Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic, fervent bookworm and hoops head Chris Vognar. This week we speak with poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib ...

Incredible slam dunks are living proof that humankind need not be held down by mere gravity. They literally and figuratively elevate basketball and are at the heart of “Magic in the Air: The Myth, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rebecca Strom shows ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander books about women in basketball to go along with March Madness & Women's ...

Chris Navalta and Marco McCleod were teammates on the Hogan High School football team 30 years ago. They are back together again, and there isn’t a football in sight. McCleod is the co-owner of the ...