This year on New Year’s Day, Pasadena celebrated its “Best Day Ever,” as optimism took its traditional 5-mile tour down Colorado Boulevard for the 136th Rose Parade. Only just one week later, ...

When Los Angeles Lakers star center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar could not play in Game 6 of the championship series in 1980 due to an injury, rookie point guard Earvin “Magic” Johnson played center, guard and ...