There are rituals that shape the life of Michael Jordan. At the end of the 1998 NBA playoffs, as he has for the last 13 years, he went to the North Carolina basketball camp run by his old school ...

Nearly four decades after its debut, Nat (King) Cole’s song “Straighten Up and Fly Right” has had a busy year. Cole’s daughter Natalie recorded it for “Unforgettable,” a tribute album of her father’s ...