Earlier this week, Steve Kerr was asked if he thought LeBron James was the best active athlete he could think of. After kiddingly throwing out the name of the Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, Kerr, the Golden State Warriors’ coach, added: “No, I think I said when I was a broadcaster with TNT, I think I might have made the comment that he’s arguably the best athlete that any of us have ever seen in terms of size and speed and strength. I mean, he’s a force. We know that.”
Kerr was probably thinking in terms of team sport athletes, and men do typically respond to such questions by limiting their selections to, you know, men.