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The Back and Forth: Kobe or LeBron?

By Fear the Sword and the Kamenetzky Brothers

Friday, January 23, 2009

What is "The Back and Forth?" "61" and "52" used to mean "Roger Maris" and "Ray Lewis," but after the last two shows by Kobe and Bron Bron at "The Mecca," it means this: who's better, LeBron or Kobe? We want to know, too. (The teams hook up again on February 8th on ABC.) The debate isn't new, but our voices are: Cavs blogger John Bena from Fear the Sword and the Kamenetzky brothers from The Los Angeles Times—and some work for ESPN—to hash out the issue of "Who's the best player in ...

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