A Day in Watts in Search of JuJu Watkins

The USC women's basketball superstar and the historic Los Angeles neighborhood are deeply intertwined. How the legacy of Watts lives on in her game, on and off the court.

I stand in the shadow of the Mother of Humanity monument awaiting the arrival of Tim Watkins. It’s a stereotypical January day in Los Angeles. Where my home city of Denver is approaching single digit temperatures, it’s so nice in L.A. that I’m burning up in a sweatshirt. The monument reflects the sun and stands in stark contrast to a clear blue sky. It …