Basketball Hall of Famer Reggie Miller has traded the court for mountain bike trails, competing against riders decades younger at 60.
Miller’s racing team BOOMBABY promotes cycling diversity while funding social justice initiatives through branded merchandise and prize contributions.
The third in an occasional series of profiles on Southern California athletes who have flourished in their post-playing careers.
Early on a muggy Saturday morning, seven dozen riders lined up five and six abreast and aimed their mountain bikes toward a narrow, rocky trail leading away from the 91 Freeway and into the wilderness of Anaheim’s rugged Gypsum Canyon.
In their white helmets and monotone synthetic racing kits, the riders were more an indistinct mob than a collection of individuals. But in t