LeBron James has given more on-the-record interviews than any other person in modern American history.
I am positing and you guys can tell me we think I'm wrong. I believe that LeBron James has given more interviews and has been on the record for more hours than anyone in modern American history. Because when you think about 25 years of multiple hundreds of hours, multiple hundreds of interviews a year for 25 years, plus all of the podcasts, plus the television shows, plus the social media. I don't think that there's more in the public sphere on the record comments by anyone in modern American history.
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