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Spring Break 2017 for the Culver City High baseball team means one thing: the Anaheim Lions Tournament. This year 62 schools from Southern California and 10 from out of state are participating in the annual tournament, including teams from Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Oregon, Illinois and Nevada. The Culver City boys have had a rough going in the first four games as they wait to play Sunny Hills High from Fullerton this Wednesday. The Centaurs opened up with a 6-2 loss to Arlington High from...
The Buss family feud has came to an end with Jeanie officially taking control of the Lakers and brother Jim resigning as co-trustee. Jim Buss’ seat on the Board has gone to younger sister Janie, an ally of Jeanie in the recent family drama. Previously Janie had warned that Buss family members would become a minority if Jim and brother Johnny were allowed to sell their shares to friends who could regularly out-vote Jeanie. With the recent development a Los Angeles Superior Court hearing scheduled...
Winning took a back seat in a Saturday afternoon baseball game at Culver City High on March 18. The Centaurs eventually outlasted a resilient and courageous South High Torrance team, 5-4. Earlier, both teams had gathered in the infield for a moment of silence before the first pitch was thrown. "South had a shortstop, Jesse (Esphorst, Jr.), who passed away in a car accident two weeks ago. They had a game that day and the next day he's gone. It's real sad. Our prayers go to his family and the...
The Clippers won by 30 points Saturday but a lot of fans in the sellout crowd at Staples Center were far from happy. “Refund, refund, refund,” they chanted because the Cleveland Cavaliers had rested LeBron James, Kevin Love and Kyrie Erving. If you were a Clipper season ticket holder you’d have to go a full season without seeing the star players of the NBA champions because it was the Cavaliers’ only road game against the Clippers in the current 82-game season. Worse, the Cavaliers had all the...
When it comes down to what is your favorite local college sports season, spring should be at the top of the list. March Madness for men and women, baseball, softball, womens gymnastics, mens and womens track and field and mens volleyball all swing into high gear starting in February. For UCLA and USC last weekend was a perfect example of exciting sporting events on both campuses and exhilarating television viewing. Both of the schools mens basketball teams were playing in the national spotlight...
Mitch Kupchak learned the General Manager business from Jerry West, then took over. He had good years but not many in his final ones with lowly Laker teams and now he’s been replaced. What about the new guy? First, remember Kupchak was a Laker player and then a general manager. It’s a huge difference that Rob Pelinka was an agent who had Kobe Bryant as a client and now he’s going to work for a team for the first time. It’s a different world. Agents make friends and enemies. When they negotia...
The Culver City High baseball team is looking to defend its Ocean League title and move deep into the playoffs by capitalizing on a veteran roster to carry the 2017 season. The first phase of preparation includes scheduling 14 games in three significant tournaments leading into league play. Pitching and defense paved the way to a perfect 10-0 league record and 21-8 overall record last season. This season Head Coach Rick Prieto is encouraging his batters to swing smarter and harder to support...
Four local college basketball teams punched their ticket to the 2017 NCAA Tournament that started this week. Both the UCLA men’s and women’s teams are dancing along with the USC men’s team and Long Beach State’s women’s team. The No. 11 seeded USC men started tournament play last Wednesday with a play in game against Providence. If they win that game they will face the No. 6 seeded Southern Methodist in the first round on Friday in Tulsa Oklahoma at 12 p.m. The No. 3 seeded UCLA men’s tea...
Sweet charity-stakes gambling, delicious food, cool drinks, jamming DJ music, multiple auctions and good times defined the Culver City High Booster Club's 10th Annual Casino Night. More than 600 school supporters stepped out in style to benefit the athletic programs and school clubs on Saturday, March 4 at Veteran's Memorial Auditorium. Hundreds of items were up for bid in a silent auction as well as nine enticing packages featured in a live auction. Contributions and appearances by former star...
March Madness started this week for the UCLA and USC men’s basketball teams in Las Vegas. The tournament kicked off last Wednesday when USC beat Washington in the first round the first round. USC played UCLA last Thursday in the quarter finals and the winner of that game moved into the semifinals on Friday at 8:30 p.m. The championship game is scheduled for 8 p.m. on Saturday. To reach the quarter final game on Thursday USC beat Washington for the third time this season 78-73. The Trojans w...
Four straight terrible seasons, four years out of the playoffs, four years when I' ve been writing about the decline of one of the NBA' s greatest franchises. It seemed like it couldn' t get worse for the Lakers but it has. The Buss family is in turmoil. In a story by ESPN' s Ramona Shelbourne, Jeanie Buss' younger sister Janie says Johnny and Jim Buss want to sell their shares of the Lakers. ' That would leave the rest of us as minorities,"Janie Buss said. Six of Jerry Buss' siblings are curren...
Get ready, set... and the 2017 Culver City High track and field season got off to a very pleasant start under fair skies and mild temperatures. The Centaurs hosted four league rivals at Jerry Chabola Stadium for the first Ocean League meet of the year on Saturday, February 25. "It went smooth. We were able to run all the events in a timely fashion. All the athletes had a chance to compete. It was a well-run meet where we got everything accomplished that we wanted to. It was just a good way to...
