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The USC Trojans are hoping to keep pace with the rest of the Pac-12 elite teams with a win over the Oregon Ducks this Saturday at the Coliseum. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. Although the Ducks are having a down year they are still an explosive offensive team. The Ducks come into the game with an overall record of 3-5 and they are tied for last place in the Pac-12 North Division at 1-4. The Trojans are 5-3 overall and currently in third place in the Pac-12 South Division with a record of 4-2. Right...
Senior Night 2016 at Jerry Chabola Stadium started off with a bang as the Culver City High football team rolled over visiting Santa Monica High, 56-20 on a clear and cool Friday evening, October 28. Appropriately, the Centaur seniors played a prominent role in the fourth consecutive victory over their Ocean League archrival. "Overall I'm pleased on how we played as a team. I thought our offense was clicking on all cylinders. The defense did a good job causing turnovers and played one of their be...
The Culver City High football team will host Valley View High in Round 1 of the 2016 CIF Southern Section Division 11 Playoffs at 7:30 p.m. this Friday, November 11, at Jerry Chabola Stadium. The Centaurs ended the regular season with a 7-3 record, successfully defended and earned a share of the Ocean League title at 4-1 with El Segundo High and Lawndale High. The Valley View Eagles, located in Moreno Valley east of Riverside, finished 3rd in the Inland Valley League with a 3-2 league record...
A lot of Dodger fans are disappointed that their team didn’t make the World Series again this season. I see the season in a much different way. The Dodgers were phenomenal in overcoming an eight-game division deficit to finish in first place over the Giants. Then they won their first round playoff series and gave the heavily favored Cubs a battle before losing in the second round. All of this without the addition of any elite free agent pitchers last summer. They lost one, in fact, when they w...
The Culver City High Centaurs moved into a four-way tie for first place in the 2016 Ocean League football season as they trounced host Lawndale High 62-35, on Friday, October 21. The Centaurs scored nine touchdowns, two each in the first three quarters yet the outcome wasn't decided until the fourth quarter when they rallied for three more touchdowns to slam the door on a much-improved and stubborn Hawthorne team which crept back into the game at 42-35 minutes into the final quarter. "My first...
The Los Angeles Rams' first half of the 2016 season took another hit as they lost a 'home' game to the New York Giants, 17-10, at Twickenham Stadium, just outside London on October 23. Just in time to spoil early Sunday morning breakfast for Ram fans across Southern California. The Rams were facing a third-and-10 at the Giants' 15-yard line with 50 seconds to go, needing a touchdown to tie the game. On a high alley-oop pass intended for wide receiver Brian Quick who took a wrong turn, Keenum...
The UCLA football team is hoping that its bye week will help them regroup and put them in a position to climb back into the winning column. They have lost three games in a row and they have dropped to fifth place in a si- team Pac-12 Southern Conference. Their overall record is 3-5 and they are 1-4 in conference play. Their running game has basically disappeared and their passing game, without injured star quarterback Josh Rosen creates to many turnovers with costly interceptions. Last week...
The Pac-12 women's volleyball league continues to be one of the most competitive leagues in the nation. Seven out of the 12 teams still have a chance to win the league championship going into the month of November. This weekend UCLA and USC continue their quest to win the title and get a high seed in the NCAA tournament. UCLA will play Colorado tonight at 6 p.m. in the John Wooden Center on the UCLA campus and on Saturday they battle Utah at 8 p.m. in Pauley Pavilion. The Bruins, who are current...
The Los Angeles Rams' 2016 season is suddenly spiraling downward as they lost a 'home' game to the New York Giants, 17-10, at Twickenham Stadium, just outside London, England on October 23rd, just in time to spoil early Sunday morning breakfast for the legions of Rams fans in Southern California. Quarterback Case Keenum put an exclamation on a disastrous 4th quarter following a stellar performance in a loss to the Detroit Lions last weekend as he threw an interception on the final drive for the...
The USC and UCLA women’s volleyball teams will battle the University of California and Stanford University at home tonight and Sunday. Both local schools need to win both matches if they expect to stay in the running for the Pac-12 championship. Right now the Pac-12 title is up for grabs. Six teams, including UCLA and USC are tied for third place with a record of 5-3 and the top two teams, Washington at 6-2 and Washington State at 6-3 are just one game ahead of the third place teams. USC will p...
Walter Alston’s 20 years as the Dodger manager and Tommy Lasorda’s 20 years brought a lot of joy to Los Angeles fans. Now Dave Roberts has done something to bring more joy. Roberts’ brilliant strategy in the seventh game of the 2016 first round playoff series against the Washington Nationals allowed the Dodgers to reach the next round. Of course the Chicago Cubs are heavily favored to eliminate the Dodgers and deprive them of their first World Series appearance since 1988. But fans can dream...
On a wind-chilled October moonlit evening at Lawndale High the Culver City High football team took one on the chin as the Centaurs lost to the Cardinals, 45-33. Marred by penalties and frequent interruptions the game lasted over three hours... three hours of spirited tackling, explosive plays and very, very hard hitting. "Lawndale was very assertive and consistent. We would get a tackle for loss and get a couple of stops but they just stayed with the run. They believed in it and ultimately were...
