Kevin Merida is the former executive editor of the Los Angeles Times, a former senior vice president of ESPN and a former managing editor of The Post.

AKRON, Ohio — We’re all from somewhere, a city, a neighborhood, a block we claim with pride. Places that cheer us when we rise and catch us when we fall. If we’re lucky, there is always a home to come back to, or at least one we can remember and salute for what it gave us.

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