L.A. Watts Summer Games Return After Four-Year Absence: USA City Games brought back the Summer Games in a one-day kickoff celebration and competitions that took place at the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in June 2017. The event was free and open to the public. This year’s event was a celebratory pre-cursor to the 50th anniversary of the USA City Games, a project of The Giving Back Fund, in 2018 and marks the return of the Games for the first time since 2013. Exhibition games were showcased at this year’s kickoff including 7-on-7 football, basketball, volleyball, lacrosse, soccer and track & field. Up to 1,000 youth athletes participated. The original L.A. Watts Summer Games were conceived to bridge racial barriers after the 1965 L.A. Watts Rebellion. (file photo)