AKRON, Ohio — Perkins Park is surrounded by snow and silence, a cold, wet February afternoon chasing even the most ambitious hoopers away from one of the city's most famous courts. A sloppy mix of water, ice and snow covers huge portions of the partially cracked cement. One net is dangling from the rim.
A small gaggle of geese marches up a hill behind empty bleachers and naked trees.
The courts down this skinny one-way road are totally empty — and somehow LeBron James is still everywhere.
