Ernie Sigler smiled when he read my recent column about one of LeBron James’ elementary school principals.
When LeBron and his buddies kept playing a pickup basketball game long after the bell rang to signal the end of recess, Portage Path Principal John Ross ordered them back to the building, yelling, “Ain’t one of you is going to make it to the NBA, so put the ball down and get back to school!”
That tale triggered a flashback for Sigler. He remembered a different Akron Public Schools employee making a far more accurate prediction.
In January 1991, LeBron’s kindergarten teacher, Edith Bowers, named him Student of the Month.