Even in these days, you sometimes hear things that are so shocking it’s nearly unbelievable. So it is with Bronny James, who suffered a heart attack Monday.
LeBron’s oldest son, who is supposed to play for Southern Cal this season, is just 18. It’s impossible for people outside his immediate circle to know exactly what happened but heart problems do pop up with high-level athletes. In 1976, Maryland lost sophomore Chris Patton, just two months after recent graduate Owen Brown died of a similar issue.
Like young James, former Boston Celtic Reggie Lewis died during practice with what was later diagnosed as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.