AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Turns out LeBron James wasn’t the only late arrival to an event celebrating his contributions to his hometown.
Organizers of “LeBron Appreciation Day” are now saying 8,500 people attended Saturday’s event at InfoCision Stadium on the University of Akron’s campus. Initially, school officials estimated the crowd at nearly 4,000, but event planners raised that number based on T-shirts handed out.
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