NBA Finals began in Akron City

“The Most Valuable Basketball Maternity Ward in America is located on the second floor here at Summa Akron City Hospital.”

So writes Mark Purdy, San Jose Mercury News columnist.

He’s not the first to report that LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, the brightest stars for their teams in the NBA Finals, were both in Akron City.

But at least he didn’t write that they both were born in Akron General, as the Sporting News did. And others picked up on the error. Like the falsehood that lemmings follow their leaders in a mass plunge off cliffs. Doesn’t happen.

But I think Purdy does such a grand job with his version of the “twins” separated after afterbirth that you might want to read it.

Click on http://www.mercurynews.com/mark-purdy/ci_28277109/purdy-tracing-lebron-james-stephen-curry-roots-akron   if you want to do just that.