In a year that included his getting married, winning a fourth NBA MVP Award, as well as leading the Miami Heat to a second consecutive NBA Championship, LeBron’s James’ year of 2013 has been capped off by his becoming only the third NBA player to be awarded the Associated Press’ 2013 Male Athlete of the Year. The only other previous NBA players to be recognized as such were Michael Jordan and Larry Bird. Other male recipients of the award include such greats as Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Muhammed Ali, Carl Lewis, Joe Montana, Tiger Woods, and Baltimore’s own, Michael Phelps. Serena Williams was awarded this year’s Female Athlete of the Year.