LeBron humbled by Person of Year award nomination
By Tim Reynolds
If the Miami Heat locker room was polled, LeBron James would not have unanimous support in the race for Time’s Person of the Year.
James wouldn’t even vote for himself.
Calling it “crazy” just to be on the list of finalists for the award, the NBA’s reigning two-time MVP seemed almost a bit embarrassed on Monday when he learned that he was one of the final 25 names under consideration. The winner of the award, bestowed since 1927 on a person or group who “has done the most to influence the events of the year,” is expected to be revealed next month.
“I am who I am and I think I’m in a position of my life where I’m going to get better every day,” James said after Miami wrapped up its practice Monday. “But it’s too much.”
Other finalists this year include President Barack Obama (the 2008 winner), Lady Gaga, Sarah Palin, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, conservative commentator Glenn Beck, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Also on the list: The trapped Chilean miners who spent more than two months underground before finally being reached and rescued in a gripping story that was covered worldwide.
“That’s just crazy,” James said. “What those guys did, the courage and what they stood for, I should be nowhere near that list. Nowhere near it.”
Charles Lindbergh was the first winner of the award. President Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only three-time winner, and most recent winners include Vladimir Putin in 2007, Obama in 2008 and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in 2009.
Online:
Time Person of the Year: http://bit.ly/dvGISO
Time Magazine always does this against the grain with their Man of the Year Award,,,i.e., Adolph Hitler, Idi Amin Dada, Saddamn Hussein, Hussein Obozo, Richard Speck, et al & etc.
The "tea party" didnt even make the list when "they" were so obviously person of the year.
Time has given out the award to groups of people before.
Well I would have to agree... the influence Lebron James has had this past year is huge. It has been nearly impossible to avoid hearing about Lebron.
I thought this was going to be an Onion article...
“I am who I am and I think I’m in a position of my life where I’m going to get better every day,” James said after Miami wrapped up its practice Monday. “But it’s too much.”
Sigh
Who gives a ! Lib mag!
When the teabaggers lost to Harry Reid and a write-in?
Well did you seeing the name of the committee that nominated him as a Finalist? CoMB, a little known organization based in Florida.
did Florida voting machines have anything to do with this nomination?
Black Bush
Wait...that didnt sound gay at all
Last edited by lefty; 11-15-2010 at 03:52 PM.
Though they did make the House Dem's set their mouth upon the curb....When the teabaggers lost to Harry Reid and a write-in?
"Now, say good night."
The teabaggers didn't do that, with the exception of Rand Paul maybe. The Democrats managed to curbstomp themselves. Seriously, how do you lose to Harry Reid?
So basically this is an award without any particular positive meaning? Just a kind of celeb award?
His 'team' hasn't told him that he was nominated for this award because of the wrong reasons.
I hope his PR just keeps getting uglier.
i guess all the work he did for the kids is paying off...
He did it for the kids!!!!!!
hmmmm...and i thought Delonte's skeet skeet skeet would have done dat...
Generate 6 million + $ for charities? check..
Off-season event drawing more attention than any NBA event or game since Jordan? check..
Continue the annual bike-a-thon in Ohio, despite all the criticism, just so the kids can get what they deserve? check..
Nominated for Person of the Year? check..
While the Heat have disappointed and are a work in progress, Lebron's work and accomplishments in the communities around the world are second to none..I fully expect him to pursue a Mutombo-like path following basketball..
How many years has it been since most people could actually understand that "humbled" and "honored" are two different words and nearly opposite concepts?
Promising to never give up until you bring a le the Cleveland. check
Came within hours of being sent home from Athens Olympics for being an arrogant prick. check
USA basketball having to take a vote on the risks/rewards of including the "ego" on the 2008 team. check
Walking off the court like a petulant child after choking to the Magic. check
Quiting on your teammates. check
ting on your community and fanbase. check
Showing all the narcissistic personality traits on prime time TV and justifying the circus by implying it was done for the kids. check
Promising to bring multiple les to Miami and thus starting the circle all over. check
Raping a young white girl in Colorado: Check
Most of those are false..
At least he didn't lie about his disability to make himself look good on ST..
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