LeBron James has always been a noted football fan, and that extends to college football as well. Because James grew up in Akron, Ohio, he became a fan of the Ohio State Buckeyes, one of the prominent NCAA football teams in the nation. In 2014, Ohio State’s team went on a major run and defeated other dominant teams as underdogs in Alabama and Oregon. Then-head coach Urban Meyer had James come to a home game and deliver a speech to the team, which had linebacker Joshua Perry star-struck, as he explained in an episode of the “Glory Days: Dreams and Nightmares” podcast: “I don’t get star-struck over meeting famous people anymore because, not trying to flex, but I have met my share of famous people just from what we get to do, whether it’s being an athlete or being in the media. LeBron is that guy, though. He’s the one…
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