Baseball fans might read “Casey at the Bat.” Runners have “To an Athlete Dying Young.” Basketball star Kobe Bryant wrote an ode to his sport called “Dear Basketball.” And now there’s a poem ...

There’s joy in writing terrible poetry. In looking back at it and laughing a little. It’s the joy of having tried something ...

The artist’s sprawling survey at the Guggenheim reveals an intellect unfolding and a life under way.

Cecile Mahoro (left), Chanella Iteriteka (center) and Angelique Anaurite (right) play basketball after an afterschool session of the Poetry Club. Credit: Michael Indriolo / Signal Cleveland The poetry ...

Or even the loss of something less poignant but still challenging: Kobe Bryant, after all, gave the world a poem about basketball when he retired from the sport. The topic of a poem may be grief ...

College basketball games, especially during March ... John Wooden, the legendary UCLA coach, often used poetry to inspire his players. That was nice. But poetry is all about rhythm, flow, meter.

And despite her knowing she needed time to build LSU women's basketball, she wanted to get this team to the Final Four. And with some motivational help from a poem, LSU has returned to the spotlight.

UNC alumnus Bob Young is nothing short of a victor — a man who propelled Carolina basketball to a national ... Young pioneered the Tar Heel Verses, a poetry program that appears monthly in ...

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 ...

There was poetry to write, grandchildren to enjoy, dinners to be had and basketball games to watch. “When I met Mel, I knew that I had found the love of my life,” Meschery says. “And from ...

Jonathan Bastian talks with Gay about his insights on joy and why joy became the topic for inquiry in his latest collection of essays and poems. From pickup basketball games and skateboarding to ...

Larsa Pippen has frequently been in the headlines thanks to her relationship with Marcus Jordan, the son of basketball great ... Scotty Jr. before posting a poem dedicated to him.