, even when there’s no clear right or wrong answer (except in Chicago).

Last weekend I joined friends to watch college football at a bar. After the game, two of them got into a pretty lengthy debate about whether the Big Ten or SEC was the superior conference. But it didn’t end there, morphing into a Michael Jordan-versus-LeBron James argument. It was such an intense discussion, two men we didn’t know overheard my friends and sat

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