This Land

The “yield” sign is a common occurrence in the apartment of 91-year-old Veda Riggs.

There’s the yellow triangular clock in one room of her apartment. In another room hangs a specialized “yield” sign given to her by Chad Smith, chief of the Cherokee Indian tribe, in honor of her…

Jevon Grimes can still remember the way his teammate, Kerry McQuarrie, passed the soccer ball back to him nearly a decade ago.

“I knew when I got the pass back it was a perfect pass,” Grimes said. “It was like how coaches teach you to do it. It was so…