Cleveland Scene’s Chris Parker covers the Cavaliers from a unique perspective compared to what would be considered “traditional” sports writing.
In his new book, King James Brings the Land a Crown, Parker relays the magical run of the 2015-16 NBA season and the Cavaliers’ historic comeback, ending a 52-year championship drought.
I talked with Chris about his book and some of the background behind it.
M: So you weren’t always a sportswriter, how did you first get into journalism?
C: I spent two decades writing for music magazines across the spectrum for places like Billboard, NPR, and from there I started doing more hard news, writing about things like hacking and fracking, but when LeBron came home, I saw that as kind of the most broad-ranged story that I could tell.