This profile of LeBron James was reported and written in 2011 for Port, a new London-based men's magazine, under odd circumstances: Nike paid for the writer's travel expenses and a portion of his fee. … A strange scene. Inside, a tall man sat on a cushioned bench looking at merchandise, in the air-conditioned cool of high-end shopping. Outside, crowds gathered. A funny sort of variant on Auden's “Epitaph on a Tyrant”: When he laughed, respectable senators burst … …

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