LeBron James: Winning 2016 NBA Title ‘Made Me the Greatest Player of All Time’

Many call LeBron James The King, but is he the GOAT? 

According to the man himself, the answer is yes. In a new clip from episode 7 of ESPN’s “More Than An Athlete,” series, James reflected on how his part in bringing the first NBA title to Cleveland in 2016 made him the best baller the game has ever seen. 

“That one right there made me the greatest player of all time,” he told friends and business partners Maverick Carter, Randy Mims and Rich Paul. 

“That’s what I felt. I was super, super ecstatic to win won for Cleveland because of the 52-year drought. The first wave of emotion, when everyone saw me crying, that was 52 years of sports and everything that’s gone on in Cleveland.”

“And then after I stopped, I was like—that one right there made you the greatest player of all time.”

The player deserving of the GOAT title is a hotly contested issue. If not James, many fans believe it should belong to Michael Jordan. Another ESPN docuseries titled The Last Dance delves into Jordan’s epic 1997-98 season with the Chicago Bulls and is slated to premiere in 2020. 

ESPN has further details on their career accomplishments: 

Jordan won six NBA titles to three for James. Jordan won five MVP awards, and James has won four.

Both are 14-time All-Stars (James is likely to make it 15 this year), while James has made the All-NBA team 14 times to 11 for Jordan (James, who joined the Los Angeles Lakers this year, is in his 16th season; Jordan played 15).

Having just turned 34, the Lakers superstar certainly has more in the tank. Here’s how Twitter is reacting to James’ claim: 

What do you think? 

January is the Best Month of the Year to Book Cheap Flights

In January, right after the holiday season, you might be aching for a vacation…because all those Christmas cookies, gift-giving, and spending time with relatives might have you feeling drained. And what better way to revive yourself than by going on a totally sweet trip?

If you’re feeling tempted to hop on a plane and fly away already, I have good news for you: January is the cheapest month of the year to book air travel, so your next vacation might be right around the corner.

According to data analysis from Skyscanner — a travel app for finding super cheap flights — traveling abroad to destinations like Paris, London, and Barcelona is 30 percent cheaper in January than it is the rest of the year.

Likewise, flying to cities right here in the U.S. like Chicago, Miami, Honolulu, and New York City is about 20 percent cheaper the first month of the year, and Orlando is cheapest to actually go to in January, where flights are 27 percent less expensive than the yearly average.

If January is too soon, the second cheapest month to book flights is in August, followed by February.

Skyscanner says other ways to get the cheapest deal possible is to book domestic flights two to three weeks in advance and international flights two months in advance, and to do it at 5:00 am — especially on Sunday — for the most savings. 

Happy New Year and happy travels.

The Verge 2018 tech report card: Headphones

Headphones did not have the most auspicious start to 2018. Back in January, it seemed like a diversity of competing voice assistants, wireless audio protocols, and idiosyncratic control schemes would lead to a fragmented mess of a market. Everyone wanted wireless headphones, and the providers of those devices were keen to establish some sort of a walled-garden effect around their particular product.

The demand for more technologically advanced headphones has only increased over the course of the year, however the threat of user-hostile competition among headphone makers has not materialized. In large part thanks to integrated wireless chips that bundle Bluetooth radios with the necessary voice assistant compatibility for both iOS and…

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New Horizons spacecraft homing in on Kuiper Belt target

Only hours from completing a historic flyby of Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, nicknamed Ultima Thule, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is on course and ready to gather scientific data on the small object’s geology, composition, atmosphere and more. Closest approach takes place in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day — 12:33 a.m. EST — marking the event as the most distant exploration of worlds ever completed by humankind.