The Lakers used to play in Inglewood. Soon the Rams and Chargers will be playing in Inglewood. And then the Clippers? Stan Kroenke, who owns the Rams and has moved the team from St. Louis and is funding a multi-billion dollar stadium in Inglewood, has attended or sent representatives to several meetings with Clippers owner Steve Ballmer in recent weeks. They’ve talked about the Clippers building an arena in Inglewood and sharing parking with the Rams’facility. The Rams are scheduled to open the...
I had covered the Lakers for several years before Mitch Kupchak came along. Kupchak told the media to call him Mitchell. ”That’s because Mitch Chortkoff was here first,” he said. “Mitch is taken, I’ll be Mitchell.” Now Mitchell has been fired after 30 years with the organization. Jim Buss, Jeanie Buss’ brother, has been fired too. And John Black, the Lakers’ publicist for the last 27 years, has been fired. It’s a very sad time for key members of this once-great franchise. The Lakers are coming...
The 2017 Genesis Open could have easily read: neither wind nor rain nor floods nor gloom of roughs, bunkers and greens stays these golfers from the deft completion of their appointed rounds. Ultimately weathering the storm and the golf course, the one known as DJ delivered with an authoritative stamp. Chants of "number one" from the crowd surrounding the 18th green at Riviera Country Club late Sunday afternoon, February 19 were about to become a reality as Dustin Johnson holed out the final...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor I had covered the Lakers for several years before Mitch Kupchak came along. Kupchak told the media to call him Mitchell. "That's because Mitch Chortkoff was here first," he said. "Mitch is taken, I'll be Mitchell." Now Mitchell has been fired after 30 years with the organization. Jim Buss, Jeanie Buss' brother, has been fired too. And John Black, the Lakers' publicist for the last 27 years, has been fired. It's a very sad time for key members of this once-great...
It was a shot that brought the house down on Senior Night. With the score suddenly tied and 10 seconds left on the game clock the Culver City High girls basketball season was literally on the line. A home loss to Beverly Hills would deny the Centaurs an invitation to the 2017 CIF Playoffs for the first time in seven years. On Thursday, February 9, the Norman girls managed to claw their way from a seven-point deficit in the final minutes of the final Ocean League game of the season against...
The number five will be a key number when UCLA battles USC in men’s basketball on Saturday. USC is looking to be victorious over the Bruins for the fifth time in a row and UCLA wants to extend their winning streak to five games. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. inside Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus. The No. 6 ranked Bruins are 23-3 overall and 10-3 in the Pac-12 conference. USC is 21-5 and 8-5. The Bruins have been highly ranked all year but the Trojans have rarely cracked the top 25. With five r...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor I’ve been around Magic Johnson through all the years since he came to the Lakers. He’s been fantastic as a basketball player and then a businessman. He fought HIV a long time ago and he’s still living and accomplishing. But if he intends to make the Lakers great again he’s got another tough battle ahead. I have so much respect for him and I’d never say he can’t do something he wants to do. But frankly I don’t see how he can defeat the reality that a new NBA rul...
With one game remaining in 2017 Ocean League action both the Culver City High girls and boys varsity basketball teams are fighting for a CIF playoff spot that begins next week. Culver girls basketball is suddenly in a dogfight in the Ocean League. After having lost only one league game in the previous five seasons the Centaurs have now lost three times in the 2017 league season. The Culver girls are currently tied for second with Santa Monica High at 6-3 after having lost on the road to the...
This week's Genesis Open at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades is the initial test at the historic golf course for TGR Live, the tournament's newest host and organizer. TGR Live, the event management company supporting the Tiger Woods Foundation, has incorporated new talent and progressive ideas to reinvigorate one of the PGA Tour's longest running events, also known as the L.A. Open in years past. The Tiger Woods Foundation reached out to Dave Klewan in May 2016, shortly after acquir...
The USC men's basketball team hopes the return of Bennie Boatwright will also help the Trojans return to the top 25 rankings in the nation. Victories over the Oregon schools this week should put them back into the conversation as one of the best teams in the nation. The Trojans played Oregon State last Thursday and they battle No. 5 Oregon on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Both games will be played at the Galen Center on the USC campus. The Trojans are currently 20-4 overall and 7-4 in Pac-12 play which...
The No. 10 UCLA men and the No. 15 Bruin women are looking to continue their elite play on the basketball court this week when they take on the Oregon schools. The men will be at home and the women will be on the road again after beating California and Stanford last week in the bay area. The UCLA men, who are currently 21-3 overall and 8-3 in the Pac-12 Conference, played No. 5 Oregon last Thursday and they face last place Oregon State on Sunday at 2 p.m. inside Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor If the LA Rams and LA Chargers don’t qualify for the Super Bowl in 2021 the game in the Rams’ new stadium in Inglewood will have a lot in common with the one played in Houston last Sunday. Fans there were probably disappointed when the Houston team didn’t earn a berth. But the magnitude of the event, a contest that drew millions of television viewers, resulted in joy throughout the Texas city. It was a great day. A great game and a halftime show that will long be...
Umbrellas and raincoats were the fashion statement at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades as the Second Round of the 2017 Genesis Open was suspended on Friday at 12:18 p.m. due to the inclement weather that is currently drenching the Southland. Sam Saunders and Jhonattan Vegas shared the lead on the wet, windswept golf course that was threatened with potential flooding. Thursday's first round was suspended due to darkness. Only 24 players have completed the Second Round with play...
