Culture

LeBron James’ promise to Akron gets more ambitious

His I Promise School now includes housing, job training and health care

By Justin Tinsley

Sports

CJ McCollum diary: You need to be healthy in order to compete for a championship

New Orleans Pelicans guard talks impending surgery, the Western Conference playoff race, Ja Morant and more

By Marc J. Spears

Sports

Angel City FC’s Madison Hammond is Black, Native and using her spotlight in the NWSL

The soccer league’s only Native American player has grown into herself ‘as an athlete and an activist’

By Kate Nelson

Sports

South Carolina assistant coach Jolette Law is ‘one of the best that’s ever done it’

Elite recruiter and relationship builder believes she will get another shot as a head coach

By Sean Hurd

Culture

The obsession over Chloe Bailey’s sex scene is exactly ‘Swarm’s’ point

Show examines what happens when we’re too concerned about the lives of celebrities

By Marcus Shorter

Sports

The indomitable spirit of Willis Reed

The former Knicks forward made the most of his moment and connection to New York

By William C. Rhoden