Kevin Durant: From the suburbs of Maryland to the NBA

Kevin Durant was born in Prince George’s County, Maryland, on the outskirts of Washington. D.C., on Sept. 29, 1988, to Wanda and Wayne Pratt. Durant’s parents were divorced when he was young, and he was primarily raised by his grandmother and mother until

LeBron James: From Akron to NBA superstardom

LeBron James was born on Dec. 30, 1984. He is the son of Gloria James, who had him when she was just 16 years old and raised him in a single-parent household. James played high school basketball at St. Vincent-St. Mary’s High