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The List: Best high school athletes ever

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Sunday, February 2, 2003

LeBron James is uncommonly good. But just how uncommon? We dove into our collective brainpool and scoured ESPN's Fly High with Delta Bill Bradley Sports Library to try to put LeBron's high school exploits into context. Coming soon: high school throwback jerseys. Check out our list of the top 10 prep athletes and vote in the poll at right to crown the best ever: 1. Jim Ryun (East High School, Wichita, Kan.) As a high school senior in 1965, Ryun ran a 3:55.3 mile at the AAU Championships to def ...

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