LeBron James is considered by some the greatest basketball player in the world. LeBron James is from Akron, Ohio and he was drafted No. 1 overall directly from high school by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Wayne Gretzky played in the NHL from 1978 to 1999 and won four Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers, the last coming in 1988 when he scored the winning goal to sweep the Boston Bruins. What team did he win four Stanley Cups with? Gretzky is commonly considered the greatest hockey player of all time. The 1919 World Series scandal (aka the Black Sox scandal) concerned players, including Shoeless Joe Jackson, from the Chicago White Sox who were paid to purposely lose the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds.