LeBron James Give Sports Illustrated Its Best Day Ever Online

Sees highest traffic

LeBron James' big decision turned into Sports Illustrated's biggest day online. The iconic sports magazine says James' story drew 6.1 million visitors Friday, the day the website broke the news that the hoopster was headed home to play for his native state's team in Cleveland.

The Web traffic from the James story topped the 3.7 million visitors that came the day Jason Collins became the first openly gay basketball player and announced it with an essay on SI.com.

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