The Los Angeles Rams' offense came to life in Detroit this past Sunday with quarterback Case Keenum having his best game of the season. Unfortunately for the Rams the defense faltered late as the Lions' Matt Prater kicked the winning field goal with 1:29 remaining in the game to win 31-28. For the second consecutive game the Los Angeles defense failed to stop the eventual game-winning drive in the fourth quarter after having won the previous three games in the same manner. The Rams had leads of...
The UCLA football team cannot afford another loss in the Pac-12 if they expect to have a winning season and make it to a respectable bowl game during the holidays. They have five more regular season games remaining on their schedule beginning with Saturdays’ game against No. 19 Utah at the Rose Bowl. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. and the game will be televised on Channel 11. The Bruins come into the game with a record of 3-4 overall and 1-3 in the Pac-12. At 1-3 the Bruins are just one game away f...
The UCLA football team cannot afford another loss in the Pac-12 if they expect to have a winning season and make it to a respectable bowl game during the holidays. They have five more regular season games remaining on their schedule beginning with Saturdays’ game against No. 19 Utah at the Rose Bowl. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. and the game will be televised on Channel 11. The Bruins come into the game with a record of 3-4 overall and 1-3 in the Pac-12. At 1-3 the Bruins are just one game away f...
Gail Goodrich is the greatest lefthanded guard the Lakers have ever had. He played on two NCAA championship teams at UCLA, then teamed in the backcourt with Jerry West on two Laker NBA championship teams including the 1972 squad that set the still-standing record of 33 consecutive wins. In 14 NBA seasons Goodrich averaged 18.6 points per game. Although he was the shooting guard and West handled the ball more often Goodrich managed to average 4.7 assists per game throughout his career. I bring...
Back to square one. For the second consecutive game the Los Angeles Rams lost a game they could have and should have won. This time the Detroit Lions rallied at home to beat the Rams, 31-28, by kicking a field goal with 1:29 remaining and intercepting a Case Keenum pass intended for Lance Kendricks to seal the victory. And for the second consecutive game the L.A. defense failed to stop the eventual game-winning drive in the fourth quarter after having won the previous three games in the same...
For the first time in a long time the two best teams in the WNBA are playing for the championship. The Los Angeles Sparks and the Minnesota Lynx have each won one game in a best of five game series. They play probably the most important game of the series tonight (Friday) at the Galen Center on the USC campus. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. What makes this series so intriguing is both teams have super stars, outstanding starting line ups, players that can come off the bench and contribute and very...
The defending Ocean League champion Culver City High Centaurs successfully opened the 2016 league season at Jerry Chabola Stadium on Friday, October 7 by rallying to beat the El Segundo Eagles 24-19. It was a battle between the past two league champions. It was the Centaurs' Homecoming Game hosting their toughest opponent and it felt like a must-win game. The Eagles arrived with an impressive 5-0 record and a two-game winning streak between the schools since their rivalry renewed in 2014. After...
Three steps forward and one step back. The Los Angeles Rams stubbed their toe as several key turnovers and failed offensive executions cost them the game against the Buffalo Bills, 30-19 last Sunday. It was the Rams' first defeat at home this season to run their record to 3-2 and 1/2 game behind Seattle in the NFC West Division. Los Angeles gambled and lost on a fake punt deep in their own territory late in the fourth quarter on a very hot October afternoon before 83,679 announced fans at the...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor Walter Alston's 20 years as the Dodger manager and Tommy Lasorda's 20 years brought a lot of joy to Los Angeles fans. Now Dave Roberts has done something to bring more joy. Roberts' brilliant strategy in the seventh game of the 2016 first round playoff series against the Washington Nationals allowed the Dodgers to reach the next round. Of course the Chicago Cubs will be heavily favored to eliminate the Dodgers and deprive them of their first World Series appearan...
The Los Angeles Rams gambled and lost on fake punt deep in their own territory late in the 4th quarter, turning the ball and the game over to the Buffalo Bills, 30-19, on a hot Sunday afternoon, October 9, 2016 before an anxious and slightly smaller crowd than the announced paid attendance of 83,679 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. "I wouldn't have called it if I didn't think it was going to work. That's how those things are. We practiced it all week, we had the look, and it didn't work....
Recently some readers have asked me who’s going to win the World Series. I’ve given the matter some thought and come up with a reply. The World Series will be won by either the Cubs or someone else. I can’t name the someone else because it could be any of the teams who’ve qualified for the 2016 playoffs. Well, anyone but the Orioles because they were eliminated in the American League wild card game on Tuesday. My point is there isn’t a co-favorite this year. The Cubs were the vastly superior...
The first ever Culver City High – Dorsey High football game lived up to the hype. The Centaurs ultimately lost to the visiting Dons, 35-31 in a highly-spirited, physically-punishing, speed-infused battle on Friday night, September 30 at Jerry Chabola Stadium. The 2016 inaugural battle was decided when a Culver winning-drive was cut short by a fourth down interception at the goal line with time running out. Dorsey proceeded to use its imposing size and matching speed to methodically march d...
The USC Trojans and the UCLA Bruins play important Pac-12 football games Saturday. The 2-3 Trojans are at home against the 4-1 and No. 21 Colorado Buffalos at the Coliseum at 1 p.m. The 3-2 Bruins face the 2-3 Arizona State Sun Devils on the road at 7:30 p.m. The quarterbacks on both of the local teams are playing well right now. Red-shirt USC freshman, Sam Darnold threw for 352 yards and three touchdowns last week in a victory over Arizona State and UCLA signal caller, Josh Rosen completed 20...
